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English translation: and after all these years, Italian and Sienese by adoption

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Italian term or phrase:	Italiana d'adozione ormai da tanti anni
English translation:	and after all these years, Italian and Sienese by adoption
Entered by:	Tom in London

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10:40 Jun 16, 2011

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Italian term or phrase: Italiana d'adozione ormai da tanti anni

"Una vita tra i cavalli quella di Anne Melanie Measures, cittadino britannico (è nata nell’Isola di White), italiana e senese di adozione ormai da tanti anni."

La contrapposizione "by birth"-"By adoption" funzionerebbe molto meglio se non ci fosse quel "ormai da tanti anni". Non riesco a rielaborare la frase in maniera convincente e scorrevole.

n.dematteis KudoZ activity Questions: 174 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (13 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 06:53

and after all these years, Italian and Sienese by adoption

Explanation:
try this

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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:53

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Thank you, Tom.
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Summary of answers provided

4 +6

Italy, and more specifically Siena, has been her adopted homeland for many years

Sonia Atkinson

4 +3

and after all these years, Italian and Sienese by adoption

Tom in London

and over the years, gone native in Siena, Italy

Michael Korovkin

Italian-Sienese by adoption many years ago

David Rayner

"Italian (citizen) since a long time, adopted by (the city of) Siena"

Lidia Maurutto

Discussion entries: 3

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

and after all these years, Italian and Sienese by adoption

Explanation:
try this

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:53
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 130

Grading comment

Thank you, Tom.

13 mins confidence:

"Italian (citizen) since a long time, adopted by (the city of) Siena"

Explanation:
"Italian citizen since a long time" mi piaceperchè semplice, ma escluderebbe Siena;
"now Italian citizen, adopted by Siena"
o un mix delle due: "Italian (citizen) since a long time, adopted by (the city of) Siena"

Lidia Maurutto
Italy
Local time: 06:53
Native speaker of: Italian

13 mins confidence:

Italian-Sienese by adoption many years ago

Explanation:
I suggest something like:

"...Measures, British born on the Isle of Wight and Italian-Sienese by adoption many years ago."

if she was adopted in the true sense, I would leave it like this, if you mean that she chose to be adopted (i.e. she chose to move to Siena), I would use "adopted" with the speech marks.

David Rayner
Italy
Local time: 06:53
Native speaker of:

English

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

Italy, and more specifically Siena, has been her adopted homeland for many years

Explanation:
I would change the sentence around completely to something along these lines: Although she was born in Britain (on the Isle of Wight), Italy, and more specifically Siena, has been her adopted homeland for many years."

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sclient=psy&hl=en&site=&sourc...

Sonia Atkinson
Local time: 05:53
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

2 hrs confidence:

and over the years, gone native in Siena, Italy

Explanation:
all'americana!

And who adopted whom there – è una questione che meglio lasciar peredere!

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 06:53
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 27

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