allestire un set

English translation: to prepare / to mount / to stage a set

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Italian term or phrase:	allestire un set
English translation:	to prepare / to mount / to stage a set
Entered by:	Marika Costantini

08:41 Apr 15, 2009

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Telecom(munications)

Italian term or phrase: allestire un set

ciao a tutti!
sto traducendo un articolo in cui si parla della registrazione di una puntata televisiva di un noto programma tv. semplicemente si dice che il giornalista tal dei tali ha allestito diversi set per documentare al meglio il tema della puntata (che è un particolaretipo di allevamento avicolo). come posso rendere "allestire" in questo contesto?
grazie!

Marika Costantini KudoZ activity Questions: 524 (3 open) (43 closed without grading) Answers: 562 Italy
Local time: 16:10

to prepare / to mount / to stage a set

Explanation:
Posto che to set a set sia un pò cacofonico..., :-))

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Note added at 8 mins (2009-04-15 08:49:51 GMT)
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Also, to arrange...

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AeC2009
Italy
Local time: 16:10

Grading comment

I prefer this one.
thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

create a set

Angela Arnone

3 +2

to prepare / to mount / to stage a set

AeC2009

set the stage

Eileen Cartoon

to set up a set

Pnina

design a set

Leanne Young

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

to prepare / to mount / to stage a set

AeC2009
Italy
Local time: 16:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

I prefer this one.
thank you!

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

create a set

Explanation:
In questo caso, userei "create" ...

Angela Arnone
Local time: 16:10
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

10 mins confidence:

to set up a set

Explanation:
set up a set of...

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Note added at 21 mins (2009-04-15 09:03:31 GMT)
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The phrase "set up a set" has 218,000 Google hits. Here is an example of its usage:
"...you can set up a set of rules that will allow you to sort the incoming emails to the different folders."
http://help.register.it/faq/email_and_other_services/webmail...

Pnina
Israel
Local time: 17:10
Native speaker of:

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 4

6 hrs confidence:

design a set

Explanation:
this works well...

Leanne Young
Italy
Local time: 16:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

23 hrs confidence:

set the stage

Explanation:
Agreeing with the others I would invert the order and say *set the stage*

Eileen Cartoon
Local time: 16:10
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

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