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calmierato

English translation: with a fixed ceiling for

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Italian term or phrase:calmierato
English translation:with a fixed ceiling for
Entered by: pcs_MCIL

22:32 Oct 26, 2010
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: calmierato
D: Come pensi che questa agenzia di rating potrebbe migliorare?
R: adeguando i prezzi/ se si ottengono piu' rating da parte della stessa agenzia, si potrebbe pensare a *prezzi e valori calmierati*//

(le barre credo siano dovute a codici presenti nel testo)
pcs_MCIL
fixed
Explanation:


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Note added at 11 mins (2010-10-26 22:43:41 GMT)
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or "a fixed ceiling for"

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Note added at 9 hrs (2010-10-27 07:52:50 GMT)
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Reference:
http://dizionari.hoepli.it/Dizionario_Italiano-Inglese/parol...
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JRM (X)
Grading comment
grazie
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2prices and values controlled
carmelo1
3 +3fixed
JRM (X)
4to peg both prices and values
Ellen Kraus


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
prezzi e valori calmierati
prices and values controlled


Explanation:
The meaning of calmiere is price control. The prices are "controlled" , that is adjusted up or down as wanted but not "fixed"

Example sentence(s):
  • Durante la guerra i prezzi erano controllati
  • Durant the war, price control was imposed
carmelo1
United States
Local time: 05:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Thody: http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_italiano/C/calmierar...
8 hrs
  -> Thank you Linda
agree  Mr Murray (X): Although it could be 'fixed,' 'pegged' and others, the register of the specific text to be translated lends it self to 'controlled.'
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thank you Mrr. Murray
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
fixed


Explanation:


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Note added at 11 mins (2010-10-26 22:43:41 GMT)
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or "a fixed ceiling for"

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Note added at 9 hrs (2010-10-27 07:52:50 GMT)
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Reference:
http://dizionari.hoepli.it/Dizionario_Italiano-Inglese/parol...

JRM (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in MalteseMaltese
PRO pts in category: 52
Grading comment
grazie

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calmierare
8 mins
  -> Thanks Phil
agree  Peter Cox
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Peter
agree  Barbara Bacca
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Barbara
neutral  Linda Thody: It entails setting a "maximum price threshold" for certain retail goods, so "fixed ceiling" is more to the point, but it must be clear that the prices are not necessarily "fixed" in themselves.
10 hrs
  -> Then the alternative I gave would definitely work Linda
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to peg both prices and values


Explanation:
to peg (calmierare) is to fix the highest prices

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 11:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 28
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