Aug 23, 2002 18:55
22 yrs ago
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Italian term
Deb Phillips (X)
presupposti
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Fatto questo ci si potrebbe accontentare di aver dato al lettore abbastanza presupposti, lasciando che egli li elabori e li connetta, li arricchisca da sé con ulteriori ricerche.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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18 mins
Selected
suppositions
or you could just say-
"having given the reader sufficient clues or suppositions ...."
"having given the reader sufficient clues or suppositions ...."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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31 mins
Assumptions
Perhaps it may be translated also as "presumptions", but the more accurate translation I think is "assumptions".
38 mins
Libero_Lang_Lab
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
The sports specialists
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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39
food for supposition
having given the reader food for supposition....
this would sound a little more elegant I think
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Note added at 2002-08-23 20:14:17 (GMT)
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food for thought
this would sound a little more elegant I think
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Note added at 2002-08-23 20:14:17 (GMT)
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food for thought
+3
50 mins
thoughts or ideas
I think that assumptions or presumptions can be translated into thoughts or ideas in this case.
Peer comment(s):
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ANAYANSI KONRAD
: Also 'clues' as jerryk pointed out
38 mins
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| agree |
luskie
: yes, also clues
4 hrs
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| agree |
margari
12 days
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5 hrs
(starting) elements
to be worked through and...
(other elements in my mind: suggestions, hints)
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Note added at 2002-08-23 23:58:09 (GMT)
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or starting points, of course :)
(other elements in my mind: suggestions, hints)
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Note added at 2002-08-23 23:58:09 (GMT)
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or starting points, of course :)
5 hrs
CLS Lexi-tech
Native in Italian
Language innovations for the future
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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1505
food for thought/groundword/foundation/fundamentals
suggestions
or you could change connotation and use groundwork
to have laid the groundwork/foundation so that the reader may ....
to have offered the reader some fundamental principles
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Note added at 2002-08-24 00:40:49 (GMT)
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I meant groundwork
or you could change connotation and use groundwork
to have laid the groundwork/foundation so that the reader may ....
to have offered the reader some fundamental principles
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Note added at 2002-08-24 00:40:49 (GMT)
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I meant groundwork
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