21:02 Apr 27, 2008 |
Italian to English translations [PRO] Ships, Sailing, Maritime | |||||||
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4 +1 | rammed in the Gorla Trophy race |
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rammed in the Gorla Trophy race Explanation: The Gorla seems to be a Trophy - see links: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="Trofeo Gorla"&btnG=Sea... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="Gorla Trophy"&btnG=Goo... looks like it is also used in English, but you could leave it as Trofeo Gorla, I suppose -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 hrs (2008-04-28 06:37:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- that explains the masculine 'al', I imagine - it is followed by an implied 'trofeo' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2008-04-28 07:13:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think there's a 'che' too many in the sentence, and I'm not sure if that 'deve' is a present with a future sense or a historic present. But it could read, for example: "XXX with his BMW trimaran (or whatever they're called), who will have to be rammed in the Gorla Trophy to keep him off the podium". Presumably XXX is so good, the only way of knocking him off the podium (the final Championship podium, I imagine), is by ramming him out of the race, said jokingly. Or otherwise the ramming actually happened (and deve is a historic present), and it was this that knocked him out of the running. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2008-04-28 07:35:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- putting it in the past - "the only thing that prevented XXX with his BMW trimaran from winning a medal was being rammed in the Gorla Trophy" |
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