Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
convention
Italian translation:
occasione
English term
convention
nella frase "shopping is as much of a time-killing social ritual as a simple convention for free enterprise", come tradurreste "a simple convention for free enterprise"?
"lo shopping è tanto un rituale sociale per ammazzare il tempo quanto..."?
Grazie
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doba (X)
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| 4 +4 | assemblea/convegno/congresso |
Barbara Salardi
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| 4 | convenzione/accordo |
Olga Evnevich-Erickson
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Mar 16, 2008 17:24: doba (X) Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
occasione
... lo shopping è tanto un passatempo quanto un'occasione di libero scambio.
Quindi secondo me " simple convention" può tradursi con "occasione".
Free enterprise = libera impresa. Solo tu dal contesto puoi confermare se in senso lato si puo estenderne il significato a libero scambio. Senza il contesto è difficile. A me pare che qui libera impresa non ci sta.
Italy
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Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Spanish to Italian, Italian
assemblea/convegno/congresso
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Maria Luisa Dell'Orto
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Grazie Maria Luisa! ^^
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Michelangelo Felicetti
: congresso OK!
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Sì... Grazie Michelangelo! ^^
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Monia Di Martino
: Si può lasciare anche "convention".
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Infatti ci avevo pensato anch'io... Grazie Monia! ^^
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Maria Rosa Fontana
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Grazie Maria Rosa! ^^
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United States
Native in: Russian 
Works in: Italian to English, Russian to English, Russian to Italian, and 2 more.
convenzione/accordo
"...as a simple agreement for free enterprise"
covention works here as in Italian " convenzione-accordo".
"free enterprise " refers to free enterprise system as
"sistema del liberalismo economico"
"...e` semplice accordo per liberalismo economico"
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-03-15 23:23:51 GMT)
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We have to remember that Convention has three definitions:
1. Conference- congress, assembly, etc.
2. Practise- custom, rule, tradition
3. Agreement- contract, condition, accord
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