Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
ripartire dal punto in cui è
English translation:
start over from the point where/in which
Italian term
ripartire dal punto in cui è
| 4 +4 | start over from the point where/in which |
Jonathan LaRochelle
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| 4 | pick yourself up from where you are |
Oliver Lawrence
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| 3 -1 | start all over again |
Being Earnest
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Mar 5, 2010 20:42: Jonathan LaRochelle Created KOG entry
Mar 5, 2010 20:42: Jonathan LaRochelle changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1195913">Jonathan LaRochelle's</a> old entry - "ripartire dal punto in cui è"" to ""start over from the point where/in which""
Proposed translations
start over from the point where/in which
Italy
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, British)
Works in: Italian to English, English
pick yourself up from where you are
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James (Jim) Davis
: "pick yourself up" is reading something into the text which isn't necessarily there from the limited context given, while "start again" does not and is what I would have posted.
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start all over again
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-03-02 17:19:27 GMT)
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in order to avoid any confusion and smart comments I intended the response to be 'start all over again from this moment on' and not from scratch. The source text is quite abrupt.
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Lionel_M (X)
: Non si riparte dall'inizzio, ma da dove si è interrotto //Very smart dear:)
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thanks. i do understand a bit of italian but I interpreted this in my own way and you are quite right to disagree
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