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Il suo essere smart

English translation: The fact it is \"smart\"/Smartness

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Italian term or phrase:Il suo essere smart
English translation:The fact it is \"smart\"/Smartness
Entered by: Lara Barnett

12:23 Dec 13, 2019
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: Il suo essere smart
I just want to check that "il suo essere" refers to "uno scenario". If it does, (and i have been using the term "landscape" due to the rest of the context), then how best to open this paragraph and translate this phrase?

Context:
Possiamo quindi dire che ci troviamo di fronte a uno scenario che allarga il concetto di mobilità caratterizzandola sempre più come un processo “information intensive”?

Il suo essere smart è il risultato dei tanti dispositivi di cui oggi individui, imprese e attori pubblici possono servirsi nella sua configurazione, realizzazione e monitoraggio, ma è smart anche perché deve sempre più garantire il raggiungimento di obiettivi di sostenibilità economica e ambientale ed essere al servizio della più ampia categoria di attori del territorio.
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:19
The fact it is "smart"
Explanation:
Or

It's "smart" nature

Il suo essere smart refers to "la mobilità"
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Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 09:19
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2The fact it is "smart"
Lisa Jane
4It is smart as a result of....
Shabelula
3Smart mobility is intelligent in that [...]
Wolf Draeger


Discussion entries: 2





  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
The fact it is "smart"


Explanation:
Or

It's "smart" nature

Il suo essere smart refers to "la mobilità"

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 09:19
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 496

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or just "its smartness". And there's no need to use quote marks.
27 mins
  -> True... no quote marks necessary in the English of course!
agree  Barbara Cochran, MFA: I prefer "its smart nature".
1 hr
  -> Thanks Barbara!
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
It is smart as a result of....


Explanation:
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Shabelula
Italy
Local time: 09:19
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Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 18
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Smart mobility is intelligent in that [...]


Explanation:
In the context of digital technology, "smart" means a machine, program or system can "act" and "make decisions" with a degree of independence or autonomy.

By borrowing the EN term, the IT wording makes life a bit complicated for the translator, and this may be one of those rare cases where the EN translation ends up being a bit longer than the source for the sake of clarity.

Another option would be to start the sentence with "Its intelligence lies in/is due to [...]" but for once I would prefer precision over brevity here, although the verbosity of the IT can still be trimmed.

Bottom link for broad context (smart mobility usually being part of a wider smart city programme).

Example sentence(s):
  • Smart mobility is intelligent in that it can be adapted, used and monitored by individuals, firms and governments while ensuring that economic and environmental sustanaibility targets are met and serving the widest range of needs in any given space.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city
Wolf Draeger
South Africa
Local time: 09:19
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Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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