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Italian term or phrase:	si cimenteranno nella fotografia
English translation:	try their hand at photography
Entered by:	Juliet Halewood

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10:07am Jan 3, 2008

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Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / Photography competition

Italian term or phrase: si cimenteranno nella fotografia

Verrà premiato l’estro creativo di tutti i lettori che si cimenteranno nella fotografia.
I'm not quite sure what they are trying to say here. Any help appreciated.

Juliet Halewood

KudoZ activity
Questions: 501 (30 open)
Answers: 190

Italy

try their hand at photography

Explanation:
cimentarsi means to try your hand at, have a go at, undertake. Seeing as this seems to be a competition in some magazine or something similar, a slightly colloquial phrase such as 'try their hand at' seems appropriate. The phrase is used (see search link below)

Selected response from:

simon tanner
Italy

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks, Simon. This seems to fit the context perfectly!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +3

will venture into photography

Mario Calvagna

4 +3

will venture into photography

Vittorio Ferretti

4 +2

will have a try at photography

Giulia D'Ascanio

4 +2

try their hand at photography

simon tanner

that will compare themselves with photography

moranna

3 +1

...will be captured in the photography

Carmen Schultz

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

...will be captured in the photography

Explanation:
The creative inspiration(motivation, etc.) of all the readers will be captured in the photography.

Carmen Schultz
United States
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

will have a try at photography

Explanation:
Here it's the readers who will have a try at photography and the most creative pics will win a prize.

I hope it's now clear what they meant with the Italian sentence...

Giulia D'Ascanio
Austria
Native speaker of:

Italian

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

will venture into photography

Explanation:
there are 2,200 hits for "venture into photography"

Vittorio Ferretti
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

try their hand at photography

Explanation:
cimentarsi means to try your hand at, have a go at, undertake. Seeing as this seems to be a competition in some magazine or something similar, a slightly colloquial phrase such as 'try their hand at' seems appropriate. The phrase is used (see search link below)

Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22try+your+hand+at+pho...

simon tanner
Italy
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks, Simon. This seems to fit the context perfectly!

22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

will venture into photography

Explanation:
or in this case I would rather say will take part in this photographic competition

something like: the creativity of all readers that decide to take part in this photographic competition will be rewarded

Mario Calvagna
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

that will compare themselves with photography

Explanation:
cimentare= confrontarsi, rischiare, provare

moranna
Italy
Native speaker of:

Italian,

English

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Italian: si cimenteranno nella fotografia

English translation: try their hand at photography