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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

destinati a rimanere

English translation:

are here to stay

Added to glossary by Angela Guisci
Nov 4, 2015 18:37
8 yrs ago
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Italian term

destinati a rimanere

Italian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
I libri sono destinati a rimanere e sono destinati a rimanere coloro che li producono: un saggio non si trasforma da solo in un libro, serve il lavoro degli editori. Serve che selezionino buone opere e buone idee, che ne facciano un buon editing, che confezionino i libri in un buon modo e che ne facciano una buona pubblicità. Il mestiere dell’editore futuro è un mestiere fatto sempre più di selezione, confezione, connessione e circolazione di notizie e idee che volano già da sole là fuori.

are here to stay as those who make them .....

Any alternative ?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 are here to stay
5 meant to be for ever
4 are intended to have a perpetual existence
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Discussion

James (Jim) Davis Nov 6, 2015:
here to stay but it does not in my opinion translate the awkward element in the Italian.
Angela Guisci (asker) Nov 5, 2015:
@James
scusami ho letto ora la voce.
Allora: Gli strumenti per farlo sono molteplici, ma tra questi strumenti continueranno a esserci anche i libri (di carta o in digitale, non importa).
James (Jim) Davis Nov 5, 2015:
Cosa precede "I libri sono destinati a rimanere"? ....
Angela Guisci (asker) Nov 4, 2015:
@ James
sì in effetti ho dovuto rileggere la frase due o tre volte per capirla prima in italiano .....
James (Jim) Davis Nov 4, 2015:
The meaning is very clear. What I asked for was the sentence immediately before "I libri sono destinati a rimanere". To me the Italian is awkard. More natural italian, to my ear, would be "destinati a rimanere con noi". To me it is an unfinished phrase, while your proposed translation sounds much clearer, simpler and better than the Italian, unless there is something in the sentence that immediately precedes it.
Angela Guisci (asker) Nov 4, 2015:
@James
here it means that there will always be books ....paper books
James (Jim) Davis Nov 4, 2015:
What is the text that immediately precedes this text?
James (Jim) Davis Nov 4, 2015:
Italiano strano I feel that the proposed translation is much more natural and eloquent than the Italian, che a me (non madre lingua) suona strano. "destinato a rimanere qui per sempre" "destinato di rimanere come parte del nostro mondo", "destinato a rimanere un sogno/un segreto/irrisolto/un problema" ma "destinato a rimanere." punto e basta a me suona male. And I feel the same can be said of the English "destined to remain a dream" is perfectly natural English and a common phrase: https://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q="dest... but "destined to remain" full stop sounds strange, unless from the context it is clearly something obvious like "to remain on the island while the others left.", which is not the case of this italian text.

Proposed translations

+3
11 mins
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are here to stay

books are here to stay

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Note added at 12 mins (2015-11-04 18:49:33 GMT)
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Printed Books Are Here To Stay - The Rumpus.net
therumpus.net/2015/10/printed-books-are-here-to-stay/
Printed Books Are Here to Stay. By Katie O'Brien. October 16th, 2015. A recent New York Times report showed that e-book sales are declining while printed ...

Books vs Ebooks - 15 Reasons Why Printed Books Are Here ...
www.amitwrites.com › Books & Literature
May 8, 2015 - Printed Books books are here to stay, no matter how popular ebook or ereader becomes. They have a great advantage of never becoming ...
Note from asker:
ok Shera tysm :-)
Peer comment(s):
agree Luke Chambers : great!
36 mins
Thanks :)
agree Janice Giffin
15 hrs
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agree Dr Lofthouse
18 hrs
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13 hrs

are intended to have a perpetual existence

Mi sembra più elevato
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meant to be for ever

books are going to be out there forever as well as..
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