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27th translation contest: "Stories about nature" » English to Italian

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We live in one of the tiny apartments in a multi-storeyed building complex that provides shelter to a number of middle-class families. But, the members of the family Felis Domestica who have taken a fancy to our complex might very well outnumber the members of Homo Sapiens. Because these quadrupeds with retractable claws, who can boast of their country cousins- Lions, Tigers, Lynxes, and Ocelots fear no one in our vicinity. The increasing feline population possessing nine lives up their claws bothers everyone but provides comic relief to many.

These cats in our avenue have their own strict demarcations about territory. The ground floor, first and second-floor mousers keep to their floors except for hungry forays into the kitchens across the lines of control. The terrace is exclusively reserved for the young ones and occasionally used by the aristocrats from the erstwhile Siam for body lickings and sunbaths. Some of the tomcats find cozy corners for a purring sleep in places where there isn’t room to swing a cat in, such as the watchman’s cabin, where they might have found the poor fellow catnapping. God has gifted these cats with two voice boxes one for purring and another for meowing and a few of the feline sopranos in our locality keep all the residents awake with their nocturnal orchestras on special occasions.

Some of the residents who wish to be clean as a cat in pattens get irritated when these grey cats mess up their things. The hawks among the residents strongly feel that these cats should be driven out with a cat o’nine tails. But the doves are undecided waiting to see which way the cat jumps. Well, we don’t know who will be called to bell the cat!

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Entry #32918 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry4.184.36 (14 ratings)4.00 (13 ratings)
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cugini di campagna
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un modo di​ dire che ​deriva dal​la famosa ​favola di ​Esopo "Il ​topo di ca​mpagna e i​l topo di ​città"
Link: http://htt​ps://en.wi​kipedia.or​g/wiki/The​_Town_Mous​e_and_the_​Country_Mo​use
Fulvia Quercia
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asso da nove vite nella zampa
Good term selection
Isabella Palmieri
+1
acchiappatopi
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Nadia Boscato
-2
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2
affamate incursioni nelle cucine oltre le linee di confine
Flows well
Andrea Dallara
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2
per sedute di toeletta personale e solarium
Good term selection
Isabella Palmieri
la guardiola del custode in cui il povero diavolo stava magari schiacciando un pisolino
Flows well
azuela incoronato
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+1
Beh, non sappiamo chi avrà la meglio in questa ardua impresa.
Flows well
azuela incoronato
Entry #33355 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.673.78 (9 ratings)3.56 (9 ratings)
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Quei gatti si sono spartiti il nostro viale imponendo rigide demarcazioni del territorio
Flows well
Flows well
tradu-grace
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La terrazza è ad esclusivo uso dei giovani
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GOOD TRANS​LATION.
elongardi
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puliti almeno quanto si dice sia pulito un gatto
Flows well
Fulvia Quercia
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1
"da che parte salti il gatto"
Good term selection
Maria Pat Scarpetta
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1
non sappiamo proprio a chi toccherà mettere il campanellino al collo del gatto!
Good term selection
Maria Pat Scarpetta
Entry #33593 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.673.78 (9 ratings)3.56 (9 ratings)
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dagli aristocratici del Siam di un tempo per fare toeletta e come solarium.
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Maria Pat Scarpetta
Entry #32675 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Italy
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Entry4.294.27 (11 ratings)4.30 (10 ratings)
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1
predatopi
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Maria Pat Scarpetta
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per leccaggi di benessere e bagni di sole.
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Maria Pat Scarpetta
guardiola del portiere,
Flows well
Maria Grazia Nunziante
sinfonie notturne
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azuela incoronato
lindi come un gatto in pattine
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Maria Pat Scarpetta
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non sappiamo chi potrà dire gatto!
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azuela incoronato
Entry #33505 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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41 x400
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Entry3.623.67 (9 ratings)3.56 (9 ratings)
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1
famiglie piccolo-borghesi.
Good term selection
Maria Pat Scarpetta
cugini di campagna
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È un modo ​di dire ch​e deriva d​alla famos​a favola d​i Esopo "I​l topo di ​campagna e​ il topo d​i città"
Link: http://htt​ps://en.wi​kipedia.or​g/wiki/The​_Town_Mous​e_and_the_​Country_Mo​use
Fulvia Quercia
Ocelotti
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ocelòt (an​che ozelòt​, raro oce​lòtto o oc​ellòtto)
Link: https://ww​w.treccani​.it/vocabo​lario/rice​rca/ocelot​to/
Fulvia Quercia
con nove vite nella zampa
Good term selection
Maria Pat Scarpetta
offre un siparietto comico per molti
Good term selection
Maria Pat Scarpetta
+2
Alcuni dei maschioni trovano un angolo comodo per ronfare in posti grandi quanto una scatoletta di tonno,
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Maria Pat Scarpetta
Entry #33308 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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1001 x1
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Entry3.733.77 (13 ratings)3.69 (13 ratings)
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intermezzo
Flows well
intermezzo​ Breve azi​one scenic​a, di cara​ttere legg​ero e vari​o, che ser​ve a riemp​ire gli in​tervalli f​ra un atto​ e l’altro​ o fra due​ quadri su​ccessivi d​i una rapp​resentazio​ne (traged​ia o comme​dia)
Link: https://ww​w.treccani​.it/encicl​opedia/int​ermezzo/#:​~:text=int​ermezzo%20​Breve%20az​ione%20sce​nica%2C%20​di,rappres​entazione%​20(tragedi​a%20o%20co​mmedia).&t​ext=si%20i​nseriva%20​tra%20un%2​0atto,%2C%​20opere%20​serie%2C%2​0commedie%​20ecc.
Fulvia Quercia
fare bagni di sole.
Flows well
bagno di s​ole ≈ cura​ del sole,​ elioterap​ia
Link: https://ww​w.treccani​.it/vocabo​lario/bagn​o_%28Sinon​imi-e-Cont​rari%29/
Fulvia Quercia
+7
2
bella gatta da pelare
Good term selection
Sarebbe st​ata anche ​la mia sce​lta, soluz​ione ottim​a!
Isabella Palmieri
Entry #33448 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.903.90 (10 ratings)3.90 (10 ratings)
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Alcuni dei residenti che desiderano essere puliti come un gatto nelle zampe felpate si infastidiscono quando questi gatti grigi mettono a soqquadro le loro cose.
Good term selection
Barbara Melandri


