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English translation: dove-gray


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21:09 Jul 24, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Tourism & Travel / Correct naming
Italian term or phrase: tortora
Dal salotto si accede alla camera da letto padronale, caratterizzata da un imponente lampadario in vetro di Murano che sormonta il letto king size, rivestito da tessuti in tonalità a contrasto sui toni del tortora e del cioccolato.

Grazie in anticipio
Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
Egypt
Local time: 06:05
English translation:dove-gray
Explanation:
http://it.pons.eu/italiano-inglese/tortora

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ww.lamercanti.it/userdata/articoli/.../catalogo-sofa-low-res-2009_4727.pd...Formato file: PDF/Adobe Acrobat -
T26 TORTORA. DOVE GRAY. M15 GRIGIO CHIARO.

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è un grigio come colore..
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Elena Zanetti
Italy
Local time: 06:05
Grading comment
Grazie
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4dove-grey
Ceri McCabe
2 +5dove-gray
Elena Zanetti
4 +2dove-colourLidia Maurutto
4 +1soft greyShera Lyn Parpia
Summary of reference entries provided
dove gray/greydandamesh

Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
dove-colour


Explanation:
secondo word reference: http://www.wordreference.com/iten/

buona traduzione!

Lidia Maurutto
Italy
Local time: 06:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  EleoE
6 hrs
agree  Science451: http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Inglese/D/do...
9 hrs
neutral  Oliver Lawrence: sounds slightly forced for this context (guide book)
14 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +5
dove-gray


Explanation:
http://it.pons.eu/italiano-inglese/tortora

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Note added at 13 min (2011-07-24 21:22:19 GMT)
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ww.lamercanti.it/userdata/articoli/.../catalogo-sofa-low-res-2009_4727.pd...Formato file: PDF/Adobe Acrobat -
T26 TORTORA. DOVE GRAY. M15 GRIGIO CHIARO.

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Note added at 13 min (2011-07-24 21:22:29 GMT)
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è un grigio come colore..

Elena Zanetti
Italy
Local time: 06:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Grazie

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ivana UK: grey (BE) or gray (US)
5 mins
  -> thanks!
agree  gallagy2: dove grEy
1 hr
  -> thanks :-)
disagree  EleoE: Grigio tortora è grigio, tortora no. http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=it#hl=it&sugexp=esqb,ratio&xh...
7 hrs
  -> dalle immagini si vede che è grigio...
agree  katiadegennaro
9 hrs
  -> grazie! :-)
agree  missdutch
10 hrs
  -> grazie!:-)
agree  dandamesh: senza trattino, grigio tortora, perchè no?E' tra il beige e il grigio
12 hrs
  -> grazie!
agree  Anna V
4 days
  -> thanks!
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
dove-grey


Explanation:
UK spelling

Ceri McCabe
Local time: 06:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  EleoE: No. :) http://www.wordreference.com/iten/tortora
1 hr
agree  Isabelle Johnson: definitely dove-grey!
2 hrs
agree  missdutch
2 hrs
agree  Heloise Harrap: defo dove grey!
3 hrs
agree  Amanda Jane Lowles
4 hrs
neutral  Ivana UK: yes, but someone else already suggested this (with US spelling) 11 mins after the question was posted
4 hrs
agree  Oliver Lawrence: As Katia observes, EleoE is contradicted by his own reference
7 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
soft grey


Explanation:
In the translation it would probably sound nice to say "contrasting shades of soft grey and chocolate brown"

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 06:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  EleoE: It's not grey/gray. / I already did, agreeing with Lidia, is just dove. Dove-grey/gray is grigio tortora, which is another colour. And soft grey/gray is not dove. http://www.wordreference.com/iten/tortora
51 mins
  -> Can you suggest what it is?
agree  missdutch
2 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Rachel Fell: best choice in this context - it may be a colour that's a bit beige/buff/etc., but such detail isn't needed here, and soft grey covers a generous spectrum
7 hrs
  -> Thank you Rachel!
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Reference comments


12 hrs
Reference: dove gray/grey

Reference information:
Gray Words: These words are synonymous with gray or represent various shades of the color gray.

Charcoal, slate, iron gray, ashen, lead, mousy, gunmetal, silver, dove gray, powder grey, oyster, pearl, taupe, sere, Payne's gray.



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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-07-25 09:48:10 GMT)
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tortora is a colour between gay and beige, a cool shade of beige or a warm shade of gray
you can call it dove beige, as well
http://www.stonecontact.com/stone-Dove-Beige.htm

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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-07-25 09:48:50 GMT)
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gray not gay


    Reference: http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/colorselection/p/gray.htm
dandamesh
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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