Italian: nè litri ne a chli e a English translation: (can't be bought) in pints or pounds 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Italian term or phrase: | (non può essere acquistato) nè litri ne a chli e a | | English translation: | (can't be bought) in pints or pounds | | Entered by: | Daniela Boito |
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / bicicletta | | Italian term or phrase: nè litri ne a chli e a | La frase è: "Tutti noi sappiamo che il silenzio non può essere acquistato nè a litri, nè a chili"
...qualche suggerimentiìo per una bella resa?
GRAZIE!!;-) |
| | | (can't be bought) in pints or pounds | Explanation:
this is one of those phrases where you have to decide whether you want to stick close to the image or find an equivalent, albeit different, rendering.
If you stick to the original idea, then see above
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-24 16:22:14 GMT)
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PS - a lot depends on context - if they keep on talking about measureable quantities or if the image keeps coming back, then you would be foolish to move too far away from it
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-24 16:29:51 GMT)
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measurable - sorry about the intrusive "e" |
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France
| Note from asker to answererMolto belle tutte, ma questa rende molto!!!! Grazie!!!;-)
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| silence cannot be bought at any price
Explanation:
another suggestion
|  Enza Longo
Canada
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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