dall'alto

English translation: from above

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Italian term or phrase:	dall'alto
English translation:	from above
Entered by:	Emanuela Galdelli

17:38 Apr 3, 2008

Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: dall'alto

L'impoverimento linguistico viene imposto dall'alto (dal governo).

Si tratta di un saggio sul determinismo linguistico applicato alla situazione dei Paesi a regime totalitario. Sono un pò stanca e davvero non riesco a rendere l'espressione "dall'alto". Suggestions?

Ametista KudoZ activity Questions: 11 (1 open) Answers: 95 Ireland
Local time: 21:54

From above

Explanation:
Semplice pero adegato.

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-04-03 17:44:01 GMT)
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Imposed from above.

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Note added at 17 mins (2008-04-03 17:56:07 GMT)
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*Adeguato* - sorry about the typo, just saw it.

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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-04-04 06:26:14 GMT)
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Ceucescu tried to purge Romainian from non-latin words.

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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-04-04 06:26:31 GMT)
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*Romanian*

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Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 23:54

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3 +5

From above

Gad Kohenov

4 +2

from the top

Patricia Crotty

by language planning agencies/decisions (in context)

Umberto Cassano

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

dall'alto (in questo contesto) from the top

Explanation:
dictated from the top
dictated from above

Patricia Crotty
Local time: 22:54
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

22 mins confidence:

dall'alto (in questo contesto) by language planning agencies/decisions (in context)

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_planning

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENIT...

HTH

Umberto Cassano
Italy
Local time: 22:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 48

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

dall'alto (in questo contesto)

From above

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 23:54
Native speaker of:

French,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 12

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