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apparivano al di sotto di . .

English translation: the quality of service given was far lower than international standards, which

01:28 Jun 8, 2001
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
Italian term or phrase: apparivano al di sotto di . .
". . . la qualità del servizio reso, molto più bassa degli standard internazionali che, peraltro, apparivano al di sotto di quelli raggiunti da IT"

My version:
"the quality of service rendered, which was, however, much lower than international standards, but yet which appeared lower than IT's standards." Is that right? My question is: Did international standards appear lower than IT's, even though they are supposedly higher than IT's? This doesn't make sense.

Thanks for your help!
Peter
English translation:the quality of service given was far lower than international standards, which
Explanation:
are, in any case, lower than achieved IT standards.
The verb is 3rd person plural and refers to "international standards".
Basically international standards are not very high and this service doesn't even get to that level so it must be pretty hopeless.
Angela


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Angela Arnone
Local time: 17:07
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nathe quality of service given was far lower than international standards, which
Angela Arnone
naNot clear on the answer --
Peter Wright
nasorry Peter - it must be the heat, but you've lost me...
Angela Arnone


  

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the quality of service given was far lower than international standards, which


Explanation:
are, in any case, lower than achieved IT standards.
The verb is 3rd person plural and refers to "international standards".
Basically international standards are not very high and this service doesn't even get to that level so it must be pretty hopeless.
Angela




Angela Arnone
Local time: 17:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 3602

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CLS Lexi-tech
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Amy Taylor: Arnone is right. IT standards are lower than the international.
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10 hrs
Not clear on the answer --


Explanation:
But then "Che apparivano al di sotto di quelli raggiunti da IT?" IT's standards were below international standards, which were below IT's?

See what I mean?

Thanks for the help!

Peter Wright
Local time: 11:07
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11 hrs
sorry Peter - it must be the heat, but you've lost me...


Explanation:
the quality of this service is even lower than international standards, and these latter are even lower than standards reached by IT.
It's a bit difficult to go any further without more of the sentence - perhaps you're not happy with my answer as you have a more global and entire vision of the text?
Let me know!!

Angela Arnone
Local time: 17:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 3602
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