Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
segno inequivocabile
English translation:
a clear sign
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-07-05 09:54:10 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Italian term
Italy
words: thoughts and cultures
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, German to Italian, Italian
segno inequivocabile
Grazie!
| 4 +2 | a clear sign |
James (Jim) Davis
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| 5 +1 | unmistakable proof |
Colin Ryan (X)
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| 5 | unmistakable stamp |
Oliver Lawrence
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| 3 +1 | a testament to |
dropinka (X)
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| 3 | unmistakable indication [sign] |
meirs
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Proposed translations
Seychelles
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Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
a clear sign
Italy
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Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: Italian to English, English
unmistakable stamp
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Note added at 2 mins (2010-07-01 11:13:32 GMT)
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'5'? Should've been '4', not sure what happened there.
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James (Jim) Davis
: How do you fit in with the phrase Oliver? Just curious.
26 mins
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philgoddard
: Actually this could work, Jim, but we don't have any context. It could be something like "it bears the unmistakable stamp of..."
3 hrs
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unmistakable proof
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Note added at 4 mins (2010-07-01 11:14:57 GMT)
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Lawrence, how about you take Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and I take Tuesdays, Thursdays and the weekends? :-) LOL
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Note added at 13 mins (2010-07-01 11:23:54 GMT)
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To explain how I got my answer, I googled the context (the quotes are necessary):
"unmistakable * of his ardent"
...which throws up proof. Introducing some flexibility in the search we get unmistakable sign, evidence, stamp (cf. Oliver Lawrence), imprint, etc. etc.
So, how to decide which of these is best? Can we have more context, please?
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Mr Murray (X)
: stronger than just evidence, I'd go with 'proof' alone (as to me 'proof' is absolute) or 'unmistakable proof' to match the manner of the T1
42 mins
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Thanks!
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unmistakable indication [sign]
a testament to
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Jim Tucker (X)
44 mins
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Thanks, Jim
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philgoddard
: "Testament" is a good idea, but I think you have to find some sort of translation for "inequivocabile".
2 hrs
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