Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Traduzione detto

>>> m i aiutate a tradurre questo detto?
" I LOVE CHILDREN.... AND LOOKING AFTER THEM WOULD BE WONDERFUL "2
 io amo i bambini ..e fin li ok!.. Ma poi?
Lookin ..vuol dire guardare ,ma qui...
Grazie in anticipo
irina

 Lookin ..vuol dire guardare ,ma qui...
Sì, to look significa guardare, ma to look after someone vuol dire badare, 
prendersi cura di qualcuno.
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
--
"I'm not from these parts. From a little place called England. We used to 
run the world before you." (Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes, 2004) 

 to look after someone vuol dire badare, prendersi cura di qualcuno.
E non č un "detto" o un modo di dire, ma semplicemente un phrasal verb.
to look at -> guardare
to look after -> prendersi cura di
to look for -> cercare
to look forward to -> non vedere l'ora di (piů o meno)
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
--
"I'm not from these parts. From a little place called England. We used to 
run the world before you." (Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes) 

 



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>" I LOVE CHILDREN.... AND LOOKING AFTER THEM WOULD BE WONDERFUL "2
"Io amo i bambini... e prendersi cura di loro sarebbe meraviglioso"
Ciao,
Michele 

 Lookin ..vuol dire guardare ,ma qui...
Stai tentando di adescare una ragazza madre?
Ciao, FB
-- 
Saldando insieme vari dadi con una goccia d'acqua e tanta pazienza, riesci
a fare una specie di custodia con coperchio nella quale inserire la
patata. Per la cottura poi procedi come per il pollo alla creta.
(Elogio del dado - Garfield su it.hobby.cucina)

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Orgh! Ma si è firmata Iris, è molto maschile come nome... ^__^
Ciao,
Michele

 to look forward to -> non vedere l'ora di (più o meno)
anche, abbastanza comuni (fra gli altri)... 
to look to -> guardare a
"Yes, don't look to the value of content! Look to how the other
academic snubs rate the snubbery of the journal." [da un ng]
to look up -> consultare, fare una ricerca su
"Go look up Google!"
-- 
Enrico C
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 academic snubs rate the snubbery of the journal." [da un ng]
Was that written by a native speaker??
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Mary

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From Virginia, USA, afaik.
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 From Virginia, USA, afaik.
Not a very educated native speaker then.
Not sure if "look to" is commonly used in the USA; in the UK it sounds
old-fashioned.
"Snubbery" doesn't exist (he means snobbery or snobbishness), and "snub"
doesn't mean what he thinks it does (he means "snob").
-- 
Mary


Like Holden Caulfield.
"What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over
the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where
they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's
all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know
it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know
it's crazy."
("Catcher in the Rye", J.D. Salinger)
Joe from Massachusetts

 old-fashioned.
Would Brits use "look at" instead, in all cases?
E.g.: "Yes, don't look at the value of content! Look at how the other
academic snobs rate the snobbery of the journal."
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 academic snobs rate the snobbery of the journal."
Yes.
-- 
Mary

 academic snobs rate the snobbery of the journal."
"Look to" is not common in the US, but rather than calling it old fashioned 
in this instance I would venture to say that it is used with a kind of 
poetic license. Also, choosing the word 'snubbery' instead of 'snobbery', 
taken in context with the 'look to', leads me to think that the sentence was 
written in a tongue-in-cheek style. I would keep open the possibility that 
the writer likes to play with words rather than that it is an example of 
substandard usage. 

 old-fashioned.
As Tony said, it's not commonly used in place of "look at", but it's
used with directions.  We say "look to your left" or "look to your
right", "look to the sky".  (which is different from look at the sky)
bye
ari


I don't think 'look to' has *ever* been used in the UK to mean 'look at' . 
The most obvious obsolete use (UK) has the meaning 'keep an eye on' ; 
nowadays it means (UK) 'rely on' .
Mike 

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I agree.
A child sometimes looks to his parents for advice.
A child also sometimes looks at his parents and sees a couple of old
fuddy-duddies.  :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 "look to the sky".  (which is different from look at the sky)
May I know the difference between those two sentences?
Frohes neues Jahr,
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Look to the sky for guidance.
Look at the sky and see the beauty of the clouds.
Joe from Massachusetts

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Thank you Joe.  Examples are worth more than explanations sometimes.  I
wouldn't have known how to explain it.
ari

 Look to the sky for guidance.
Fai riferimento al cielo, quindi?
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 Fai riferimento al cielo, quindi?
No, 'look to' non è un imperativo literale, ma invece figurativo. Dire 'look 
at' significa che si vede qualcoso con gli occhi. Dire 'look to' significa 
'si depende su', 'si aspetta per', o altre cose figurative, depende al 
contesto. 

 'si aspetta per', o altre cose figurative, depende al contesto.
Ho capito (un po').
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 Ho capito (un po').
Sě? Anche se ho scritto 'depende al' invece di 'dipende al'? Meno male!

 Sì? Anche se ho scritto 'depende al' invece di 'dipende al'? Meno male!
Ora hai chiarito tutto.
Grazie!
Tschüss,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
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"There are only two kinds of people who really are fascinating - people who 
know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing." (Oscar 
Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray)