a misura d'uomo

English translation: at the human scale

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Italian term or phrase:a misura d'uomo
English translation:at the human scale

16:38 Mar 16, 2010
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy
Italian term or phrase: a misura d'uomo
Come si può dire in inglese che gli oggetti che l'uomo produce, e di cui si circond, sono "a prorpia misura"? A misura d'uomo, appunto.

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at the human scale
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Tom in London
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Local time: 08:33
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Thanks a lot Tom!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8at the human scale
Tom in London
4 -1man-sized
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
"a misura d'uomo"
at the human scale


Explanation:
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Thanks a lot Tom!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oliver Lawrence: or "on a human scale"
3 mins

agree  philgoddard
45 mins

agree  Russell Jones: on a human scale
1 hr

agree  carly kelly: with Oliver
1 hr

agree  julie-h: yes-on a human scale
3 hrs

agree  Rachel Fell: depends on the context (not provided) , but usu. on a human scale
5 hrs

agree  Lorraine Buckley (X): with Oliver
14 hrs

agree  WendellR: on a human scale
3 days 20 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
man-sized


Explanation:
Solo un'alternativa, poiché il contesto mi sembra sia meno umanistico di 'on a human...'.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2010-03-17 10:56:10 GMT)
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Hi Rachel,

Yes, 'man-sized' calls for the strenght of a man or 'qualities befitting a man'. But here my question: a sentece like 'a man-sized piece of cake', is it referring only to the size of a man?

Moreover I found: 'full-sized architecture', 'life-sized objects'.
Perhaps, in order to avoid any misunderstandig, it would be less confusing 'human-sized'.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/human-sized

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/man-sized
http://thesaurus.infoplease.com/man-sized

Un saluto a tutti
Francesca

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Note added at 4 days (2010-03-20 19:40:46 GMT) Post-grading
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Of course my best compliments to Tom, I like very much his solution.

But, because 'human-sized' is is so categorally dismissed, herewith other examples:

human-sized CHIMPS
human-sized Dinosaur
human-sized Nest
Human-sized Costume (http://aggv.bc.ca/Exhibitions Archive.aspx?year=-1&id=2013
adult-human-sized sheep
mapping indoor and outdoor human sized objects
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapping_indoor_and_outdoo...



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Local time: 09:33
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Rachel Fell: but this differentiates from women/girls/boys
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disagree  WendellR: Really the wrong idea altogether.
3 days 14 hrs
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