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città diffusa

English translation: urban sprawl

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Italian term or phrase: città diffusa English translation: urban sprawl Entered by: Sarah Gregg

09:25 Feb 8, 2013

Italian to English translations [PRO] Real Estate / Town planning
Italian term or phrase: città diffusa Any advice on how best to translate the term "città diffusa" found in a text describing an area with a high population density and level of urbanisation, without being an actual city/town. The text talks about formally organising: "...una città “diffusa” che esiste già". Thanks, Sarah.	Sarah Gregg KudoZ activity Questions: 562 (none open) (46 closed without grading) Answers: 2 Italy Local time: 07:01
urban sprawl Explanation: (in this context) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2013-02-08 09:38:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=30&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&q...	Selected response from: Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 06:01
Grading comment Thanks to you all, Sarah. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
4 +3	urban sprawl	Tom in London

Discussion entries: 6

Sarah Gregg Italy ASKER 18:54 Feb 11, 2013  As I explained in my comment above, unfortunately I don't have other context, apart from a general impression from reading the text as a whole that the author does in fact intend certain negative connotations. Considering this, in this case I think urban sprawl fits the bill perfectly. Thanks to everyone who has contributed. Tom in London United Kingdom OK 16:07 Feb 11, 2013  So let's see what answer the asker chooses. Any other suggestions? philgoddard United States There's no need to be rude, Tom. 16:05 Feb 11, 2013  I'm not voting for your answer because we don't have enough context. Of course it has negative connotations. Tom in London United Kingdom Yes 09:43 Feb 10, 2013  Some "non-addetti" may think that the term has negative connotations, but that doesn't make any difference to the fact that "urban sprawl" is the standard term. Sarah Gregg Italy ASKER 06:24 Feb 10, 2013  Sorry Phil, the phrase only occurs once in the text. Trying to read between the lines, I think the author's intention is in fact to express a criticism of the way the area has developed spontaneously, so for me "urban sprawl" seems to fit the bill well. philgoddard United States Please could we have the full context 16:32 Feb 8, 2013  Which means several sentences in Italian. Tom's "urban sprawl" is one possibility, but has negative connotations which may not exist in the original. It could just mean agglomeration/conglomeration. Automatic update in 00:

  

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7 mins   confidence: peer agreement (net): +3

urban sprawl Explanation: (in this context) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2013-02-08 09:38:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=30&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&q...	Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 06:01 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 126
Grading comment Thanks to you all, Sarah.
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Giulia Gigliotti: Agree, see here also:http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl&lng1=en,it&lang=... 22 mins agree  Yvonne Gallagher 52 mins agree  Cristina Gonzalez 10 hrs
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