Glossary entry

Italiano term or phrase:

insegna

Inglese translation:

tells

Added to glossary by Ivana UK
Jun 18, 2009 14:50
14 yrs ago
Italiano term

insegna

Da Italiano a Inglese Arte/Letteratura Arte, Arti applicate, Pittura art review
la materia insegna allo spazio come curvarsi e lo spazio insegna alla materia come muoversi
Change log

Jun 18, 2009 15:13: Emanuela Galdelli changed "Term asked" from "insegna (in context)" to "insegna"

Jun 23, 2009 20:31: Ivana UK changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/15086">KARIS ISABELLA DAVOGLIO's</a> old entry - "insegna"" to ""tells""

Jul 15, 2009 14:19: Ivana UK changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/43315">Ivana UK's</a> old entry - "insegna"" to ""tells""

Proposed translations

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45 min
Selected

tells

This is the usual way of saying this in En - gets lots of authoritative hits

When Newton wrote about 'The System of the World' in Part 3 of Principia, the ... 'Matter tells space how to curve. Space tells matter how to move. ...

www.physicalworld.org/restless_universe/html/ru_4print.html

Laws summarise regularities observed in Nature. ... time curvature: matter tells space how to curve, space tells matter how to move' ...

www.openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=245510&di...
Peer comment(s):

agree Kate Chaffer : Exactly!
15 min
neutral Oliver Lawrence : if this were a scientific/IT context I'd agree definitely, but it feels a bit bald to me for an arty context, so I'm abstaining :o)
1 ora
agree philgoddard : This is a quote by a physicist, John Wheeler, which has been translated from English into Italian. "Tells" can be the only correct answer to this question
2 ore
agree Maverick82 (X)
6 ore
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanx so much <ivana. "tells" fits well also considering the web sources you provided. :-) KI"
5 min
Italiano term (edited): insegna (in context)

demonstrates [to ...] how to [....]

trty this.
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+3
7 min
Italiano term (edited): insegna (in context)

shows... how...

Another idea.

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Note added at 9 min (2009-06-18 14:59:54 GMT)
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Visual arts, I suppose, then I suggest "shows".
Peer comment(s):

agree Sarah Thompson
4 ore
Thanks Sarah.
agree Jim Tucker (X) : least obtrusive
6 ore
Thanks Jim.
agree Maverick82 (X)
7 ore
Grazie Luca.
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9 min
Italiano term (edited): insegna (in context)

informs

another view
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11 min
Italiano term (edited): insegna (in context)

directs

Just an idea.
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41 min

suggests

...
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