Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
rilasciano mance su base volontaria
English translation:
tip voluntarily | choose to tip | tip on a voluntary basis
Added to glossary by
David Russi
Dec 2, 2008 18:51
15 yrs ago
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Italian term
Works in: English to Italian
base volontaria
Italian to English
Other
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di solito i clienti in Italia rilasciano mance su base volontaria come apprezzamento per il servizio svolto dai camerieri.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | tip voluntarily / chose to tip |
David Russi
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| 4 +4 | on a voluntary basis |
Shera Lyn Parpia
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| 4 | voluntary base/vedi sotto |
Traducendo Co. Ltd
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Change log
Dec 13, 2008 16:09: David Russi changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/842224">Gianluca82's</a> old entry - "base volontaria"" to ""tip voluntarily / chose to tip""
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David Russi
United States
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tip voluntarily / chose to tip
usually, in Italy customers tip waiters voluntarily / choose to tip waiters for...
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Note added at 3 mins (2008-12-02 18:54:53 GMT)
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Sorry for the typo, SB "choose"
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Note added at 3 mins (2008-12-02 18:54:53 GMT)
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Sorry for the typo, SB "choose"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "grazie"
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Traducendo Co. Ltd
Malta
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Native in: Italian (Variants: Roman / Romanesco, Neapolitan, Standard-Italy) , Spanish (Variants: Argentine, Mexican, Latin American)
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voluntary base/vedi sotto
la frase è orribile in italiano, bleah.
se vuoi lasciarlo letterale si dice on voluntary base, io cambierei e direi:
usually clients leave tips as sign of apreciation of the waiters' service.
gli da il senso di non volontarietà e suona meglio.
solo un sugerrimento comunque!!!
buon lavoro
se vuoi lasciarlo letterale si dice on voluntary base, io cambierei e direi:
usually clients leave tips as sign of apreciation of the waiters' service.
gli da il senso di non volontarietà e suona meglio.
solo un sugerrimento comunque!!!
buon lavoro
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Sarah Jane Webb
: I like your suggestion, ...as a sign of apPreciation ... etc. ;-)
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thx sarah
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Shera Lyn Parpia
: Voluntary "base" is not English// can't I disagree without offending? The context that you quote is quite different- or let's say that the part of speech changes.
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no offending at all!!!! it's only that one should disagree when in disaccord with someone answer. you actually disagreed on my grammar. that's all. anyway, we cool, ok?
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Barbara Toffolon (X)
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thx
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KayW
: Shera Lyn Parpia is right - "on voluntary base" is not English.
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Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Italy
translating meaning, not just words
Native in: English 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, English
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on a voluntary basis
that's what it means, but you might prefer to say:"it's up to clients to decide whether to tip and how much"
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Ivana UK
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grazie.
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Silvia Nigretto
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Grazie.
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Rossella Mainardis
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thanks.
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Emanuela Galdelli
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grazie.
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