Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
meandro
English translation:
meander
Added to glossary by
silvia b (X)
Oct 27, 2006 17:10
17 yrs ago
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Italian term
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meandri
Italian to English
Science
Geology
from a text about a man who spent months in a cave.
Vivere 32 mesi in grotte naturali di tre continenti è stato il mio modo di “respirare” l’AVVENTURA”:
un fantastico viaggio fra meandri, abissi, cristalli e le inesauribili produzioni della mente umana.
Vivere 32 mesi in grotte naturali di tre continenti è stato il mio modo di “respirare” l’AVVENTURA”:
un fantastico viaggio fra meandri, abissi, cristalli e le inesauribili produzioni della mente umana.
Proposed translations
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silvia b (X)
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| 4 +9 | meanders |
Vittorio Preite
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| 4 | twisting/winding/wondering/rambling paths |
Rosanna Palermo
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| 3 | twist and turns |
Mara Ballarini
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Change log
Oct 31, 2006 08:21: silvia b (X) changed "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Geology"
Oct 31, 2006 10:55: silvia b (X) changed "Field" from "Other" to "Science"
Proposed translations
7 mins
Italian term (edited):
meandro
Selected
meander
Mi sembra che qui non sia usato in senso figurato, ma in questo senso:
geol., geogr., profonda ansa creata da fiumi che scorrono in terreni alluvionali leggermente in pendenza (De Mauro)
(fai una ricerca con "grotte naturali" e meandro).
geol., geogr., profonda ansa creata da fiumi che scorrono in terreni alluvionali leggermente in pendenza (De Mauro)
(fai una ricerca con "grotte naturali" e meandro).
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Vittorio Preite
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Italian
United Kingdom
Two cultures. One life
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
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meanders
litterally, but here is used in a figuratives sense like: Meanders of the Mind.
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silvia b (X)
: d'accordo sulla resa, ma non sull'interpretazione - non avevo visto la tua risposta prima di scrivere la mia :) // giusto - ma mi sembra vedere una contrapposizione tra meandri, abissi, cristalli da un lato e le produzioni della mente umana dall'altro
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Le "produzioni della mente umana" si riferivano all'immaginario, quindi si poteva tradurre sotto diversi aspetti. Ciao.
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Caterina Passari
: no,io son d'accordo con vittorio:"meanders" come cavità naturali,grotte..in senso metaforico lo si traduce in genre con "twist and turns"
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Grazie Caterina
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Ivana UK
: yes - meander = Circuitous windings or sinuosities, as of a stream or path
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Grazie Ivana
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Rosanna Palermo
: there you are Vittorio..customer called and here I am beat again.. just kidding!! :o)
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Ne'er mind Rosanna, you'll get your own back one day. Grazie comunque. Ciao
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Alfredo Tutino
: I think that literal and translated sense are more or less fused here - in fact, there *are* meandering underground rivers in most caves, and also, probably, in the mind of our cave-dweller... BTW, the same might be said for "abissi" and "cristalli"...
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Grazie Alfredo, tu si che lo capisci.
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texjax DDS PhD
: Dopo due mesi in caverna? Meanders!
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Grazie B
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P.L.F. Persio
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Grazie
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clarinet3
: agree
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Grazie
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Emily Goodpaster
: I agree with the 'double meaning'-I think the author is referring to both his physical surroundings and his mental wanderings. Sounds good to me....
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irenef
: definitely "meanders"
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Mara Ballarini
Australia
Australia
Native in Italian
Australia
Translator, interpreter and teacher
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, German to Italian, and 4 more.
twist and turns
literally meanders/bends - they are mazes, twists and turns
dizionario Garzanti-Hazon
and
http://encarta.msn.com/thesaurus_/meander.html
in an old kudoz questions from en to it they were called bowels
dizionario Garzanti-Hazon
and
http://encarta.msn.com/thesaurus_/meander.html
in an old kudoz questions from en to it they were called bowels
25 mins
Rosanna Palermo
Native in Italian
&
English
Accuracy matters - La precisione conta
Native in: Italian , English (Variant: US)
Works in: Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
twisting/winding/wondering/rambling paths
me·an·der (mē-ăn'dər)
intr.v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.
To follow a winding and turning course: Streams tend to meander through level land.
To move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction: vagabonds meandering through life. See synonyms at wander.
n.
meanders Circuitous windings or sinuosities, as of a stream or path.
A circuitous journey or excursion; ramble. Often used in the plural.
An ornamental pattern of winding or intertwining lines, used in art and architecture.
[From Latin maeander, circuitous windings, from Greek maiandros, after MAIANDROS, the Maeander River in Phrygia, noted for its windings.]
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