Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
amico dell'ambiente
English translation:
environmentally friendly/kind to the environment
Added to glossary by
Romina Minucci
Mar 26, 2007 10:03
17 yrs ago
Italian term
Italy
*a real passion for translation*
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Russian to Italian
amico dell'ambiente
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Environment & Ecology
titolo in una brochure su rasaerba e ambiente.
come lo tradurreste
grazie mille
come lo tradurreste
grazie mille
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | environmentally friendly/kind to the environment |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 4 +1 | environmental friendly |
Adele Oliveri
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| 3 +2 | eco friendly |
Loretta Bertoli
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| 3 +2 | a friend of the environment |
Grey Drane (X)
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| 4 | nature friendly |
Nicole Johnson
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Proposed translations
+5
2 mins
Selected
environmentally friendly/kind to the environment
The first is the most common translation, the second perhaps better for a title
or even: pro-environment
or even: pro-environment
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Juliet Halewood (X)
4 mins
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| agree |
Adele Oliveri
15 mins
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| agree |
Nicole Johnson
15 mins
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| agree |
Vepalm
: Environmentally safe; environmentally friendly ; environmentally ....
2 hrs
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| agree |
Rosanna Palermo
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "GRAZIE DAVVERO"
+1
3 mins
Adele Oliveri
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Works in field
Italy
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Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian
environmental friendly
è un'espressione piuttosto frequente in inglese, al punto che mi viene il dubbio che la frase italiana che devi tradurre sia a sua volta una traduzione implicita dell'inglese :-)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Alessandro Zocchi
5 mins
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grazie Alessandro, ma credo sia meglio la proposta di CMJ... :-)
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| neutral |
Nicole Johnson
: Usually we use environmentally friendly.
11 mins
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in which case, i agree with CMJ's answer :-) thanks Nicole!
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+2
4 mins
Loretta Bertoli
Native in Italian
Works in field
Native in: Italian 
Works in: Italian to English, Italian to French, French to Italian, and 1 more.
eco friendly
in alternativa ...
+2
18 mins
a friend of the environment
Just another suggestion if you need to maintain "amico" in noun form as I suspect you do, since the lawn mower is what is being called the "friend". "Environmentally friendly" (and similar variants) severely limit the impact of the title in my opinion.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Nicole Johnson
: I agree that the noun form may be what works best, but without more context, it's hard to know for sure.
2 mins
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| agree |
Umberto Cassano
17 mins
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17 mins
Nicole Johnson
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Italy
Journalist, Translator & Interpreter
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, English to Italian, English
nature friendly
Romina,
Depending on the context and tone of the rest of the text, any one of the answers already suggested could work.
I'm offering this one as well as an alternative.
Nicole
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Note added at 20 mins (2007-03-26 10:23:34 GMT)
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As Grey suggests, you may want to use a noun form, which in fact was my first thought, so along those lines you could opt for
"a friend to nature" instead of nature friendly.
Depending on the context and tone of the rest of the text, any one of the answers already suggested could work.
I'm offering this one as well as an alternative.
Nicole
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Note added at 20 mins (2007-03-26 10:23:34 GMT)
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As Grey suggests, you may want to use a noun form, which in fact was my first thought, so along those lines you could opt for
"a friend to nature" instead of nature friendly.
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