Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
A figure of eight pattern
Italian translation:
una figura a forma di otto
Added to glossary by
Dana Rinaldi
Aug 17, 2008 19:11
15 yrs ago
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English term
A figure of eight pattern
English to Italian
Art/Literary
Military / Defense
British Army
I need help with this translation.
Here's the context: In a dialogue a B-Special (Special Constable in the British Army) describes his gun, a 9 mm. Sten (a model used in the Forties).
Here's the text:
[...] He imitated firing the gun from his waist. ''Dju-dju-dju-dju - a figure of eight pattern. No matter how hard you try you can't keep it down - it goes all over the place''. [...]
How should I translate ''a figure of eight pattern'' into Italian? I know that the cartridge in this model feeds 32 bullets. Maybe the gun shoots 8 bullets at a time?
The text calls for specific and technical terms and I am not familiar with this vocabulary..
Thanks everybody for your help..!
Virgi
Here's the context: In a dialogue a B-Special (Special Constable in the British Army) describes his gun, a 9 mm. Sten (a model used in the Forties).
Here's the text:
[...] He imitated firing the gun from his waist. ''Dju-dju-dju-dju - a figure of eight pattern. No matter how hard you try you can't keep it down - it goes all over the place''. [...]
How should I translate ''a figure of eight pattern'' into Italian? I know that the cartridge in this model feeds 32 bullets. Maybe the gun shoots 8 bullets at a time?
The text calls for specific and technical terms and I am not familiar with this vocabulary..
Thanks everybody for your help..!
Virgi
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | una figura a forma di otto |
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Aug 17, 2008 20:27: Dana Rinaldi Created KOG entry
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una figura a forma di otto
he shot with the gun and as he couldn't keep it still he made a figure shaped like the number eight.
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Note added at 25 mins (2008-08-17 19:36:08 GMT)
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"ha sparato dirigendo i colpi a formare il numero otto"
"ha diretto i colpi imitando il numero otto"
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Note added at 25 mins (2008-08-17 19:36:08 GMT)
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"ha sparato dirigendo i colpi a formare il numero otto"
"ha diretto i colpi imitando il numero otto"
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Zea_Mays
: Un esempio: "When a honey bee finds a new flower patch, it gives other bees the location by performing a specific figure-of-eight pattern called a ..." www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/969/pleasure-chemical-controls-...
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Thanks Zea! In belly dancing too there is an eight figure pattern.....
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vale87
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Grazie Vale
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Rossella Mainardis
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Grazie Rossella
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Comment: "Grazie Dana!
A volte la soluzione giusta è proprio quella più semplice ma non la vediamo se ci piace complicarci la vita.. Grazie ancora. Vi"
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