da sempre i concorrenti più agguerriti

English translation: the toughest competition

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Italian term or phrase:	i concorrenti più agguerriti
English translation:	the toughest competition
Entered by:	Maureen Young

13:46 Jan 19, 2002

Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: da sempre i concorrenti più agguerriti

A Ipack-Ima 2000 hanno partecipato 1.841 espositori, di cui 1.250 italiani e 591 esteri provenienti da 30 paesi. Gli espositori tedeschi, da sempre i concorrenti più agguerriti nei confronti della produzione nostrana erano 176, seguiti numericamente da Gran Bretagna 90, Stati Uniti 66, Francia 50, Svizzera 46, Olanda 26, Taiwan 21, Spagna 18 e Belgio 13 per citare solo le rappresentanze più numerose.

Sabrina

"...who have always been our toughest competition"

Explanation:
or something like "who have always represented the Italian producers' toughest competition...)

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Maureen Young
Italy
Local time: 23:27

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4 +2

"...who have always been our toughest competition"

Maureen Young

4 +1

who have always been our most intense competitors

AlexMac

4 -1

always the hardest/best trained participants

Hazel Whiteley

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3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

always the hardest/best trained participants

Explanation:
According to Garzanti, "agguerrito":

1 combat-hardened, battle-trained
2 (fig.) inured, hardened, seasoned / un traduttore -, an expert translator; un sostenitore -, a passionate supporter.

I also like the idea that the German participants are the most "passionate", that they really give it all they´ve got.

It literally says "from always" but I think "always" on its own conveys it.

garzanti

Hazel Whiteley
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 133

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

who have always been our most intense competitors

Explanation:
buon lavoro

paola l m

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Note added at 2002-01-19 14:00:26 (GMT)
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My husband had just registered and I did not realize that his profile was logged on, and not mine.
I think Maureen has the best solution, in any case.
ciao a tutti

AlexMac

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

"...who have always been our toughest competition"

Explanation:
or something like "who have always represented the Italian producers' toughest competition...)

Maureen Young
Italy
Local time: 23:27
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 254

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