fuori i documenti

English translation: \"can I see your licence sir\"

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Italian term or phrase:fuori i documenti
English translation:\"can I see your licence sir\"
Entered by: EirTranslations

23:31 Jun 2, 2010
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Automotive / Cars & Trucks / supercars
Italian term or phrase: fuori i documenti
As below, thanks, when describing a test drive between 2 cars

Mentre il traffico della Capitale mette alla prova la pazienza del gruppo, eccoci al Colosseo.
Ora, però, fuori i documenti.
Al sig. Spartaco, vigile della Capitale, non è piaciuta la nostra idea di giocare a “barbari vs patrizi”, usando come baricentro l’anfiteatro più fotografato del mondo.
EirTranslations
Ireland
Local time: 16:44
"can I see your licence sir"
Explanation:
For British readers this is what British police officers have said to me on many occasions, just as the Ghisas of Milan have said "Documents please", but in Italian.

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q="can I...
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James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 20:44
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2it's licence and registration time
Simon Lewis
3 +3license and registration please
filippoc
3 +2"documents please!"
Chiara D'Andrea
4 +1"can I see your licence sir"
James (Jim) Davis


  

Answers


12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
it's licence and registration time


Explanation:
at least that's how they say it in the US...


Simon Lewis
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 57

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  James (Jim) Davis: ? http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q="licen...
33 mins

agree  Oliver Lawrence: IMHO this fits in well with the rest of the sentence (which isn't trying actually to quote the words of the traffic warden), and "documents" feels like a bit of an Italianism
7 hrs

agree  Angie Garbarino: this is the only answer with indirect speech, I agree
4 days
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
"documents please!"


Explanation:
I would say it like this, given the tone of the whole sentence, which seems quite lighthearted.

Chiara D'Andrea
Local time: 16:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Simon Lewis: We don't really use the word documents like that in English...
6 mins
  -> ok, thank you.

agree  James (Jim) Davis: This is what I would have posted first
39 mins
  -> thanks :-)

agree  Jenny G
1 day 10 hrs
  -> thanks!
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"can I see your licence sir"


Explanation:
For British readers this is what British police officers have said to me on many occasions, just as the Ghisas of Milan have said "Documents please", but in Italian.

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q="can I...

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 20:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 203

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simon Lewis: I agree that's what an ENglish police officer would say, but does the context call for direct speech here?
8 hrs
  -> I think Beatriz will be the best judge of that, I put them in unconsciously really.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
license and registration please


Explanation:
yes it all depends on the Asker's localization requirement. In the US this is the expression the cops use.

filippoc
United States
Local time: 12:44
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mr Murray (X)
14 mins
  -> thanks

agree  Beatrice Faedo
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Lory

agree  Simon Lewis: I agree that's what a US police officer would say, but does the context call for direct speech here?
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Louie, yes it looks like direct speech without quotes
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