Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: forze di causa maggiore ...

Who would be so kind as to tell me how I could translate "dovuto a forze di
causa maggiore" into English?
I know the kind hearts of Sovereigns and Realmers of this Illumnated Realm
won't disappoint me ... ;)))
Thanks in advance
Marina

 won't disappoint me ... ;)))
Flattery will get you everywhere!
Actually, the Italian expression is "dovuto a cause di forza maggiore".
If the context only relates to natural catastrophes, you'd translate it
as "resulting from Acts of God".
However, if strikes and such like are included, you'll have to say
"resulting from force majeure". 
There's no equivalent English expression, so we use the French one.
HTH,
Mary

causa maggiore" into English?
Forse intendevi dire "...a cause di forza maggiore"? :-)) Penso che
"due to force majeure" possa andare.
-- 
Isa
Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching
http://web.tiscalinet.it/alfabeto_auschwitz/

 There's no equivalent English expression, so we use the French one.
E come pronunciate? ;)

Paolo Fiore ha scritto:
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The same way as the French do! (at least, we try...)
But it's an expression only known to lawyers, not to the man in the
street.
Mary

 "due to force majeure" possa andare.
I have never in all my years (no, I'm not going to tell you how many
they are either! ;-) heard of a 'force majeur' except on this ng. Do I
take it to be just a legal term? Natural disaster or Act of God seems to
be what would be used by anyone other than a lawyer/solicitor/barrister.
regards,
Loki

Force Majeure: I have usually seen it as a paragraph heading in a
contract in which various forces are enumerated.  Strikes, wars, and
other things beyond the control of the contracting parties.
Perdonate l'inglese.
Martin


/ma'ZV":/
Raymot
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Thanks everybody ... as usual you've been very kind and helpful.
Sorry for my mistake in Italian but ... you know, when you've been working
all day, it just slips and you don't even notice ...
Anyway, Mary, very clever, as usual, got it straight, in fact I needed it in
a legal context, and strikes and such like were included!
Thanks again, Mary, without you I would be still losing my mind on it
Marina

 be what would be used by anyone other than a lawyer/solicitor/barrister.
Dear Loki,
Not that the undersigned is a lawyer, but having had to deal with numerous
contracts in the entertainment field in one of my former lives (and if you
are disinclined to state how many years 'all your years' are, I must confess
to a similar reticence with regards to how many former lives one has lived
through), the expression 'force majeure' is, as you suppose, legal-speak.
Mere mortals in common speech content themselves with the pronounceable, not
to mention spell-able Acts of God.
--
I remain, as always,
Bambi
dtb

 won't disappoint me ... ;)))
Dear Marina,
As HRH Mary has answered your question, it but remains for the undersigned
to concur with her statement that flattery will get you everywhere.
We are happy to have one of such consideration and charm as you among us.
Welcome.
--
I remain, as always, ecc., ecc.,
Bambi
dtb

 Welcome.
You haven't been paying attention, Bambi. Marina has been with us for
quite a while (on and off). IIRC, her previous nickname was Thalassa.
By the way, Marina, Eurodicautom is quite useful for legal and technical
translations:
http://eurodic.ip.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl
.
It gives translations in all EU languages.
Mary

 quite a while (on and off). IIRC, her previous nickname was Thalassa.
Dear Mary,
Did she steal the Royal Orbs thus necessitating a quick change of name and a
slink back here hoping nobody would notice (which I certainly didn't)?
More use for the wet noodle, I feel.
Thanking you nonetheless for clearing that up for me, and in the hopes that
the lady in question has mended her errant ways (and will return the Orbs),
my welcome remains for the present.
--
I remain, as always, ecc., ecc.,
Bambi
dtb
 P.S Are we sure her former identity was not Thalasse? I'm so confused.

Mary
Where have all your witty sigs gone, Mary? I'm quite missing them.
Raymot
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Sorry, it takes me a lot longer to prepare a message when I add them,
because I've used so many of the good ones that it's getting quite hard
to find anything funny that I haven't used before, and I'm so overworked
at the moment that I haven't really had the time to spend on them.
However, you aren't the only one who's complained, so normal service
will be resumed as soon as possible.
Mary
-- 
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it's
been through a blender first.


My most wonderful  Queens,
being too tired to write in English tonight pardon this servant if she
switches to Italian where she's less likely to make mistakes.
Solo per chiarire ... Mary ha un'ottima memoria, seguo questo fantastico
Illuminated Realm (and I mean it!) da più di un anno e se non scrivo, lurko
... quindi sono sempre più o meno al corrente. Quando uno vi scopre, come
può lasciarvi?!!!
Non ricordavo di aver cambiato il nick, sicuramente, dopo aver formattato,
ho inserito Thal, abbreviazione di Thalasse, o Thalassa, it's the same, the
ancient greek for "sea", e visto che il mio vero nome è Marina ... ;)
Approfitto di nuovo per ringraziarvi della vostra gentilezza e per i vostri
sempre utilissimi advices.
See u soon
Marina

been through a blender first.
That's the spirit! I also turn to the Bible in occasional
times of adversity.
Raymot
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at the moment that ...
Same, old, feeble excuse :-))
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