Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Scegliere qualcosa "con riserva"

How would you translate the sentence in the object, in English?
wordreference gave me the following answer, which sounds pretty odd to
me..
   "to choose something with a reservation"
It sounds like I've chosen something and "booked" it.

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Invece è proprio così.
Copio e incollo dal Picchi:
con riserva: under protest; (di documenti) claused, qualified; (di polizze,
certificati e simili) foul; senza riserve/riserva: unconditional,
unequivocal, unqualified, without qualification/reserve;
accettare/dichiarare/esprimere con riserva: to qualify; accettare qs senza
riserve: to accept st without reserve; esprimere una riserva: to make a
qualification; esprimere riserve su: to express (one’ s) reserves on; fare
qs con riserva: to do st with reservation; fare qs senza riserve: to do st
without reservation; fare una riserva: to make a qualification; parlare
senza riserve: to speak without reserve; i tecnici fanno delle riserve in
proposito: technicians are making some reservations about it; l’ allenatore
sciolse la riserva: the trainer made up his mind.
Puoi consultare l'ottimo Picchi qui:
http://www.hoepli.it/dizionari/Dizionario_Italiano-Inglese_Online.asp
Ottimo anche il Garzanti consigliato da Isa, buono anche il Sansoni, più
conciso:
http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_italiano_inglese.shtml
HTH,
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Anna

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Non è che si può usare "under condition" sotto condizione? 

 
Volevo segnalare che mi e' stato detto dalla Hoepli via email che il 
Picchi online e' in versione beta (hanno ristrutturato la grafica di 
recente) e al momento non si puo' accedere alla versione integrale del 
dizionario: se cercate un lemma particolarmente lungo (es. "home") la 
definizione sara' troncate dopo un po'. Speriamo lo mettano a posto 
presto, nel frattempo Garzanti e Sansoni basteranno! :-)
Lorenzo

 It sounds like I've chosen something and "booked" it.
I think I usually hear and say "with reservations". Can you have just
one reservation?
I suppose so, but I'm not sure if I've heard that.

    "to choose something with a reservation"
I think if I had just one reservation I'd say "I accept that, with
just one reservation..."
or "with just a single reservation" or something, not "with a
reservation".

 
http://www.hoepli.it/dizionari/Dizionario_Italiano-Inglese_Online.asp
Thanks!
I really liked this dictionary... so I made this from scratch (if you
are used to iGoogle & want to access the dictionary from there
directly..).
http://www.google.it/ig/directory?hl=it&url=hosting.gmodules.com%2Fig%2Fgadgets%2Ffile%2F111228908629470257123%2Fsearch.xml
Hope it's of some use to you guys..

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Good job! :)
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Anna

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I've always heard and used "with reservations".
Joe from Massachusetts

 I've always heard and used "with reservations".
That's true, but I'm sure you've also heard the singular used when the 
particular reservation is articulated.
"I'll attend, but with a reservation. I'm afraid that George will get drunk 
again and choke on a pretzel or something." 

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I think this is similar to the use of other words, such as "exception".
I would say "I am in general agreement with his selection, but with
exceptions".
But, I would also say "I agree with his selection, without exception."
I would say "I am in general agreement with him, but with reservations".
But, I would also say "I agree with his decision, without reservation".
The positive seems to demand the plural, while the negative demands the
singular.
Joe from Massachusetts

 singular.
To say 'demand' might be going too far. I might be inclined to agree, with 
reservation, if instead of 'demand' you said 'incline toward'.
 I think you'd agree that one might also say "I agree with his decision 
without reservations." It's less likely that you'd say "I am in general 
agreement with him, but with reservation" but I don't think that hearing 
that would cause someone to notice the phrasing as odd. 

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Swan and the Cambridge Dictionary indirectly address the singular/plural
usage.
Swan discusses "exception".
«39 all and every
All and every can both be used to talk about people or things in general, or
about all the members of a group. There is little difference of meaning;
every often suggests 'without exception'.
170-3
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We do not use each with words and expressions like almost, practically,
nearly or without exception, which stress the idea of a whole group.»
The Cambridge recognizes the singular/plural usage of "reservation"..
«Workers and employees shared deep reservations about the wisdom of the
government's plans for the industry.
He accepted my advice without reservation.»
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=67173&dict=CALD
The Merriam-Webster also differentiates between the singular and plural.
«1 b: the setting of limiting conditions or withholding from complete
exposition <answered without reservation>
2 a: a limiting condition
<agreed, but with reservations>
b: doubt , misgiving <had serious reservations about marriage> »
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reservation
Joe from Massachusetts

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Ciao, l'indirizzo corretto è: 
http://dizionari.hoepli.it/Dizionario_Italiano-Inglese.aspx?idD=2
buona giornata
ciao

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The Hoepli, like the Cambridge and the Merriam Webster, shows those cases
where the singular and plural of "reservation" are used.
An interesting note is that where the English tends to use the singular
("without reservation"), the Hoepli states that the Italian uses the plural
("senza riserve"), but the Hoepli also states that where the English tends
to use the plural ("with reservations"), the Italian uses the singular ("con
riserva").
http://dizionari.hoepli.it/cerca.aspx?idD=3&query=reservation&Cerca.x=36&Cerca.y=8
Joe from Massachusetts