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Glossary entry

Italiano term or phrase:

ditta individuale

Inglese translation:

one-man business

Added to glossary by Barbara Cattaneo
May 13, 2002 01:07
22 yrs ago
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Italiano term

individuale

Da Italiano a Inglese Affari/Finanza
relativo a un finanziamento concesso alla ditta XXXXXX individuale (sembra essere una società facente capo al Sig. YYYYYY

What does individual mean hear. I don't think they mean "ditta individuale" because of the interposition of a proper name. I've never heard of this usage.

Any ideas

TIA
Proposed translations (Inglese)
4 one-man business
4 unipersonal company
4 Individual Holding
4 leave it out
4 to xxx co., one of the businesses headed by mr. yyy,
4 Sole trader
4 sole proprietorship (in standard AmE)
3 to this individual company / to this company specifically

Discussion

Malcolm Rowe Jan 3, 2012:
Self-employed person/individual? Not specifically in the context above but could "ditta individuale" be translated as "self-employed person/individual" in the context of a VAT certificate in the box identifying the type of tax subject?

Proposed translations

6 ore
Selected

one-man business

oppure individual concern
I believe that "ditta individuale" is the meaning. They might have done a mistake putting the name of the concern in that place
ciao
Barbara
Reference:

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Peer comment(s):
agree ogdc
43 min
disagree WendellR : Bad choice for sexist reasons, but also because there's already a legal term for this: sole proprietorship
1891 giorni
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I'm not sure but I'll take your answer as the most probable. Thank you"
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unipersonal company

although not sure

HTH
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59 min

Individual Holding

"La definizione civilistica della ditta individuale la identifica come il "nome commerciale" sotto il quale l’imprenditore esercita la sua attività, cioè il mezzo attraverso il quale l’attività economica è identificabile; il corrispondente per le società di persone è la ragione sociale, mentre per le società di capitali è la denominazione sociale."
Per cui direi: Individual Holding
Ciao,
M.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Anna Beria : why "holding"?
7 ore
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1 ora

to this individual company / to this company specifically

is what I make out of it. In other words, just a matter of speech and one should not look for more than there is behind it.
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8 ore

leave it out

I think both Massimo and Barbara have the right idea. But even if it were a larger company (and "ragione sociale" or "denominazione sociale" were applicable") in English we would not "define" what they are by their name and simply refer to them by the name they trade under.

Eg: "Wallace & Grommit, builder merchants"
not: "partnership Wallace & Grommit"

Hope I have made myself clear, but not so sure...
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12 ore

to xxx co., one of the businesses headed by mr. yyy,

forse girando la frase cosi' puoi fare a meno di usare il ttermine "individuale". ciao pc
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19 ore

Sole trader

E' l'espressione più comunemente usata nel Regno Unito.
Buon lavoro,
Giuseppe (Melecci)
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26 giorni

sole proprietorship (in standard AmE)

Sorry to be so late. Next time
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