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alcune centinaia di metri costeggia i ruderi di Castel

English translation: run along / run alongside

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Italian term or phrase:alcune centinaia di metri costeggia i ruderi di Castel
English translation:run along / run alongside
Entered by: Gina Ferlisi

14:09 Feb 11, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / alcune centinaia di metri costeggia i ruderi di Castel
Italian term or phrase: alcune centinaia di metri costeggia i ruderi di Castel
a suggestion for saying costeggiare in this text
Gina Ferlisi
Local time: 00:28
run along / run alongside
Explanation:
Its very difficult without more source text.
"a few hundred metres run alongside the ruins of Castel.."

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Note added at 30 mins (2008-02-11 14:39:38 GMT)
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OK then "runs alongside the ruins"
Selected response from:

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 02:28
Grading comment
thanks a lot Jim
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2IT SKIRTS........ALONG
Gemma Monco Waters
2 +3run along / run alongside
James (Jim) Davis
5a few hundred metres alongside the ruins of Castel
Tom in London
4it skirts over some hundreds of meters the ruins of ...castle
Vittorio Ferretti


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it skirts over some hundreds of meters the ruins of ...castle


Explanation:
IMO

Vittorio Ferretti
Local time: 00:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Sulla strada che da Castelnuovo conduce alla Leccia si prende una deviazione a sinistra che dopo alcune centinaia di metri costeggia i ruderi di Castel XXXX , un insediamento fortificato con mura..here is the text

Asker: sorry text was for JIm :)

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
run along / run alongside


Explanation:
Its very difficult without more source text.
"a few hundred metres run alongside the ruins of Castel.."

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Note added at 30 mins (2008-02-11 14:39:38 GMT)
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OK then "runs alongside the ruins"

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 02:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 73
Grading comment
thanks a lot Jim
Notes to answerer
Asker: Sulla strada che da Castelnuovo conduce alla Leccia si prende una deviazione a sinistra che dopo alcune centinaia di metri costeggia i ruderi di Castel XXXX , un insediamento fortificato con mura..here is the text


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  simon tanner
34 mins
agree  Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
1 hr
agree  paolamonaco
1 day 2 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
IT SKIRTS........ALONG


Explanation:
IT SKIRTS SOME HUNDRED METRES ALONG THE RUINS OF CASTEL...

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-11 15:14:40 GMT)
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after seeing the context I think that a better translation would be: after some hundred metres skirts the ruins of

Gemma Monco Waters
Italy
Local time: 00:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Enza Longo
23 mins
  -> thank you Enza, although I would have done a better job if I had seen the context
agree  Desiree Bonfiglio
7 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a few hundred metres alongside the ruins of Castel


Explanation:
:)

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 91
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