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rimettere il mandato

English translation: tendered his resignation


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16:06 Apr 22, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / rimettere il mandato
Italian term or phrase: rimettere il mandato
Salve a tutti!

Il premier uscente ha rassegnato/rimesso il mandato nelle mani del presidente XXX.

Grazie in anticipo. :)
googling
Italy
English translation:tendered his resignation
Explanation:
The prime minister tendered his resignation to the President.

Hand over power is not correct because that would refer to an actual transfer of power, whereas here the President receives the resignation and subsequently appoints a new prime minister - the prime minister's powers are not transfered to the president.
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4 +2tendered his resignation
Thomas Roberts
4hand over power
Adela Salla


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hand over power


Explanation:
hand over power or transfer power

Example sentence(s):
  • Nigeria's ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua will write a letter handing power over to his vice-president, his adviser ..."
  • agreement is close on a transfer of power from Yemen's veteran President, Ali Abdullah Saleh,

    Reference: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8501301.stm
    Reference: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12871352
Adela Salla
Albania
Local time: 19:52
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Asker: Fantastico! Grazie un milione per la risposta! Gentilissimo. :)

Asker: GentilissimA, scusami...


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disagree  Thomas Roberts: A transfer of powers is different from a resignation.
49 mins
agree  doba: You could say "he resigned handing over to XX" Both concepts are involved but in my opinion with an accent on handing over. I do not see political ambiguities in this
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tendered his resignation


Explanation:
The prime minister tendered his resignation to the President.

Hand over power is not correct because that would refer to an actual transfer of power, whereas here the President receives the resignation and subsequently appoints a new prime minister - the prime minister's powers are not transfered to the president.

Thomas Roberts
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Asker: Infatti, è questo che si intende. Giusto. Grazie mille. :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  doba: You could say "he resigned handing over to XX" Both concepts are involved but in my opinion with an accent on handing over. I do not see political ambiguities in this.
7 mins
agree  Sara Negro
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Apr 22, 2011 - Changes made by Danila Moro:
Language pairEnglish to Italian => Italian to English


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