Feb 9, 2009 16:33
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Navigli di Leonardo
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The title of an article:
Alla scoperta dei Navigli di Leonardo
To translate or not to translate? Google has thrown up a dozen different possible translations, none of which seems to predominate. Any ideas welcome!
Alla scoperta dei Navigli di Leonardo
To translate or not to translate? Google has thrown up a dozen different possible translations, none of which seems to predominate. Any ideas welcome!
Proposed translations
(English)
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Angela Arnone
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Leonardo's Navigli
From the school of take nothing for granted ... I'd translate this time, because it refers to a specific context and there are reliable traces on English google.
HTH
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-02-09 18:27:33 GMT)
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Should add that I'd hang on to "Navigli" because of the connection to the Milan waterways.
HTH
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-02-09 18:27:33 GMT)
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Should add that I'd hang on to "Navigli" because of the connection to the Milan waterways.
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Sarah Thompson
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Monia Di Martino
: Yes.
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Sele
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Dana Rinaldi
: I would translate and this seems the most appropriate.
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Roland Lelaj
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Comment: "I chose this answer in the end. Because of where it's going to be published, I imagine the users would at least have an idea of what the Navigli are so I didn't add anything afterwards in brackets.
Thanks to all!"
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Leonardo's Navigli (the inner canal network in Milan)
About the Navigli of Leonardo da Vinci in Milan
Discover the Navigli of Leonardo da Vinci The trails of the idea to make Milan ... The tour boat trips down the ***Leonardo’s Navigli*** is a very pleasant ...
www.aboutmilan.com/navigili-of-leonardo-milan.html
Manuscripts - museoscienza
The inner canal network in Milan began to raise worries about hygiene because of ... Canal and the one that flows out of the Ticino [the Naviglio Grande]. ... the Lago di Lecco, Leonardo took considered a canal that would lead from the ...
www.museoscienza.org/english/leonardo/navigli/
Discover the Navigli of Leonardo da Vinci The trails of the idea to make Milan ... The tour boat trips down the ***Leonardo’s Navigli*** is a very pleasant ...
www.aboutmilan.com/navigili-of-leonardo-milan.html
Manuscripts - museoscienza
The inner canal network in Milan began to raise worries about hygiene because of ... Canal and the one that flows out of the Ticino [the Naviglio Grande]. ... the Lago di Lecco, Leonardo took considered a canal that would lead from the ...
www.museoscienza.org/english/leonardo/navigli/
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the Navigli (the canals designed by Leonardo da Vinci)
that's if your English-speaking reader does not know what they are (which is entirely possible)
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I would not translate
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Note added at 7 mins (2009-02-09 16:40:47 GMT)
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But I would explain what they are. See, for ex., http://www.aboutmilan.com/navigili-of-leonardo-milan.html
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Note added at 7 mins (2009-02-09 16:40:47 GMT)
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But I would explain what they are. See, for ex., http://www.aboutmilan.com/navigili-of-leonardo-milan.html
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Leonardo's canals
Canals are supposed to be handy waterways where people can ship stuff in boats. ***Leonardo's canals***, extensively planned but never built, are Leonardo's ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0596100787...
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Let us now turn to **Leonardo's canals**. Vasari declares that Leonardo, while still a youth,2 elaborated a scheme for a navigable canal between Florence and ...
books.google.com/books?id=_-QEAAAAYAAJ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0596100787...
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Note added at 9 mins (2009-02-09 16:43:05 GMT)
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Let us now turn to **Leonardo's canals**. Vasari declares that Leonardo, while still a youth,2 elaborated a scheme for a navigable canal between Florence and ...
books.google.com/books?id=_-QEAAAAYAAJ...
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Stefania Bertolini
: navigli is a particular word in Italian also. You should translate=Leonardo's canals("Navigli")
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