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nega water

Italian translation: "nega water"

08:56 Aug 1, 2018
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Marketing - Environment & Ecology
English term or phrase: nega water
Water sustainability along the food value chain

Selling performance, not water.

Instead of selling water and charging by the cubic meter, utilities could pay consumers for curbing use and then sell the conserved volume—termed “nega water”—back to the system.
Antonella Vallicelli
Italy
Local time: 01:34
Italian translation:"nega water"
Explanation:
Non credo esista un corrispondente, trattandosi di una coniazione recentissima. Perciò l'unica soluzione è inserire il termine tra virgolette, anche perché il significato è già ampiamente spiegato all'interno della frase.
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Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
Italy
Local time: 01:34
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4 +1"nega water"
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"nega water"


Explanation:
Non credo esista un corrispondente, trattandosi di una coniazione recentissima. Perciò l'unica soluzione è inserire il termine tra virgolette, anche perché il significato è già ampiamente spiegato all'interno della frase.

Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
Italy
Local time: 01:34
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 131

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