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Entry #33212 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.593.73 (11 ratings)3.45 (11 ratings)
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È molto probabile, però, che i membri della famiglia Felis Domestica affezionatisi al nostro complesso siano ben più numerosi degli Homo Sapiens,
Flows well
Maria Pat Scarpetta
che si fregiano della parentela dei più selvatici leoni, tigri, linci e ocelot, non temono nessuno nel vicinato
Other
Even thoug​h the tran​slation is​ not liter​al, the ov​erall mean​ing has be​en conveye​d in good ​Italian
Maria Pat Scarpetta
Sussistono demarcazioni territoriali nette tra i gatti che vivono nella nostra strada
Flows well
Maria Pat Scarpetta
scorribanda
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Nadia Boscato
+1
in posti in cui non ci si riuscirebbe nemmeno a infilarcelo un gatto, come la guardiola del custode, dove magari hanno sorpreso quel brav’uomo a sonnecchiare
Flows well
azuela incoronato
i soprano a quattro zampe
Good term selection
Maria Pat Scarpetta
le ciabatte ai gatti
Flows well
azuela incoronato
I falchi tra loro sono dell’idea di scacciarli con un gatto a nove code
Good term selection
azuela incoronato
Le colombe, invece, sono indecise e aspettano di vedere dove il gatto lascia lo zampino.
Good term selection
azuela incoronato
Beh, di certo noi non sappiamo chi sarà a attaccargli il campanello al collo!
Flows well
azuela incoronato
Entry #33554 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.593.86 (14 ratings)3.31 (13 ratings)
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intento a schiacciare un pisolino
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Maria Pat Scarpetta
+1
avere gatte da pelare
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Maria Pat Scarpetta
usando un gatto a nove code
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Maria Pat Scarpetta
il classico gatto che si morde la coda
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Maria Pat Scarpetta
Entry #33125 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.503.50 (10 ratings)3.50 (10 ratings)
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-2
1
a giocare al gatto e al topo
Good term selection
Bel ribalt​amento di ​prospettiv​a! Fra l'a​ltro mante​nendo un m​odo di dir​e che cont​iene "gatt​o".
Isabella Palmieri
Entry #33412 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Italy
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Entry3.463.63 (8 ratings)3.29 (7 ratings)
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preferirebbero fare le gatte morte
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Maria Pat Scarpetta
gatta da pelare!
Flows well
Ottima sol​uzione
texjax DDS PhD
Entry #33478 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.403.80 (10 ratings)3.00 (10 ratings)
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-1
+1
1
tranne quando la fame li spinge a oltrepassare i confini all'assalto delle cucine
Flows well
Isabella Palmieri
Gli elementi bellicosi vogliono ardentemente che questi gatti vengano cacciati via. Ma i pacifisti tentennano in attesa di capire che piega prenderà la situazione
Flows well
azuela incoronato
lementi bellicosi
Good term selection
Isabella Palmieri
Entry #33400 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.273.46 (13 ratings)3.08 (13 ratings)
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simpatico diversivo.
Flows well
Maria Grazia Nunziante
acchiappatopi
Good term selection
Nadia Boscato
crogiolarsi al sole.
Flows well
Maria Grazia Nunziante
Entry #32843 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Italy
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Entry2.953.00 (10 ratings)2.90 (10 ratings)
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