18:16 Sep 19, 2009 |
Italian to English translations [PRO] Internet, e-Commerce / E-lottery | |||||||
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4 | National lottery |
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3 | national tote numerical games |
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national tote numerical games Explanation: http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&rlz=1T4SKPB_itEG285EG286&q... |
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National lottery Explanation: This would seem to be the "official" term for superenallotto as explained here: http://www.giochidistato.it/site.php?page=20040518172353475 the equivalent of which in the UK is the http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home.ftl and not the national totalisator board which is a betting company for betting on horse races (I once worked for it part time in my teens): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tote If you have already used the term national lottery in your translation, then I would go for something like National numerical games, avoiding totalisator which is virtually synonymous with horse racing in the UK. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day10 hrs (2009-09-21 04:46:54 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Reading here, it seems the totalisator is a machine for horserace betting invented in Italy. As I remember it is a specific way of compiling a "book" based purely on the "total pool" of bets placed. If you read here: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/atl.htm#top you see that it originated in Australia with the firm of the same name that may have copyright on the term and it is used worldwide. Always for horse and dog racing it seems. "At this time the company entered the busiest period of manufacture and installation in its life. Simultaneously it was manufacturing and installing equipment for racetracks in India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, North and South America. In all, it installed equipment in 99 race tracks throughout the world between 1948 and 1955." In 1966 Automatic Totalisators Ltd took the racing industry into the electronic era with the development of the World's First Computer Totalizator System, for the *****New York Racing Association *****, which handled a totalizator turnover each season of over $700 million. |
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