Italian: interamente partecipata era stata dichiarata fallita da due anEnglish translation: XXX, a wholly/fully subsidiary company, had been declared bankrupt two years before 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Italian term or phrase: | interamente partecipata era stata dichiarata fallita da due an | | English translation: | XXX, a wholly/fully subsidiary company, had been declared bankrupt two years before | | Entered by: | pabis |
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Law/Patents - Law (general) / Bankruptcy Act | | Italian term or phrase: interamente partecipata era stata dichiarata fallita da due an | | la società interamente partecipata, XXX, era stata dichiarata fallita da due anni. |
| | | XXX, a wholly/fully subsidiary company, had been declared bankrupt two years before | Explanation:
I may be wrong, but I don't think we can use "declared bankrupt" with "for two years." "To be declared bankrupt" is an event, not a state, while "for two years" is typically [+stative]; hence, the clash.
I think you could actually even use "was" instead of "had been," that is, the simple past rather than the past perfect. At any rate, given that there is no more context, It seems to me that "before" is in order here, as the reference time appears to be a past one. If the reference time were "nopw," then you would have to use "ago."
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"nopw" = "now" --sorry! |
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| interamente partecipata era stata dichiarata fallita da due an fully participated, XXX, had been declared bankrupt for two years.
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the company fully participated, XXX, had been declared bankrupt for two years.
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| the XXX joint venture has been officially adjudicated as bankrupt two years ago
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| XXX, a wholly/fully subsidiary company, had been declared bankrupt two years before
Explanation:
I may be wrong, but I don't think we can use "declared bankrupt" with "for two years." "To be declared bankrupt" is an event, not a state, while "for two years" is typically [+stative]; hence, the clash.
I think you could actually even use "was" instead of "had been," that is, the simple past rather than the past perfect. At any rate, given that there is no more context, It seems to me that "before" is in order here, as the reference time appears to be a past one. If the reference time were "nopw," then you would have to use "ago."
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-09-07 19:29:58 GMT)
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"nopw" = "now" --sorry!
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