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English translation: to freewheel/coast

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12:12 Jul 8, 2009

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Journalism

Italian term or phrase: procedere a ruota libera

buongiorno a tutti: qualcuno mi potrebbe aiutare a rendere in inglese il concetto di "fare qualcosa a ruota libera"?

Grazie fin d'ora per i suggerimenti.

sheila bovo KudoZ activity Questions: 25 (1 open) Answers: 63
Local time: 20:00

English translation:to freewheel/coast

Explanation:
to do something with little apparent effort (easily or lazily)
(the analogy being with a car which is moving along blithely in neutral)

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Note added at 48 mins (2009-07-08 13:01:19 GMT)
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In the light of discussion entry #2, I could also offer "to follow your nose" as an alternative possibility, i.e. to follow your instinct rather than the instructions

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Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 20:00

Grading comment

Thank you very much Oliver: I think this is the best solution.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +7

to freewheel/coast

Oliver Lawrence

glide

carly

4 +1

To fly by the seat of your pants (improvise)

Cedric Randolph

Discussion entries: 4

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

to freewheel/coast

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 20:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 44

Grading comment

Thank you very much Oliver: I think this is the best solution.

50 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

To fly by the seat of your pants (improvise)

Explanation:
This is what it seems to me, rather than coasting which seems to be fart too inactive than what your context suggests from your discussion entry.

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 20:00
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian

23 mins confidence:

glide

Explanation:
Just another option.

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Note added at 56 mins (2009-07-08 13:09:21 GMT)
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given the context, maybe you could work in the expression "free rein"

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Note added at 59 mins (2009-07-08 13:12:26 GMT)
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"giving free rein to his/her creative instincts", or something along those lines. Without the sentence it's really hard to say

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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-07-08 20:31:18 GMT)
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"going with the flow"

might suit?

carly
Italy
Local time: 20:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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