Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
città-cantiere
English translation:
a city under ongoing construction
Added to glossary by
Federica Meacci
Dec 17, 2011 09:40
12 yrs ago
Italian term
Quality is never an accident
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Russian to Italian, Spanish to Italian, and 2 more.
città-cantiere
Italian to English
Science
Construction / Civil Engineering
Si tratta di una città che subisce continuamente delle trasformazioni, una città in cui i lavori non finiscono mai.
E' un titolo quindi non ho una frase in cui è inserita questa espressione.
Avevo pensato a "building-site city" ma non mi convince molto. Altri suggerimenti?
Grazie!
E' un titolo quindi non ho una frase in cui è inserita questa espressione.
Avevo pensato a "building-site city" ma non mi convince molto. Altri suggerimenti?
Grazie!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | a city under construction |
Daniel Frisano
|
| 3 +1 | A city in progress (...city-work in progress) |
Lara Barnett
|
| 3 | continuous site constructions |
Lucrezia Amedeo
|
Proposed translations
+4
4 mins
Daniel Frisano
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Works in field
Italy
100% human translation, always
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, German to Italian, and 14 more.
Related KudoZ points
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61
Selected
a city under construction
un'idea...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Grazie!"
4 hrs
continuous site constructions
.....
+1
10 hrs
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African)
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
20
A city in progress (...city-work in progress)
This is just a play on the expression, "a work in progress" -
"work in progress - a piece of work that is not yet finished"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/work in progress
"work in progress - a piece of work that is not yet finished"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/work in progress
Example sentence:
"The formal consultation period for the Big City Plan Work in Progress Report has now ended. "
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