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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / DOCG regulations | | Italian term or phrase: purchè la produzione non superi del 20% i limiti medesimi | Full sentence:
Per il vino spumante avente diritto alla menzione «Superiore di Cartizze», di cui all'art. 1, comma 2, la resa massima di uva per ettaro in coltura specializzata non deve essere superiore a tonnellate 12,00, ...
Anche in annate eccezionalmente favorevoli, i quantitativi di uva per ettaro da destinare alla produzione dei vini a Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita «Conegliano Valdobbiadene - Prosecco» dovranno essere riportati nei limiti di cui sopra, ***purche' la produzione non superi del 20% i limiti medesimi***.
Help, I just can't get my head around this one!
TIA |
|   Sarah Jane WebbKudoZ activityQuestions: 97 (none open) ( 8 closed without grading) Answers: 821
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| | provided output does not exceed those limits by 20% | Explanation:
Or production, I just drink the stuff. Five for certainty, but lots of ways of saying the same thing.
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Note added at 32 mins (2009-11-04 12:46:34 GMT)
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I can see why you can't get your head round it Sarah. The only meaning for those words is the one I have given, but the whole sentence doesn't make any sense at all. Just how wine production can exceed limits on grapes per hectare is beyond me.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-04 15:00:02 GMT)
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I can't see that connection either Sarah. |
| Selected response from:
James (Jim) Davis
Italy
Local time: 05:51
| Grading comment Thanks again Jim.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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3 mins confidence:   provided that the production percentage does not exceed of 20% the same limits
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provided that the production percentage does not exceed of 20% the same limits
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Asker: Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, Constantinos. I'm going with Jim's version, as it has a natural ring to it, and I'm also going to enquire about the "over 20%" option suggested by Shera Lyn and Phil Goddard.
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4 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 provided the production does not exceed said limits from 20%
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provided that
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Asker: Thank you Vincenzo for pointing me in the right direction. I'm going with Jim's version, as it has a natural ring to it, and I'm also going to enquire about the "over 20%" option suggested by Shera Lyn and Phil Goddard.
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