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Titolo: Help: 'FOUR BY FOUR'

Ciao! Sto traducendo alcuni filmati realizzati in stazioni di polizia
USA e riguardanti persone che hanno commesso omicidi. Ora sono alle
prese con l'interrogatorio di un barbone che ne ha ucciso un altro
prendendolo a bastonate (argh) e che, descrivendo l'accaduto, dice: "I
just hit him with a _four by four_, a piece of wood". Questo _four by
four_ si riferisce credo alla lunghezza/grandezza di questo bastone,
ma come dovrebbe essere tradotto?
Grazie a tutti
-
Fenice
'Entia non sunt moltiplicanda praeter necessitatem'
http://digilander.iol.it/DanjChicca

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Io tradurrei con _tavoletta di legno_ oppure con _pezzo di legno_
Ti ringrazio, questa cosa non la sapevo proprio, mi sei stato di
grande aiuto. Comunque, nel dubbio, avevo tradotto con 'pezzo di
legno'. Sembri esperto con gergo 'USA' ;) potrei chiederti se sai
l'esatta traduzione di di "1st PDU"? E' il posto di polizia dove si
svolge l'interrogatorio che sto traducendo, ma l'acronimo per cosa
sta? Police Department... ? Grazie ancora per l'aiuto.
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 I just hit him with a _four by four_, a piece of wood".
Non azzardo, ma e' la prima volta che vedo Babylon in crisi:
"Quattro su quattro (auto a trazione frontale)"
che in italiano non ha senso

 'Entia non sunt moltiplicanda praeter necessitatem'
   Occam's Razor - Guglielmo era inglese ma scriveva in Latino
Martin

 tradotto?
OK a bit late since others have responded but what the heck - spent some
time typing this....
Down here people are hit with 4x2's, a standard dimension for framing
timber in house construction. The measurements are imperial inches and
these days are staed as 100x50mm. That piece of 4x4 (four by four) or
100mm by 100mm is pretty thick and wouldn't have been easy to hold
especially if rough sawn!  Pergolas and verandahs can have them as
corner posts so they're pretty substantial.   Wood dimensions are quoted
as width thickness length, not really relevant for a bit of 4x4 ;-)
although one can assume it wasn't 2.4 metres long!
Cheers,
Loki
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   Occam's Razor - Guglielmo era inglese ma scriveva in Latino
Esatto ;) Non capita molto spesso che riconoscano questa citazione.
Ciao e ancora grazie!
Fenice

time typing this....
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Hai fatto bene, perche' e' molto interessante. Quindi un 'four by
four' e' estremamente pesante... infatti il povero homless che se l'e'
preso in testa e' morto sul colpo!
Grazie mille!
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http://digilander.iol.it/DanjChicca
Non lo so, ma prova a vedere questi link:
http://www.plexoft.com/SBF/P01.html#PackDU
http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym?PDU
http://www.fc.peachnet.edu/cj/IDIS1100/jargon.htm
http://www.stcloud.org/police/policejargon.htm
... anche se 1st PDU non c'č, potrebbero tornarti utili se incappi in altri
termini "polizieschi" :-)
Mah... Protocol Data Unit  ma č per l'informatica, Power Distribution Units
ma non mi pare c'entri con il contesto....Police Department ...
Ti consiglio di postare questa richiesta e sperare nell'aiuto del NG ancora
una volta.

 "imperial inches"
Haven't they a Queen?

IH870 ha scritto:
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Of course, but we used to have an Empire!
(si dice "haven't they got a Queen"? o (negli USA) "don't they have a
Queen?")
Mary

 especially if rough sawn!
What if it was a 4x4x1 and was thrown as a fresbee?
Ninja turtles' mortal combat technique.
saluti,
Peltio
PS
This message is not as void of content as it may seem.
What is the correct verb to associate to a fresbee ?
Fling, cast, or the right one that I don't remember?
Hey, wiseguys! Don't answer "the third one". ; )

 What is the correct verb to associate to a fresbee ?
Eat ?
Ah, no, this suits the canine counterpart that sometimes is used in frisbee
playing. And also describes what you can do in a pizza restaurant in the US
(vicious nationalist remark).
I think that the verb is 'to throw' , while 'fling' is more appropriate for
a shuriken.
http://www.frisbee.com/info/intro.html
You can throw a frisbee to your canine counterpart. If you fling a shuriken,
you obtain a Cheshire dog.
Extraterrestrial regards
Giorgio
P.S. I am halfway

 Queen?")
Il "got" mi ha sempre turbato moltissimo; grazie switchero' alla forma
statunitense... a ricordarselo! ;)

 shuriken, you obtain a Cheshire dog.
Or carne instead of cane... 
cheers,
Loki
who loves dogs, really...
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 Haven't they a Queen?
Who? Maybe the royal foot. :-)
Imperial measurements (British standards) of volume are different from
American units of the same name which one can be a nuisance when using
cookbooks without metric equivalents. Just remember this if going into
rocketry...
Per esempio I USA gallon liquid (They change for dry - don't ask me why)
 = 3.785 litres; invece I gal. imperial = 4.545 litres. I know you were
just hanging out to know this....
cheers,
Loki
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 rocketry...
Aye, but as far as I've figured it out an inch is (was) an inch
wherever you may be. It's the units of measure for volume (gallon,
etc.) and mass (pound, etc.) that are different on the two sides of the
Atlantic (and the ex-British empire, or British ex-empire?)
... and then there's the troy ounce, for gold.
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Before you buy.

 who loves dogs, really...
.. and chili con cane?  ... oops, I mean carne.
I, on the other hand, can't it chili, or pepperoncino, more's the pity.
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wherever you may be. 
Except on your hands, where it's usually called a thumb :-)) 
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Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching
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 Except on your hands, where it's usually called a thumb :-))
Which can inch indeed