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Jul 23, 2007 10:03
17 yrs ago
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in a figurative context, talking about a new monitoring system, would this be something like "on the start line"?
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | at the starting blocks |
Manuela Parisotto
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| 5 | on the start line or at the start line |
TIL Ltd (X)
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| 4 | ready for launch |
Julie Preston
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| 4 | in the early/inaugural stages |
Pnina
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Proposed translations
+2
1 ora
Manuela Parisotto
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at the starting blocks
You perfectly understood the meaning: they are just starting. This is just one suggestion, I guess there might be many more.
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Alessandro Zocchi
: di niente! buon lavoro
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grazie alessandro
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Loretta Bertoli
3 ore
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Julie Preston
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ready for launch
or "ready to go live"
another two ideas
another two ideas
6 ore
on the start line or at the start line
secondo me puo essere usato in questo contesto metaforico , sia che in contesto sportivo
8 ore
in the early/inaugural stages
They are now in the early/inaugural stages of an endeavor.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-07-23 18:36:30 GMT)
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I am adding 2 quotations:
1. "You are in the early stages of helping build a real, new kind of media revolution."
www.rfid.journal.com/article/articleview/1508/1/1/
2. "These students are taking part in the inaugural stages of an endeavor that aspires to transform the way undergraduates are taught..."
www.gwu.edu/~bygeorge/020404/uw20.html
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-07-23 18:36:30 GMT)
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I am adding 2 quotations:
1. "You are in the early stages of helping build a real, new kind of media revolution."
www.rfid.journal.com/article/articleview/1508/1/1/
2. "These students are taking part in the inaugural stages of an endeavor that aspires to transform the way undergraduates are taught..."
www.gwu.edu/~bygeorge/020404/uw20.html
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