Oct 18, 2011 08:32
13 yrs ago
Italian term

calcando il palcoscenico

Italian to English Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation
The subject we're talking about is Motor Racing. Here's the whole sentence: "In questi anni XXX, calcando il palcoscenico internazionale delle competizioni, ebbe modo di accumulare molte esperienze ed instaurare quelle relazioni interpersonali, che in futuro si sarebbero rivelate come importanti conoscenze."

Discussion

Robert Mongiello (asker) Oct 18, 2011:
The driver is an experienced, several-times winner in motor racing. The period is around the 1940's-1950's
Oliver Lawrence Oct 18, 2011:
A bit more context, please Literally, it's "treading the boards", of course, but without more context it's hard to tell what kind of "treading" - is this an aspiring driver who got a drive in a minor team or a job as a test driver, for example; or could it even be someone with a lower-profile role, like a journalist or engineer?

Proposed translations

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Italian term (edited): calcando il palcoscenico internazionale delle competizioni
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on the international competitive stage

These years on the international competitive stage enabled XXX to develop broad experience and...

('on the international stage' retains the theatrical metaphor and slots the 'competitive' element in quite smoothly.). HTH.
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treading the boards of international competition

This would work with the theatre metaphor.
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Italian term (edited): calcando il palcoscenico internazionale delle competizioni

(by) focusing on international competition

Literally it's focusing on the stage of international competition, but the on the stage of part can be dispensed with, IMO.
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by being present on the international racing scene

Nobody can see any effective theatrical metaphors which work here in English so just gloss over it, forgetting the theatre and just say because he was there, otherwise it will sound unnatural (best not to try than to try and then make a mess).

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-10-18 10:06:42 GMT)
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Perhaps I should have said "which work *well* here".
Peer comment(s):

agree Barbara Carrara : Jolly good!
27 mins
agree Daniela Zambrini
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agree casper (X) : How about by his presence on... , Jim ?
2 hrs
Yes, there are many ways, depending on how you do the rest of teh sentence. I think the important thing is to avoid metaphors which don't work well, and also "racing" in place of competition. A race is a competition by definition.
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