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indiani Ute e Navajo

English translation: Ute and Navajo Indians

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Italian term or phrase: indiani Ute e Navajo
English translation:Ute and Navajo Indians
Entered by: Vanita Ajgarni

08:23 May 13, 2004
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Architecture / Interior Design
Italian term or phrase: indiani Ute e Navajo
From an Interior Design magazine.

La camera degli ospiti, ricavata in una tepee e` all'insegna dell'artigianato: dai tappeti alle coperte, ai quilt eseguiti a mano dagli indiani Ute a Navajo.

Do Ute and Navajo remain the same or is a translation required? Thanks all!
Vanita Ajgarni
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:16
Ute and Navajo Indians
Explanation:
no translation required for Ute and Navajo, for the use of "Indians" or more politically correct terms I leave it up to you!
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Michele Balduzzi
Italy
Local time: 19:16
Grading comment
Ok thanks all of you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6Ute and Navajo
nothing
4 +3Ute and Navajo Indians
Michele Balduzzi
5rimangono tali e quali
Antonella Bergamin
5Ute and Navajo Indians
Sonia Hill


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Ute and Navajo Indians


Explanation:
no translation required for Ute and Navajo, for the use of "Indians" or more politically correct terms I leave it up to you!

Michele Balduzzi
Italy
Local time: 19:16
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Ok thanks all of you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rowan Morrell: The use of "Indians" is probably not strictly needed, especially if the target audience is a US one.
3 mins
  -> agree, thanks!
agree  Anthony Green: I agree with Rowan - remove the Indians
4 mins
  -> ok, let's remove them! :))) (and put "tribes" instead); thanks!
agree  manducci: Better " peoples" rather than "tribes" ( see Anthony's comment below)
2 hrs
  -> thanks!
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Ute and Navajo


Explanation:
They are the names of the tribes (in their own languages) and remain the same in English

nothing
Local time: 18:16
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rowan Morrell: The use of "Indians" is probably not strictly needed, especially if the target audience is a US one.
3 mins
  -> Thanx
agree  Anthony Green: alternatives in Google "tribes" (most common) and "peoples", which I somehow prefer
7 mins
  -> Yes, I would use peoples
agree  GAR
1 hr
agree  manducci: yes, peoples.
2 hrs
agree  Mario Marcolin: or "handmade Ute and Navajo carpets" [Navajo/Navaho are common names for the Denah tribe, but certainly not in their own language!!]
11 hrs
agree  Monika@ProZ
13 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
rimangono tali e quali


Explanation:
anche perché non esiste traduzione per questi termini

ciao

Antonella Bergamin
Local time: 19:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Ute and Navajo Indians


Explanation:
They remain the same!

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Note added at 4 mins (2004-05-13 08:27:27 GMT)
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Oxford Dictionary: Ute - a member of an American Indian people living chiedly in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico
Navajo: a member of an American Indian people of New Mexico and Arizona

Sonia Hill
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
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