si dipartono più fasci paralleli di grandi montagne

English translation: (four) parallel ranges of high mountains branch off

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Italian term or phrase:si dipartono più fasci paralleli di grandi montagne
English translation:(four) parallel ranges of high mountains branch off
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

23:45 Feb 27, 2020
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Italian term or phrase: si dipartono più fasci paralleli di grandi montagne
Contesto:

Qui, dal possente nodo orografico dell'Hindu Kush, si dipartono più fasci paralleli di grande montagne: gli Alai e il Tian Shan a nord, il Kuen Lun al centro e l'Himalaya a sud.

Molte Grazie,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 11:09
(four) parallel ranges of high mountains branch off
Explanation:
and hardly penetrate into the ranges of the Himalaya, by which mountains, and those which branch off from them into the Malay peninsula,
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Encyclopædia_Britannica,...

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martini
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Local time: 16:09
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1originate several parallel high mountain ranges
Vittorio Ferretti
4several parallel ranges/bands of tall mountains spread out
Elisabetta Gnecchi Ruscone
3Parallel ranges / parallel clusters
Natalia Chernishova
3(four) parallel ranges of high mountains branch off
martini


  

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Parallel ranges / parallel clusters


Explanation:
A cluster may be used in this context, but the UK geological society refers to ranges in its article on those mountains.




    https://geosolc.org.uk
Natalia Chernishova
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: I also don't agree with "cluster". "parallel ranges" is fine but you've only translated part of this. Though at least you've given references, unlike the others
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originate several parallel high mountain ranges


Explanation:
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Vittorio Ferretti
Local time: 16:09
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agree  philgoddard: You've got the word order wrong, but otherwise this is OK.
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several parallel ranges/bands of tall mountains spread out


Explanation:
ranges is the more technical term, bands is a more literal translation, maybe intended to be descriptive by the original's author

Elisabetta Gnecchi Ruscone
Italy
Local time: 16:09
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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neutral  philgoddard: They can't spread out if they're parallel.
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(four) parallel ranges of high mountains branch off


Explanation:
and hardly penetrate into the ranges of the Himalaya, by which mountains, and those which branch off from them into the Malay peninsula,
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Encyclopædia_Britannica,...



martini
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Local time: 16:09
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Native speaker of: Italian
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