Esercizio di traduzione intermediate in inglese • 225

Sei in grado tu di rendere la frase di oggi in inglese?

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La traduzione, come metodo di esercizio nell’apprendimento di una lingua, farà sicuramente parte della vecchia scuola, però, inserita in un contesto più vario di apprendimento, soprattutto con feedback in tempo reale, può sempre essere un utile esercizio di allenamento.

Consiglio una partecipazione attiva e visibile postando la tua versione tra i commenti in fondo a questa pagina. In questo modo riceverai un mio commento o suggerimento in tempo più o meno reale. Ma per chi non se la sente, si può semplicemente annotare la propria versione e controllarla attraverso i miei commenti lasciati per gli altri.

Ricorda l’importanza di immaginare un contesto reale nel quale la frase in questione avrebbe senso, prima di procedere con la traduzione.

Per chi è già ben avviato al livello intermediate (B1/B2)

Ecco la nuova frase:

Ti sarebbe successa la stessa cosa se avessi aspettato insieme agli altri che la band uscisse dalla porta sul retro del teatro.

Buon divertimento!
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Author: Tony

Born and raised in Malaysia between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Educated at Wycliffe College in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England. Living in the foothills of Mount Etna since 1982 and teaching English at Catania University since 1987.

9 thoughts on “Esercizio di traduzione intermediate in inglese • 225”

  1. Thank you Prof. As a matter of fact I could have figured it out at least in the first part of the sentence ☺️

  2. Ciao!
    The same thing would have happened to you if you had waited together with the others for the band to come out from the theatre back door.

    1. All very good, Davide, except for the ending!

      “La porta sul retro del teatro” is not an “everyday” expression and therefore this trick of using “theatre” as an adjective is a bit risky and can sound forced and unnatural (unlike “back” which works perfectly as it is a common expression). I would even avoid the Saxon genitive in this case and just stick to the regular formula: “…from the back door of the theatre.”
      🙂

  3. Ti sarebbe successa la stessa cosa se avessi aspettato insieme agli altri che la band uscisse dalla porta sul retro del teatro.

    The same thing would have happened to you if you had waited with the others that the band had left through the back door of the theatre.

      1. I won’t comment until you send your definitive version, Paolo, but it’s all good up to “others”.

  4. It would have happened the same thing to you if you had waited togheter with the others for the band to exit the back door of the theater

    1. A good effort, Lenora. It just needs a couple of tweaks to make it sound more natural.
      First of all, and most importantly, when you haver a subject, there’s no need to resort to the impersonal form. Here we have the subject “the same thing”, so we should start with that:
      “The same thing would have happened to you…”
      The other small change I would make is to use “come out of” instead of “exit” (which in any case would need a preposition such as “through” or “from”):
      “…for the band to come out of the back door of the theatre.”
      🙂

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