svendersi

English translation: selling ourselves short

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Italian term or phrase:	svendersi
English translation:	selling ourselves short
Entered by:	Paola Biscosi

14:51 Jul 30, 2006

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Journalism / local press

Italian term or phrase: svendersi

...non si tratta di svendersi agli inglesi, ma di concretizzare un investimento....

Paola Biscosi KudoZ activity Questions: 285 (none open) (11 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 13 Italy
Local time: 12:04

selling ourselves short

Explanation:
Very common expression ib business- lots of hits.

Selected response from:

Emily Goodpaster
Local time: 12:04

Grading comment

Thanks!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

sell out to

Giorgio Testa

5 +1

to lower our price /sell ourselves cheaply, to "have a sale"

Rosanna Palermo

sell yourself

Nicole Johnson

3 +1

selling ourselves short

Emily Goodpaster

tradurrei:"to underrate one's ability"

Caterina Passari

Answers

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

svendersi a sell out to

Explanation:
semplicemente...

Giorgio Testa
Italy
Local time: 12:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

12 mins confidence:

tradurrei:"to underrate one's ability"

Explanation:
nel senso di svalutarsi

Caterina Passari
Italy
Local time: 12:04
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

14 mins confidence:

sell yourself

Explanation:
Svendere means sell at a low cost or clearance price. In my opinon, in this context the reflexive verb form should be translated as "sell yourself"

Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/iten/svendere

Nicole Johnson
Italy
Local time: 12:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to lower our price /sell ourselves cheaply, to "have a sale"

Explanation:
to have a "svendita" means to sell goods below the regular price
to attract customers
another way to put it would be:

"the scope is not to lower our prices for English customers, but to solidify an investment"

Rosanna Palermo
Local time: 06:04
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

English
PRO pts in category: 15

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

selling ourselves short

Explanation:
Very common expression ib business- lots of hits.

Example sentence(s):

We are not selling ourselves short, we are establishing ....

Reference: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=it&ie=UTF...

Emily Goodpaster
Local time: 12:04
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks!!!

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