Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
passare la mano a
English translation:
hand over power to, yield to
Added to glossary by
Arthur Borges
Nov 2, 2002 14:28
21 yrs ago
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Italian term
passare la mano a
Italian to English
Other
Government / Politics
politics
i dittatori non passano mai la mano ad un sistema democratico che li esclude.
yield to, cooperate with, join forces with ???
yield to, cooperate with, join forces with ???
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | hand over power to |
Arthur Borges
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| 5 | never pass the reign |
Haim Kadman
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| 5 | never pass the reign |
Haim Kadman
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| 5 | reach out |
María del Carmen Cerda
|
| 5 | concede to |
manducci
|
| 4 | give up to |
Mariacarmela Attisani
|
Proposed translations
+7
48 mins
Arthur Borges
China
China
Specializes in field
China
Non-ethnocentric, Concise & Punctual
Works in: English, Swedish to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
2
Selected
hand over power to
the standard translation.
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Note added at 2002-11-03 14:11:12 (GMT)
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Or:
Dictators will not yield to... (as you suggest)
Dictators will not step down to make way for...
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Note added at 2002-11-03 14:11:12 (GMT)
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Or:
Dictators will not yield to... (as you suggest)
Dictators will not step down to make way for...
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks - I went with "yield to""
11 mins
Haim Kadman
Native in English
Specializes in field
Punctuality,reliability and style.
Native in: English 
, Hebrew
Works in: French to English, French to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
never pass the reign
Declined
Dictators never give up their power and pass it to a democratical system, which of course excludes their reign.
Comment: "Thank you. I'll stick to my original yield to"
14 mins
Haim Kadman
Native in English
Specializes in field
Punctuality,reliability and style.
Native in: English , Hebrew
Works in: French to English, French to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
never pass the reign
Dictators never give up their power and pass it to a democratical system, which of course excludes them.
15 mins
Mariacarmela Attisani
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Italy
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, German to Italian, French to Italian, and 4 more.
give up to
Declined
è una proposta...
Passare la mano nel senso di arrendersi ad un sistema politico.
Mi sembra che renda bene l'idea per i dittatori!
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Note added at 2002-11-02 14:47:09 (GMT)
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never give up to democracy
Passare la mano nel senso di arrendersi ad un sistema politico.
Mi sembra che renda bene l'idea per i dittatori!
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Note added at 2002-11-02 14:47:09 (GMT)
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never give up to democracy
Comment: "Thank you. I think I'll stick to my original yield to."
2 hrs
reach out
The gist of the sentence is that the dictator does not want anything to do with a democratic government, therefore, he will not "stretch out his hand" to reach the democratic leaders, that is, he will not reach out to....
11 hrs
concede to
just an alternative to arthur's:
..dictators will never concede power to a democratic system which excludes them.
..dictators will never concede power to a democratic system which excludes them.
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