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...perché di mestiere facciamo solo questo, e non anche questo.

English translation: because it's the only thing we do

00:11 Jul 29, 2020
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: ...perché di mestiere facciamo solo questo, e non anche questo.
Hi. I am doing a translation about a company that builds swimming pools, and I am struggling to understand a particular sentence. Here it is, along with the preceding sentence, which I have translated without any problems and have put in brackets here:

[COMPANY NAME è da oltre 20 anni azienda leader nel mercato toscano e nazionale per la fornitura ed installazione "esclusiva" di piscine. ]

followed by

Sottolineiamo “esclusiva” perché di mestiere facciamo solo questo, e non anche questo.

I cannot make sense of this last sentence. It is late and my brain has gone to sleep! Could you please help?

Thanks!

Ian
Ian Rowe
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:20
English translation:because it's the only thing we do
Explanation:
Alternatively, you could say

It's what we specialise in
It's not just a sideline to something else
It's all we do, and we're experts at it
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
Thanks again for your help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4because it's the only thing we do
philgoddard
5 +1...because by profession we do only this, not this and something else.
Mark Pleas
3 +3Excl., because building pools is what we do, and the only thing we do.
Wolfgang Hager
4building pools is our only job, not one of our many jobs/hobbies
Isabella Nanni
3 +1[...] because we only do pools, all pools and nothing but pools.
Wolf Draeger


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
because it's the only thing we do


Explanation:
Alternatively, you could say

It's what we specialise in
It's not just a sideline to something else
It's all we do, and we're experts at it

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 186
Grading comment
Thanks again for your help!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your reply. Your help is appreciated.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  texjax DDS PhD: Simply "Because it's all we do".
1 hr
agree  Barbara Carrara
4 hrs
agree  Ian Mansbridge: Yes, cut out the unnecessary verbosity! Alternatively: "We don't do anything else"
7 hrs
neutral  Catherine McNabb Byrne: Yes, reduce the wordiness, but perhaps this is a bit too much, "this and only this" (as in Wolfgang's suggestion) would better reflect the rhetoric.
8 hrs
  -> For once, the Italian is not wordy! I've reduced it from ten words to seven.
agree  Fiona Grace Peterson: Perfect!
10 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
...because by profession we do only this, not this and something else.


Explanation:
I'm fairly sure that what they mean is the following:

Sottolineiamo “esclusiva” perché di mestiere facciamo solo questo, e non qualcos'altro e anche questo.

That is, "This is all we do; we don't do anything else."

Mark Pleas
Japan
Local time: 16:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your reply. Much appreciated!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isabella Nanni
1 hr
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Excl., because building pools is what we do, and the only thing we do.


Explanation:
translating marketing hype literally from Italian risks defeating the purpose of persuading the customer. Parole povere = good English

Wolfgang Hager
Italy
Local time: 09:20
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your explanation.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lisa Jane
6 hrs
agree  Catherine McNabb Byrne: Yes. This reflects the rhetorical device used in the original, using natural (authentic?) English. .
8 hrs
agree  Wolf Draeger: Yes, something with/along the lines of "this is what we do".
9 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
building pools is our only job, not one of our many jobs/hobbies


Explanation:
literally it means "we do only this, not "even this"

in this context "anche" has the double meaning of "perfino" and "tra le altre cose"

it is used to emphasise the company's specialisation

Isabella Nanni
Italy
Local time: 09:20
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 1
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thanks for your explanation.

Asker: Thanks for your explanation. Very helpful!

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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
[...] because we only do pools, all pools and nothing but pools.


Explanation:
Another slightly fun option if your text and client permit.

Example sentence(s):
  • Specialists because we only do pools, all pools and nothing but pools.
  • [We're the] Pool masters because we only do pools, all pools and nothing but pools.
Wolf Draeger
South Africa
Local time: 09:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your reply.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: so help me g..?
1 hr
  -> Actually, affirmations leave that bit out :-D
agree  Isabella Nanni: For a transcreation I like it!
11 hrs
  -> Ta :-)
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