TRADUguide - Your Guide to Translators and Translation Agencies

16 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran, MFA   asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	erano stati costruiti che dai Babilonesi
Context:	Ponti di pietra erano stati costruiti che dai Babilonesi, a partire dal VI secolo a.C, ma solo dove erano indispensabili.

 

The answer of Vilma Etchart   was rated best

Stone bridges had been built only by the Babylonians

My comment:

IMHO in the source text there is a missing word: "non". The Italian construction should go: "Ponti di pietra non erano stati costruiti che dai Babilonesi". This concept is true according to history, because in the VI th century nobody but Babylonians were able to build stone bridges, and only where necessary, as they habitually used rafts to transport goods and people along and across the rivers. I wish you find my comment useful. Cheers.

	Click here to see the complete list of answers and comments.
	Want to send the asker a comment? Click here.

The 30 latest Conges questions

sich bekennen [hier]
German > French

2 days ago

Patallegrube
German > French

2 days ago

Vollpoly-Patellaersätze
German > French

2 days ago

Verlängerungsstiel
German > French

2 days ago

esclusi dalla gara alle conquiste coloniali
Italian > English

9 days ago

Datenschutz-Vertretung
German > French

11 days ago

anlasslos [hier]
German > French

12 days ago

E. and M.
French > English

12 days ago

jouissance paternelle
French > English

13 days ago

EINE EINS
German > French

22 days ago

buffers
English > Portuguese

23 days ago

meatal
English > Portuguese

23 days ago

national gelistet
German > French

1 month ago

Stapelbalken[-diagramm]
German > French

1 month ago

Kernbohrung
German > French

1 month ago

Trübdurchbruch
German > French

1 month ago

carte
French > English

1 month ago

références
French > English

1 month ago

étages / étagés
French > English

1 month ago

Mut zum Muster
German > English

2 months ago

einen Rest abbekommen
German > English

2 months ago

Mut zum Muster
German > French

2 months ago

spießig
German > French

2 months ago

Leiterbahnführung
German > English

2 months ago

Prüf- und Erprobungsbedingungen
German > English

2 months ago

une fête de chaque instant
French > English

2 months ago

assistés condamnés
French > English

2 months ago

traverser leur age sans s’y arrêter
French > English

2 months ago

Müssen müssen
German > French

2 months ago

wedding harvest
English > German

2 months ago