..fine a se stesso...
English translation: see below
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| Italian to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial | ||||
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|  Selected response from: Carla Trapani Local time: 14:03 | |||
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| na | see below |
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| na | The association is only concerned with its own survival |
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| na | as an end in itself/as a goal in itself |
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| na | The association has become an organization that exists only for its own sake |
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| na | self-supporting |
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| na | organismo autonomo |
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| na | a scopo autonomo |
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see below Explanation: Fine a se stesso means with no purpose, with no object, but unfortunately I could not find a concise way to say that. Hope it helps. Saxo |
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The association is only concerned with its own survival Explanation: It simply means that that particular organization no longer serves the purpose for which it was created but has become "an island unto itself". |
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as an end in itself/as a goal in itself Explanation: see Hazon Garzanti: fine .... |
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The association has become an organization that exists only for its own sake Explanation: In other words,, for whatever reason, the association no longer exists to fulfill its original purpose. This sometimes happens with charitable organizations after the eradication of the diseases that they were originally formed to fight. -- Hope this helps! -- HC |
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self-supporting Explanation: io direi che fine a se stesso significo che ora ha vita propria, for whatever reason. So the idea of self-supporting, or self-sufficient, means that it no longer relies on the usual means of survival of an association (members, fundraising etc.) but now has its own means and perhaps different objectives too. |
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organismo autonomo Explanation: da cio' che i colleghi suggeriscono mi sembra di capire che l'associazione sia adesso un organismo autonomo; good luck, Pat C. |
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a scopo autonomo Explanation: Sorry this is to correct my previous suggestion; |
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