English translation of "trattenuti da affari commerciali o da motivi" - "and were held/kept for commercial reasons or becua"

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157 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	trattenuti da affari commerciali o da motivi
Context:	Si era venuta formando tuttavia una nuova colonia di americani, stabiltisi negli ultimi...
Keywords:	...anni, trattenuti da affari commerciali of da motivi turistici.

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157 months ago

wrote:

and were held/kept for commercial reasons or becua

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157 months ago

wrote:

No, it got sent by mistake when I tried to change to this: should be -were held/kept there because of business or because of tourism reasons. Or stayed there/ settled there because of business or tourism

157 months ago

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157 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

and were held/kept for commercial reasons or becua

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157 months ago

Giorgio Vellani wrote:

stayed for commercial business or (reasons of) tourism.

157 months ago

Giorgio Vellani wrote:

who steered clear of business or tourist ventures/tourism

My comment:

"trattenere da" = to refrain from
Depending on why these people refrained from doing business, a different verb might be more appropriate instead of "steered clear".

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