Jan 15, 2003 11:11
22 yrs ago
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Italiano term

la situazione era fatta di luci e ombre

Non-PRO Da Italiano a Inglese Marketing
From a text describing the growth of the Spanish branch of an Italian firm:

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Meaning that the situation had its pros and cons? I need a better way of phrasing it, though.

TIA

Sarah

Proposed translations

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both positive and negative aspects existed

Or, more to the point: The company had both strengths and weaknesses.

HTH

Federica
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agree Enza Longo : I'm artial to strengths and weaknesses
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I like strengths and weaknesses best, but Nancy's alternatives were very tempting too. Thanks to everyone for all their suggestions. Sarah"
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The situation was full of lights and shades

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light and shade

io lo terrei, è una bella immagine. Qualcosa tipo "the situation was made up by light and shade", o come ti suona meglio (magari tralasciando 'situation' e mettendo di più l'accento su quelle luci ed ombre...
my 2 cents :0)
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agree Giusi Pasi
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grazie Giusi :0)
neutral writeaway : as so often in Italian, it is lovely imagery but unfortunately does not work in English in this context
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there was good news, and there was bad news

is the business speak way of saying it.

otherwise, it was a mixed situation
there were highpoints and lowpoints,
or, if you want to wax lyrical,
it was like those moments during when storm, with patches of clouds alternating with sunny areas.
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una situazione in chiaroscuro

o in altre parole una situazione contrastante. Un esempio:

Sono gli aspetti più significativi dello scenario economico italiano nel 1999, secondo quanto emerge dal Rapporto annuale dell'ICE (L'Italia nell'economia internazionale nel 1999-2000), che mostra, nel complesso, una situazione di chiaroscuro a causa degli forzi compiuti dal Paese per raggiungere i criteri di Maastricht ma evidenzia, al contempo, segnali di netta ripresa secondo i dati relativi al primo trimestre 2000.
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there were ups and downs in the situation

questa e` la mia versione. luci ed ombre non mi suona molto bene in inglse e secondo me sarebbe meglio girare la frase
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