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prima di tutto e prima di tutti

English translation: Before everything and everyone

16:18 May 30, 2002
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Science
Italian term or phrase: prima di tutto e prima di tutti
slogan pubblicitario per un dentista
Barbara Iandiorio
English translation:Before everything and everyone
Explanation:
as in:

We will put you before everything and everyone.
Selected response from:

Gail
United States
Local time: 12:29
Grading comment
I'd like to thank everyone for helping me, Grazie, Barbara!!!

2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6first and foremost
CLS Lexi-tech
4 +3Prima di tutti e prima di tutto
Anthony Green
4 +2Before everything and everyone
Gail
4 +2Above all and anybody
Francesco D'Alessandro
4 +2one step ahead
Federica Jean
4 +1Number one... regardless!
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
4Before everything and before everybody
Massimo Gaido
4a comment
Rick Henry
4Queen of Everyone and Everything
Arthur Borges
4Ahead of everybody. On top of everything.
Ornella Grannis
2 +2'The tops'
moxwhite
4first of ALL.......first of ANYONE
jamax28


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Before everything and before everybody


Explanation:
Before anything and before anyybody

Ciao,
M.

Massimo Gaido
United States
Local time: 11:29
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 1978
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Before everything and everyone


Explanation:
as in:

We will put you before everything and everyone.

Gail
United States
Local time: 12:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 143
Grading comment
I'd like to thank everyone for helping me, Grazie, Barbara!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Romina Minucci
9 mins
agree  Federica Jean: what about "we really care for your caries"? :-)
16 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Above all and anybody


Explanation:
ci manca solo "Right or Wrong, My Country"!

(a proposito, che cos'è che viene prima di tutto e di tutti per un dentista...?)

Francesco D'Alessandro
Spain
Local time: 17:29
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 1392

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  CLS Lexi-tech: in America, sicuramente i soldi! Ciao
1 hr
  -> vedo che ci siamo capiti... comunque, se ti può consolare, anche da queste parti. Come dicevano i 2 chirurghi in una vignetta: Don't think of the blood... think of the money!
agree  gmel117608
1 hr
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a comment


Explanation:
"prima di tutto" means "first of all" in English. Somehow I think any translation is going to miss the subtle play on words.

HTH

Rick

Rick Henry
United States
Local time: 11:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 623
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Prima di tutti e prima di tutto


Explanation:
Dear Barbara
Assuming that this is a real dentist, why on earth is he creating a slogan which is a direct translation of something which works as a play on words in Italian but has about as much chance of working in English as I do of avoiding the drill next time I sit down in that dreaded chair? The chances are he'll just frighten off any potential foreign customers, as a meaningless slogan risks making him look rather unprofessional.
I'd leave it in Italian, or better still go to talk to an ad agency and start from scratch - and make sure you get paid for your time as a consultant, not for your output in words!

Anthony Green
Italy
Local time: 18:29
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 725

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarah Ponting: I wouldn't choose him
4 mins
agree  gmel117608: the Italian pun does not work well in English
1 hr
neutral  luskie: well, in my op it doesn't work in italian either :(
4 hrs
agree  Federica Jean: it doesn't work in Italian, either.Worse still, as suggested above, it tends to make potential patients suspect that the "answer" is: money. Erase and start from scratch does seem the best option.
15 hrs
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Number one... regardless!


Explanation:
I believe the bottom line is this...

G

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:29
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 634

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Antonella Andreella (X)
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
first and foremost


Explanation:
would this work? I think so. I am not sure I get what the dentist is aiming at in Italian.

paola l m


CLS Lexi-tech
Local time: 12:29
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 1505

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Orietta Neri
1 min
agree  Elisabetta Schiavo
12 mins
agree  Francesco D'Alessandro
12 mins
agree  gmel117608
27 mins
agree  Vittorio Felaco: That's teh one!
1 hr
agree  Federica Jean: right. It's a toothless slogan indeed. Yet, if you have to bite the bullet, this may be it.
14 hrs
  -> :-))))
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Queen of Everyone and Everything


Explanation:
Prima is feminine, so we had to get a girl into the act, right?

Arthur Borges
China
Local time: 00:29
PRO pts in pair: 88

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  gmel117608: Dear Arthur: In my opinion "Queen" is a tad ambiguous.
17 mins
  -> Dear gmeli, with a name like mine, it isn't. But it can be replaced with "Princess".
neutral  CLS Lexi-tech: prima can also be an adverb and a preposition
1 hr
neutral  Federica Jean: I'm really sorry that Paola is right. I would have liked a fairy-tale style ad campaign: "Dentist Princess thwarts evil plans of Tooth Fairy"... :-)
14 hrs
  -> When I grow up, I just wanna be Lord of the Wisdom Tooth.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Ahead of everybody. On top of everything.


Explanation:
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Ornella Grannis
United States
Local time: 12:29
PRO pts in pair: 94
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
'The tops'


Explanation:
To quote a good old American expression - 'the tops' - just a suggestion - but a little difficult to say without further context. However it is catchy and to the point for an advert, if he considers himself the best in the field.

Ciao, e buon lavoro,
Margherita

moxwhite
Local time: 17:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Federica Jean: another proposal: "have a drilling experience" :-)
12 hrs
agree  CLS Lexi-tech: yes, but without the article. Your teeth are tops here. Or we are tops. ciao
13 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
first of ALL.......first of ANYONE


Explanation:
JUST AN IDEA.XXX

jamax28
Local time: 17:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 46
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
one step ahead


Explanation:
It might work if the message is that the dentist is the best on the market.

If, on the other hand, the idea is that the patient is his/her greatest concern, what about: "You always come first" or something along these lines?

(Although I must confess I really like: "We really care for your caries" :-))

HTH

Federica

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Note added at 2002-05-31 09:34:48 (GMT)
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(or: \"Your caries are our care\". Sorry, I could not resist)

Seriously, now:

The care your teeth deserve

Your teeth deserve our care

Your teeth deserve no less

Your smile comes first to us (this seems rather good to me)









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Note added at 2002-05-31 09:37:27 (GMT)
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First-rate care for first-rate smiles

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Note added at 2002-05-31 09:42:12 (GMT)
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First-rate care for first-rate smiles

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Note added at 2002-05-31 09:58:08 (GMT)
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First-rate care for first-rate smiles

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Note added at 2002-05-31 12:22:02 (GMT)
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Found on the Web:
Your smile is our aim
Our aim is to make you proud of your smile (could become: We are proud of your smile/Your smile is our pride)
Serving you and your smile

BEST on the Web: We take your smile personally (I\'m not joking: this is courtesy of Aloha Dental Care)

Last suggestion (I promise): Let your smile tell the whole story.

I certainly smiled a lot doing this. I hope it helped you :-)

Federica Jean
Local time: 18:29
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in pair: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anthony Green: Next advertising job I do I think I'll be in touch with you! ;-)
1 hr
  -> thanks!
agree  CLS Lexi-tech: ottime scelte e daresti al cliente value for his money, facendo molto meglio dell'originale
2 days 1 hr
  -> grazie! E scusatemi per l'attacco di "stupidera", ma sto facendo un lavoro noiosissimo...
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