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Thatch | Thor | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | Posts | : | 3,655 | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| Posted : 13 Jul 2011 - 15:21 Post title : Un piccolo aiuto per favore | | I was wondering if I could get some translation help from one of our Italian forum members. I sent out an email recently to inquire about a particular motorcycle and a few of the words don't exactly translate very clearly via google translate (big surprise). The following is the message I got via email.
salve la moto ?? una scrambler bianco nera con il kit retro ?? borsa laterale nuova da immatricolare ed il prezzo ?? 8000.00 se sei interessato fammi sapere. |
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Which translates as...
prejudice the bike is black with white scrambler kit saddlebag back is to be registered and the new price is 8000.00 if you are interested let me know. |
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Ignoring the literal translation of Salve, what confuses me is the "kit saddlebag back is to be registered". I've not seen one of these bikes with a saddlebag so that confuses me and the other is the comment about 'is to be registered'. I know how bad these translators can be so I thought I'd ask and see if anyone here could give me a paraphrase of what this email is trying to convey.
Thanks
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redhouse64 | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/03/2011 | Posts | : | 56 | Location | : | Wilen, SZ, Switzerland |
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| Posted : 13 Jul 2011 - 19:49 Post title : Re: Un piccolo aiuto per favore (Re: Thatch) | | Hi Thatch
"borso laterale nuova" sounds like "new back bag", something like a topcase or a rear-end bag, the bike has to be registered yet, but it's kind of hard without proper commas....
I'll ask one of my italian friends tomorrow, hope you can wait so long!
Cheers
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feduke | Thor | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | Posts | : | 2,441 | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| Posted : 14 Jul 2011 - 01:14 Post title : Re: Un piccolo aiuto per favore (Re: redhouse64) | | I can tell you that a "piccolo" is a small musical instrument created by an Italian by simmering a full sized flute in a pan with olive oil, until it was shrunken to the desired size. This process came to be known as the Mediterrainean Flute Fry.
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magpie | Jupiter | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/02/2011 | Posts | : | 1,507 | Location | : | NSW, Australia |
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| Posted : 14 Jul 2011 - 06:28 Post title : Re: Un piccolo aiuto per favore (Re: feduke) | |
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mat1600 | Thunderbird | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | Posts | : | 8,596 | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| Posted : 14 Jul 2011 - 09:48 Post title : Re: Un piccolo aiuto per favore (Re: feduke) | |
feduke wrote:
I can tell you that a "piccolo" is a small musical instrument created by an Italian by simmering a full sized flute in a pan with olive oil, until it was shrunken to the desired size. This process came to be known as the Mediterrainean Flute Fry. |
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Thats really f8cking helpfull
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SgtPepper | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2011 | Posts | : | 8 | Location | : | Milano, Lombardia, Italy |
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| Posted : 14 Jul 2011 - 12:07 Post title : Re: Un piccolo aiuto per favore (Re: mat1600) | | The meaning of PICCOLO is LITTLE... the guy asked about A LITTLE HELP
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redhouse64 | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/03/2011 | Posts | : | 56 | Location | : | Wilen, SZ, Switzerland |
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| Posted : 14 Jul 2011 - 14:18 Post title : Re: Un piccolo aiuto per favore (Re: Thatch) | | So, second go ...
salve la moto ?? una scrambler bianco nera con il kit retro ?? borsa laterale nuova da immatricolare ed il prezzo ?? 8000.00 se sei interessato fammi sapere.
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Hi, the bike is a black and white scrambler with a retro kit on, new pannier(s) included. Bike has to be registered first, price 8000 (of whatsoever currency or potatoes). If you are interested, let me know.
Cheers again
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Thatch | Thor | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | Posts | : | 3,655 | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| Posted : 14 Jul 2011 - 14:30 Post title : Re: Un piccolo aiuto per favore (Re: redhouse64) | | Brilliant, thanks. Now I just have to figure out what the 'retro kit' is ... hopefully it's the skid plate(s) but I suspect it's the number plate.
Thanks,
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feduke | Thor | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | Posts | : | 2,441 | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| Posted : 14 Jul 2011 - 15:04 Post title : Re: Un piccolo aiuto per favore (Re: SgtPepper) | |
SgtPepper wrote:
The meaning of PICCOLO is LITTLE... the guy asked about A LITTLE HELP
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I liked my definition better.
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