Off my trolley? Thread poster: Tom in London
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:01
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Da "il Fatto Quotidiano":
"Aveva con sé con 24 chili di cocaina, che trasportava all’interno di due bagagli a mano: 12 panetti chiusi con cellophane e nastro adesivo in un trolley e 9 in uno zainetto"
Ho guardato il video e ho visto solo una valigia e lo zainetto. In lingua italiana, che cos'è un "trolley"? Per me, madrelingua inglese, un trolley è un carello. Ma non ho visto nessun carello. Peraltro non è possibile nascondere niente dentro un carello. Questo sar... See more Da "il Fatto Quotidiano":
"Aveva con sé con 24 chili di cocaina, che trasportava all’interno di due bagagli a mano: 12 panetti chiusi con cellophane e nastro adesivo in un trolley e 9 in uno zainetto"
Ho guardato il video e ho visto solo una valigia e lo zainetto. In lingua italiana, che cos'è un "trolley"? Per me, madrelingua inglese, un trolley è un carello. Ma non ho visto nessun carello. Peraltro non è possibile nascondere niente dentro un carello. Questo sarebbe forse l'ennesimo esempio di un termine inglese "rubato" del quale è stato cambiato il significato? Sono confuso.
[Edited at 2015-01-29 07:01 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:01
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Italian to English
TOPIC STARTER | 3 esempi di trolley (significato inglese) | Jan 29, 2015 |
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Hi Tom,
I clicked on this thread because I'm translating about a trolley today! I'm also confused.. I thought a trolley was also a suitcase with wheels in English (apart from the meanings you mentioned). In Dutch it is (like in Italian), and apparently, in German as well.
Interesting stuff...
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:01
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Italian to English
TOPIC STARTER | Interesting stuff | Jan 29, 2015 |
Maaike van Vlijmen wrote:
Hi Tom,
I clicked on this thread because I'm translating about a trolley today! I'm also confused.. I thought a trolley was also a suitcase with wheels in English (apart from the meanings you mentioned). In Dutch it is (like in Italian), and apparently, in German as well.
Interesting stuff...
Not only that: there's a thing in English that's written "latte" but is pronounced "lat-tay" and will not get you a glass of milk, but a caffé latte !
[Edited at 2015-01-29 10:25 GMT]
| | | | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:01
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Italian to English
TOPIC STARTER | Other Italian abbreviations | Jan 29, 2015 |
Alain Dellepiane wrote: Pare che il termine inglese di partenza fosse trolley bag, poi abbreviato http://goo.gl/rcY8p2
Other Italian abbreviations that mean nothing in English:
Il British (the British Museum)
Il Financial (the Financial Times)
| | | | Luca Tutino 
Italy
Member (2002)
English to Italian
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| I guess you are not much of a frequent flyer | Jan 29, 2015 |
As far as I remember, the original "trolley", widely sold in most international airports from the late 80s, was indeed a very small folding two-wheel trolley designed to carry a suitcase.
Later on, many suitcases integrated a trolley in the shape of 2 wheels and an extendable handle on opposite sides. The "trolley-suitcases" quickly became "trolleys" from the 90s on.
Then I started working as a free-lance and became a sporadic flyer myself...  ... See more As far as I remember, the original "trolley", widely sold in most international airports from the late 80s, was indeed a very small folding two-wheel trolley designed to carry a suitcase.
Later on, many suitcases integrated a trolley in the shape of 2 wheels and an extendable handle on opposite sides. The "trolley-suitcases" quickly became "trolleys" from the 90s on.
Then I started working as a free-lance and became a sporadic flyer myself...  ▲ Collapse
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:01
Member (2008)
Italian to English
TOPIC STARTER | They're called.... | Jan 29, 2015 |
Luca Tutino wrote: As far as I remember, the original "trolley", widely sold in most international airports from the late 80s, was indeed a very small folding two-wheel trolley designed to carry a suitcase. Later on, many suitcases integrated a trolley in the shape of 2 wheels and an extendable handle on opposite sides. The "trolley-suitcases" quickly became "trolleys" from the 90s on. Then I started working as a free-lance and became a sporadic flyer myself...
..."wheeled suitcases" in English (see my links above). If I asked to "check in my trolley" I'd get some very strange looks, because it sounds a bit like being "off one's trolley".
Yes, the other separate foldable things with wheels, on which you put a non-wheeled suitcase, are called trolleys because that's what they are.
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| | | | Russell Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:01
Italian to English
| Another Example | Jan 29, 2015 |
In Italy recently, asking for a Wifi password, I was asked for my "handy".
I gather it's "German" for a mobile phone.
| | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:01
Member (2008)
Italian to English
TOPIC STARTER
Russell Jones wrote:
In Italy recently, asking for a Wifi password, I was asked for my "handy".
I gather it's "German" for a mobile phone.
In American English it's "cell".
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