è lo snack preferito dai ragazzi

English translation: it's the snack kids like best

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Italian term or phrase:è lo snack preferito dai ragazzi
English translation:it's the snack kids like best
Entered by: Rachel Fell

19:18 Jul 26, 2010
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Advertising / Public Relations / snack
Italian term or phrase: è lo snack preferito dai ragazzi
è lo snack preferito dai ragazzi.

se scrivo questo:
it’s the snack kids like best.

ho l'impressione che il senso è un po' diverso...o no?
o nella frase manca qualcosa?

Grazie 1000 in anticipo per l'aiuto e le vostre idee migliori
(questa sera /notte)
elysee
Italy
Local time: 02:33
it's the snack kids like best
Explanation:
I tend to find that this equates to the "preferito" sense in the UK.

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preferire: to prefer, like better; would rather
http://italian.about.com/library/verb/blverb_preferire.htm

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It's the snack all kids love best
It's the snack all kids go for
It's the snack that's the tops for kids

Or without the "it's")

"like best" or "love best" mean the same thing really, they don't necessarily refer only to taste/flavour and they are superlatives
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Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:33
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2its kids' favourite snack
Wendy Streitparth
3 +2it's the snack kids like best
Rachel Fell
4it's kids' best loved snack
cynthiatesser
4for kids, no other snack comes close
Oliver Lawrence
3it's the snack kids prefer
Simona Vairo
3it's the snack kids always choose
Giuseppe Bellone


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
its kids' favourite snack


Explanation:
As an alternative, but I don't think there's anything wrong with the version you gave.

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 02:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  potra: perfect
2 mins
  -> Many thanks Potra

neutral  Oliver Lawrence: should be "it's kids' favourite snack", but I'm not sure about that either, as the apostrophes are slightly awkward together, and "favo(u)rite" is a word with a different US spelling variant, which therefore won't look great on one side of the Atlantic
11 mins
  -> Of course, you're right. Maybe one could just leave it's out

agree  Fabrizio Zambuto: favourite/favorite, you say tomato I say tomato...:)
13 hrs
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
it's the snack kids prefer


Explanation:
just another option...

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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="snack kids prefer"&aq=...

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or "it's the preferred snack of kids"

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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="preferred snack of chi...

Simona Vairo
Italy
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it's kids' best loved snack


Explanation:
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cynthiatesser
Italy
Local time: 02:33
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
it's the snack kids always choose


Explanation:
Giusto per darti un'altra idea.

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Ma quello che dici tu non mi sembra strano, la frase è quella.

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O questa: "It's the snack for kids at best!". Forse potrebbe! :)

Giuseppe Bellone
Italy
Local time: 02:33
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
it's the snack kids like best


Explanation:
I tend to find that this equates to the "preferito" sense in the UK.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-07-26 23:16:22 GMT)
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preferire: to prefer, like better; would rather
http://italian.about.com/library/verb/blverb_preferire.htm

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Note added at 23 hrs (2010-07-27 18:59:20 GMT)
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It's the snack all kids love best
It's the snack all kids go for
It's the snack that's the tops for kids

Or without the "it's")

"like best" or "love best" mean the same thing really, they don't necessarily refer only to taste/flavour and they are superlatives

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:33
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia: in most cases you could probably leave off the "it's"
13 hrs
  -> Indeed, thank you Shera :-)

agree  Audrey Pate
8 days
  -> Thank you Audrey :-)
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1 day 22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
for kids, no other snack comes close


Explanation:
or 'for kids, no other snack will do'
or 'for kids, no other snack is good enough'

hope this helps

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 02:33
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 131
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