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fourth-year fifth

Italian translation: tradizione del "fourth-year fifth"

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English term or phrase:fourth-year fifth
Italian translation:tradizione del "fourth-year fifth"
Entered by: Marianna Aita

09:21 Oct 27, 2013
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: fourth-year fifth
At the annual Foxfield horse races, students
start drinking in the morning and go all day. At the historic Lawn, students
get bombed, strip and streak naked. And there’s the “fourth-year fifth,”
when some fourth-year students try to finish a fifth before kickoff at the final
home football game. In 1997, a senior honors student died after drinking
heavily and falling down stairs
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tradizione del "fourth-year fifth"
Explanation:
Non credo sia traducibile con un singolo termine/espressione, lascerei l'originale, visto che subito dopo viene spiegato in cosa consiste.
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Marianna Aita
Italy
Local time: 19:09
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3 +4tradizione del "fourth-year fifth"
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tradizione del "fourth-year fifth"


Explanation:
Non credo sia traducibile con un singolo termine/espressione, lascerei l'originale, visto che subito dopo viene spiegato in cosa consiste.

Marianna Aita
Italy
Local time: 19:09
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Giuseppe Bellone: Credo anch'io l'unica sia lasciare così e spiegare, d'altra parte va spiegato anche in inglese, non tutti sapranno cos'è nemmeno da quelle parti! http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2472&dat=19981115&id=s...
44 mins

agree  zerlina
4 hrs

agree  Mariagrazia Centanni
13 hrs

agree  AdamiAkaPataflo: concordo :-)
21 hrs
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