Italian term
Sempre se sopravvivero...
Jul 9, 2007 13:32: Umberto Cassano changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Ivana UK, silvia b (X), Umberto Cassano
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Proposed translations
...if I survive, that is.
...assuming I survive (adds a something, but fits the context)
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Note added at 56 mins (2007-07-08 04:54:09 GMT)
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yes..."always/again on the condition that" ...but in English to include it is redundant/awkward.
| I was wondering Sempre means" Always in italian" This word is not translated in this case |
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Elizabeth Lyons
: "provided that I survive" is another possibility, but I like "if I make it, that is".
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Marie Scarano
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Raffaella Panigada
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P.L.F. Persio
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Lindsay Watts
3 hrs
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Ledja
: also: "given that I survive"
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ruthiep
5 hrs
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Umberto Cassano
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Pnina
: Provided that I survive.
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Shera Lyn Parpia
: another way, "of course, that depends on whether I surivive"
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Ivana UK
1 day 16 hrs
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United Kingdom
Native in: English 
Works in: Italian to English, Spanish to English, English to Italian, and 2 more.
If I should survive.../Always supposing I survive...
United Kingdom
Should I survive, that is...
Italy
Quality and Punctuality
Native in: English 
, Iloko , Tagalog
Works in: English to Tagalog, English to Iloko, Italian to Tagalog, and 3 more.
Always if I will survive.../ always if I will overcome...
or
alway if I will overcome...
I'll be there for you, always if I will survive.
I'll be there for you, if I will overcome these trials or this triumph.
Seychelles
25 years experience constantly improving
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Italian to English
If of course I survive
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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2007-07-09 06:13:46 GMT)
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Of course not Karl. Sempre is only translated as always when the meaning is "every time" or "at all times". That is not the meaning here. Paul has tranlsated it with "that is". Always is wrong here.
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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2007-07-09 06:15:06 GMT)
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Paul's is correct, I naturally think mine is better. He doesn't give enought emphasis to the probability of not surviving.
| Mr. Davis but I don't see always in this translation. |
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Ivana UK
: For Karl: the literal meaning of "sempre" in this particular sentence is "providing that" (has nothing whatsoever to do with "always") so the translations provided by James and Paul are both correct.
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Thanks for explaining a little Ivana. Sometimes you just know things without being able to explain why.
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