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Bus/Financial - Other | | Italian term or phrase: Pretendere il rispetto assoluto | | "La registrazione presso le autorità competenti dei simboli e dei colori di ogni Contrada questa che autorizza il Consorzio a pretendere il rispetto assoluto dei prototipi" |
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| | English translation:demand full compliance with | Explanation:
There are many possible translations for pretendere: expect, require, insist on, etc. all good.
Without knowing what the "prototipi" are, it is difficult to know whether "compliance with" is appropriate, "observance of" might be better, but I doubt it.
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Note added at 25 mins (2011-07-16 08:07:37 GMT)
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Then "observance" of this "ancient ritual" if the colours and the emblems might be better then. |
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James (Jim) Davis
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14 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +5 | pretendere il rispetto assoluto demand full compliance with
Explanation:
There are many possible translations for pretendere: expect, require, insist on, etc. all good.
Without knowing what the "prototipi" are, it is difficult to know whether "compliance with" is appropriate, "observance of" might be better, but I doubt it.
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Note added at 25 mins (2011-07-16 08:07:37 GMT)
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Then "observance" of this "ancient ritual" if the colours and the emblems might be better then.
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Asker: By "prototipi" they mean the original emblems of the Contrade.
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