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aspetti della nostra funzione

English translation: the tangible and intangible aspects of our function [see my note]

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Italian term or phrase:aspetti della nostra funzione
English translation:the tangible and intangible aspects of our function [see my note]
Entered by: Tom in London

09:57 Jul 24, 2012
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Italian term or phrase: aspetti della nostra funzione
I'm proofreading the translation of a document on the history of the postal service:

Su questi temi il libro di XX riflette lo stile di un sapere comunque alto che mentre comprende, vivendola, la novità della posta elettronica fa fatica a storicizzare l'analoga rivoluzione della posta lettere. Ciò dipende da una serie di cause, in parte legate al fatto che i primi letterati non accolsero nella sfera della poetica gli aspetti, materiali e non, della nostra funzione, nonostante la provocazione in rima di Matteo Franzesi (circa 1545):

Thanks again for any help.
Juliet Halewood (X)
Local time: 20:46
the tangible and intangible aspects of our function [see my note]
Explanation:
Once again, this is a first stab (see my note to my answer to your previous question):


....partly related to the fact that the early writers did not include both the tangible and intangible aspects of our function in the sphere of poetry, despite....
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:46
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Finally! Thanks Tom
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4 +1the tangible and intangible aspects of our function [see my note]
Tom in London
4 +1tangible, intangible aspects of our role
S Kelly


Discussion entries: 12





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the tangible and intangible aspects of our function [see my note]


Explanation:
Once again, this is a first stab (see my note to my answer to your previous question):


....partly related to the fact that the early writers did not include both the tangible and intangible aspects of our function in the sphere of poetry, despite....


Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:46
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 91
Grading comment
Finally! Thanks Tom

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or role, as Kelly suggests - and as you say in the discussion entries, ' our' refers to postal historians.
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tangible, intangible aspects of our role


Explanation:
"role" as poets, writers.

S Kelly
Local time: 19:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Isabelle Johnson
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