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il frutto coltivato dagli innovatori...

English translation: innovators rarely reap the benefits ....

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Italian term or phrase:il frutto coltivato dagli innovatori...
English translation:innovators rarely reap the benefits ....
Entered by: Juliet Halewood (X)

17:01 Oct 23, 2006
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Italian term or phrase: il frutto coltivato dagli innovatori...
il frutto coltivato dagli innovatori raramente viene raccolto dai medesimi

I'm having difficulty with this phrase, can anybody help?
Thanks!
Juliet Halewood (X)
Local time: 11:46
innovators rarely reap the benefits ....
Explanation:
Innovators rarely reap the benefits of the things they create. They [Napster] didn’t make it ligit. They didn’t pay the artists and the label. ...
www.themayfieldfour.net/article-wesleyan.html - 24k - Résultat complémentaire
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hirselina
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3 +4innovators rarely reap the benefits ....
hirselina
3 +1rarely do the innovators enjoy the results of their own labor
Fiorsam
4Innovators rarely profit from their work.
Pnina
3the fruit of innovation is rarely harvested by the innovators themselves
Maudarg (X)


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
innovators rarely reap the benefits ....


Explanation:
Innovators rarely reap the benefits of the things they create. They [Napster] didn’t make it ligit. They didn’t pay the artists and the label. ...
www.themayfieldfour.net/article-wesleyan.html - 24k - Résultat complémentaire


hirselina
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in DutchDutch
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
rarely do the innovators enjoy the results of their own labor


Explanation:
or (closer to the original): rarely does the innovator harvest the seed he himself has planted.

Fiorsam
United States
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Native speaker of: Italian
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agree  Daniela Zambrini
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the fruit of innovation is rarely harvested by the innovators themselves


Explanation:
This sounds reasonable - can't think of any kind of equivalent saying in English

Maudarg (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:46
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Innovators rarely profit from their work.


Explanation:
Those who market the innovations usually do profit.

Pnina
Israel
Local time: 12:46
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Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew
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