Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
imitazione incompatibile o tautologico
English translation:
incompatible or tautologic (redundant) imitation
Added to glossary by
John Walsh
Nov 16, 2006 10:19
17 yrs ago
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Italian term
imitazione incompatibile o tautologico
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Il gioco di imitazione incompatibile o *tautologico* prende forma quando l’imitatore risponde, a sua volta, con un’innovazione, ma che risulta tecnologicamente incompatibile con quella dell’innovatore. La sua soluzione è capace comunque di soddisfare le stesse funzioni e di offrire benefici simili.
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Proposed translations
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| 3 | incompatible or tautologic (redundant) imitation |
Nicole Johnson
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| 3 | inconsistent or redundant imitation |
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incompatible or tautologic (redundant) imitation
tautologic
adj : repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact'
and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the
phrase `a beginner who has just started' is
tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return
to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant [syn: pleonastic,
redundant, tautological]
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-11-16 17:12:17 GMT)
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Will any of the synonyms listed above work for you? I myself might use redundant (probably more familiar to the general population).
adj : repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact'
and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the
phrase `a beginner who has just started' is
tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return
to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant [syn: pleonastic,
redundant, tautological]
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-11-16 17:12:17 GMT)
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Will any of the synonyms listed above work for you? I myself might use redundant (probably more familiar to the general population).
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Note from asker:
| I also used tautologic but I was looking for an alternative. Any suggestions? |
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inconsistent or redundant imitation
I am adding several examples the I have found in English websites.
1. "they are necessarily inconsistent imitation plastic flowers. CAN'T BE real plastic flowers..."
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0097-8507(200006)76:2<409:C...
2. "this very inconsistent imitation of a presbyterian representative judicatory."
www.covencanter.org/McLeod/Ecclesiastical/Cat/ecatnotes.htm
3. "going through his body of works, it's one piece of redundant imitation after another."
http://forums.cgsociety.org/archives/index.php/t-229317.html
1. "they are necessarily inconsistent imitation plastic flowers. CAN'T BE real plastic flowers..."
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0097-8507(200006)76:2<409:C...
2. "this very inconsistent imitation of a presbyterian representative judicatory."
www.covencanter.org/McLeod/Ecclesiastical/Cat/ecatnotes.htm
3. "going through his body of works, it's one piece of redundant imitation after another."
http://forums.cgsociety.org/archives/index.php/t-229317.html
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