"zero drag"

Italian translation: zero drag

15:32 Mar 28, 2008

English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Anthropology

English term or phrase: "zero drag"

Since 1997, a new term – ‘zero drag’ – has begun quietly circulating in Silicon Valley, the heartland of the computer revolution in America. Originally it meant the frictionless movement of physical object like a skate or bicycle. Then it was applied to employees who, regardless of financial incentives, easily gave up one job for another. More recently, it has come to mean ‘unattached’ or ‘unobligated’. A dot.com employer might comment approvingly of an employee, ‘He’s zero drag’, meaning that he’s available to take on extra assignments, respond to emergency calls, or relocate any time.

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Italian translation:zero drag

Explanation:
Secondo me è un'espressione inglese peculiare e 'trendy' che va lasciata in inglese, traducendo e spiegando di volta in volta solo i vari significati che ha assunto nei vari contesti. Quelli sono traducibili e spiegabili.

ciao
Gianfranco

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-03-28 15:44:03 GMT)
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Dimenticavo, si può sempre affiancare una traduzione letterale, a titolo informativo, del tipo "resistenza zero" o "ad attrito zero", ma non rende certamente appieno i vari significati peculiari che poi vengono assunti, quindi non sostituisce il termine inglese né può essere usata come vera traduzione del termine orginale.

GF

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gianfranco
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Local time: 21:06

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Grazie Gianfranco! Sono dello stesso parere. Buon fine settimana
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Grazie Gianfranco! Sono dello stesso parere. Buon fine settimana

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