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English term

Lucia De Rocco

74 questions

call the shots

Homework / test English to Italian Marketing Computers: Systems, Networks

But you're not like that are you? You have been working 50 hours a week for The Man so long; you know you couldn't go through a day without doing something. With your own home network marketing business your loyalty would be to you and your family and your customers and down-line and nobody else. You would be calling the shots, and you can imagine that.

Proposed translations (Italian)

4 +2	saresti tu il capo/al comando	Francesco Badolato
4	Saresti tu a dare gli ordini	enricobertel (X)
3	saresti il capo di tè stesso	Michele Esposito

Discussion

JMH Languages Apr 26, 2011:

to be in charge, to be the boss The person who 'calls the shots' is the one in charge. No idea what that might be in Italian!

Proposed translations

2 hrs

Francesco Badolato

Italy

7812 answers

Native in Italian

Selected

saresti tu il capo/al comando

You would be calling the shots

Peer comment(s):

agree	Sara Negro 7 hrs
	Grazie Sara
agree	SYLVY75 8 hrs
	Grazie Sylvy

3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."

13 hrs

enricobertel (X)

5 answers

Native in Italian

Works in field

Saresti tu a dare gli ordini

[...], puoi ben immaginartelo.

Sta cercando di descrivere qualcuno che sia 'his/her own boss', un libero professionista, qualcuno che non riceve gli ordini, bensi' li da'.