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TAR

English translation: tar

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Italian term or phrase:TAR
English translation:tar
Entered by: Ivana UK

09:08 Jul 8, 2006
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Petroleum Eng/Sci
Italian term or phrase: TAR
From an oil company's annual report. Below is the fifth point from a list of significant events on the energy front. TIA for any suggestions.

5. un notevole rialzo delle quotazioni dei greggi sui mercati internazionali. In conseguenza di ciò si è previsto un forte adeguamento del conguaglio della tariffa CIP6 con conseguenti maggiori ricavi dalla vendita di energia elettrica per circa XXX Milioni di Euro, maggiori ricavi dalla vendita di vapore per circa YYY Milioni di Euro e, di segno opposto, maggiori costi derivanti dall’acquisto di TAR per circa ZZZ Milioni di Euro
Chris Pott
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:39
tar
Explanation:
De Mauro includes tar in its Italian dictionary with the following definition:

tar
s.m.inv.
ES ingl. TS industr., miscela semisolida di idrocarburi e bitumi

http://www.demauroparavia.it/118356

I'm not saying that this is generally used in Italian (and the fact that this appears in upper case would indicate that it is an acronym), but if it's listed in a monolingual Italian dictionary suggests that the English term "tar" is used, if only occasionally, in the Italian language.

The use of capital letters puzzles me though and following various searches TAR rarely appears unless referring to Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale, which is obviously not the case here!
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Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:39
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Thanks, Ivana
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Summary of answers provided
2 +3tar
Ivana UK
4catrame
savaria (X)
4concordo con Ivana (tar)
Mara Ballarini


  

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catrame


Explanation:
Tar in inglese significa catrame.Maybe it means something like that.I think you shhould give it a try...Sorry for bilinguality.That's the bless of the fact when somebody speaks 2 languages at a certain level...

savaria (X)
Hungary
Local time: 02:39
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mara Ballarini: la traduzione è dall'italiano all'inglese
2 hrs
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tar


Explanation:
De Mauro includes tar in its Italian dictionary with the following definition:

tar
s.m.inv.
ES ingl. TS industr., miscela semisolida di idrocarburi e bitumi

http://www.demauroparavia.it/118356

I'm not saying that this is generally used in Italian (and the fact that this appears in upper case would indicate that it is an acronym), but if it's listed in a monolingual Italian dictionary suggests that the English term "tar" is used, if only occasionally, in the Italian language.

The use of capital letters puzzles me though and following various searches TAR rarely appears unless referring to Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale, which is obviously not the case here!


Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12
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Thanks, Ivana

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mara Ballarini: aggiungo una nota sotto
20 mins
  -> grazie mille per i link e la spiegazione ulteriore Maria!
agree  KayW: I found this: "Per quanto riguarda il TAR (prende tale nome dalla lingua inglese e sta per «cutrame»(sic) ) occorre ricordare che si tratta di un residuo della lavorazione del greggio. http://new.camera.it/_dati/leg13/lavori/bollet/199610/1022/h...
5 hrs
  -> great- where on earth did you find this - I trawled the net to no avail ...! (PS Your link doesn't work - prob. missing the www)
agree  Gian
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concordo con Ivana (tar)


Explanation:
COncordo pienamente con Ivana, aggiungo solo questa risposta perchè non c'è abbastanza spazio nel commento.
TAR sono residui pesanti di raffineria (vedi ad es: http://www.enel.it/attivita/ambiente/glossario/tar.asp) e mi sembra proprio che anche in inglese sia usato il termine tar.
E' vero che TAR in maiuscolo fa prima venire in mente ai tribunali regionali, ma si trova anche con questo significato (residui pesanti di raffineria) in maiuscolo. vedi appunto il sito che ho aggiunto o questo https://www.cti2000.it/virt/cti2000/messaggiosingolo.php3?id...
o molti altri...
In inglese però mi sembra sia usato in minuscolo 'tar'.


Mara Ballarini
Australia
Local time: 10:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  KayW: Chris - this is the full address: http://new.camera.it/_dati/leg13/lavori/bollet/199610/1022/h...
21 hrs
  -> thanks kay!
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