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violentare la situazione

English translation: ruin things

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Italian term or phrase:violentare la situazione
English translation:ruin things
Entered by: Tom in London

17:00 Mar 9, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Business/Commerce (general)
Italian term or phrase: violentare la situazione
alla fine di una lettera in cui si risolve un rapporto commerciale.
" sei stato tu a violentare la situazione con scelte irragionevoli"
lazzagiu
Italy
Local time: 22:57
ruin things
Explanation:
the Italian is terrible. How can you "rape a situation"?
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:57
Grading comment
grazie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2ruin things
Tom in London
4aggravate the situation
Juliet Halewood (X)


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ruin things


Explanation:
the Italian is terrible. How can you "rape a situation"?

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 249
Grading comment
grazie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susan Gastaldi: It falls to us to intuit and not to wonder why.
1 min
  -> ha ha
neutral  AeC2009: Dear Tom, "Le vie del Signore sono infinite." :-))
7 mins
  -> specialmente questo signore :)
agree  wordgirl: oh dear...MUST be Monday!!
9 mins
  -> that guy must have had a bad weekend....
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
aggravate the situation


Explanation:
How about "aggravate the situation" or even "compromise the situation"?

Juliet Halewood (X)
Local time: 22:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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