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Altopiano di Potosi

English translation: Potosi Altiplano

03:43 May 13, 2010
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / film
Italian term or phrase: Altopiano di Potosi
Does Potosi Plateau sound okay? Many thanks for your responses.



Potosi Plateau- Bolivia

It's a new dawn and the hot, dazzling, morning, Andean light is spreading on the stupendous plateau. In the centre of the village the life of the small and awe inspiring city livens up. The bell strikes 6...Outside the village in a modest house Estrella, a young mum shakes Juan Diego: “Juan, Juan, it's time to wake up...come on, time is ticking...”


Altopiano di Potosi – Bolivia


E' l'alba di un nuovo giorno, la luce abbagliante e calda del mattino delle Ande si distende sullo stupendo altopiano (est giorno elicottero che sorvola la città, il lago e punta verso il monte)
nel centro del paese la vita della piccola e suggestiva città si anima;
la campana rintocca le 6...
stephanie Foulkes
Local time: 22:27
English translation:Potosi Altiplano
Explanation:
I know that some people translate "altiplano" as "highlands" but in English this term tends to conjure up visions of longhorn cattle grazing stoically in the rain.

Since the Andean altiplano is unlike any environment most people will have encountered, I would just use the Spanish term.
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Giles Watson
Italy
Local time: 22:27
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thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Potosi Highlands
David Hollywood
4tableland, plateau, upland, highland
Gad Kohenov
4Potosi Altiplano
Giles Watson


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Potosi Highlands


Explanation:
Car In Potosi Highlands - Bolivia Stock Photo from Bigstock™. Red Car in a desert in the bolivian highlands - Province of Potosi.
www.bigstockphoto.com/.../stock-photo-car-in-potosi-highlan... - CachedClimb the Huayna Potosí: Photos and Info on Google Maps, no need ... - [ Translate this page ]
Tikimani, Taquesi, Huayna Potosi HIS Memories, Highlands International School, La Paz, Bolivia...Tikimani Taquesi Huayna Potosi Highlands International ...
wiki.worldflicks.org/huayna_potosí.html - Cached

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Seems that the most common bike route between La Paz and Potosi ... it becomes very scenic and remote - Potosí highlands rather than the ...
www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=1502230 - Cached

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Note added at 15 mins (2010-05-13 03:58:44 GMT)
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should be with accent ... as in Potosí

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Note added at 17 mins (2010-05-13 04:01:21 GMT)
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To get there, you're climbing into the alto piano (highlands). It is an absolutely magnificent, unknown little town with two divisions ...
www.fodors.com/news/story_2870.html - Cached - Similaraltopiano - Wiktionary
23 Mar 2009 ... [edit] Noun. altopiano m. (plural altipiani) (alternative plural: altopiani). plateau, tableland, highlands ...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/altopiano - Cached

David Hollywood
Local time: 17:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  khaire
19 mins
  -> thanks Khaire :)
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia: Plateau is also fine.
1 hr
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tableland, plateau, upland, highland


Explanation:
Plateau is fine and highland too.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 23:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 days 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Potosi Altiplano


Explanation:
I know that some people translate "altiplano" as "highlands" but in English this term tends to conjure up visions of longhorn cattle grazing stoically in the rain.

Since the Andean altiplano is unlike any environment most people will have encountered, I would just use the Spanish term.

Giles Watson
Italy
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28
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