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Italian: dorsi

English translation: sections/supplements







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Italian term or phrase:dorsi
English translation:sections/supplements
Entered by:maryrose
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Marketing - Media / Multimedia / press
Italian term or phrase: dorsi
extolling the virtues of a newspaper:

più colori, più pagine, più formati, più dorsi.

Back pages? How can it have more than one?

Many thanks
maryrose
Australia
sections/supplements
Explanation:
Could it be referring to newspapers like British Sunday papers which are made up of different sections, each of which is physically separate from the other - eg the finance section, the sports section, the lifestyle section - instead of being in one big unwieldy journal ?
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Anthony Green
Italy
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Many thanks once again, Anthony
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sections/supplements

Explanation:
Could it be referring to newspapers like British Sunday papers which are made up of different sections, each of which is physically separate from the other - eg the finance section, the sports section, the lifestyle section - instead of being in one big unwieldy journal ?

Anthony Green
Italy
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PRO pts in category: 16
Note from asker to answerer
Many thanks once again, Anthony
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Asker:

Asker:

Asker: Yes, it absolutely could, I had just come to the same conclusion but was not totally confident. Thanks!


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agree patriz1
3 hrs
  -> thanks Patricia

agree KayW: I agree. The "dorso" of a newspaper the fold, if you have more than one, you have separate sections.
6 hrs
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