Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italiano term
Stati Uniti
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: Inglese 
Works in: Da Spagnolo a Inglese, Da Francese a Inglese, Da Inglese a Spagnolo, and 3 more.
porata
"la scultura lignea **porata** e policromata"
Mi dispiace la macanza di contesto.
Grazie Mille!
femme
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Roland Lelaj
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Sep 2, 2009 00:27: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Sep 6, 2009 22:14: Roland Lelaj changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/123909">Barbara Cochran, MFA's</a> old entry - "dorata"" to ""gilt""
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Reliable and on time quality translation
Native in: Albanese (Variants: Toske / Tosk, Kosovo, Albanian (standard), Gegë / Gheg) 
, Italiano (Variants: Standard-Italy, Swiss )
Works in: Da Inglese a Albanese, Da Inglese a Italiano, Da Italiano a Albanese, and 2 more.
dorata
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.m...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-08-21 03:17:36 GMT)
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A questo punto direi "golden and polychromatic"
"http://www.google.ca/search?q="golden and polychromatic"&ie=...
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Note added at 12 hrs (2009-08-21 13:29:23 GMT)
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Yes, "polychrome and gilt wood" is the best fit.
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Barbara Carrara
: Agree with typo (and in Italian we say policromo rather than policromato), but shouldn't it be translated as 'gilt polychrome wooden sculpture'.? B.
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Thank you babsita! Yes, "polychrome and gilt wood" is a best fit.
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K Donnelly
: Agree with "gilt" suggested by babsita, but I would write "polychrome and gilt wood sculpture".
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Thank you K Donnelly! Yes, "polychrome and gilt wood" is a best fit.
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Reference comments
forata
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Note added at 10 hrs (2009-08-21 11:36:20 GMT)
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Scultura: statua (statua processionale) o gruppo scultoreo (gruppo scultoreo ... La base è generalmente larga e forata per fare passare i bastoni per il ...
151.12.80.76/.../index.jsp?...scultura%20processionale...
La scultura lignea raffigurante l'Immacolata Concezione(per la presenza del demone e ... vengono esaltati dall'effetto della sopravveste forata, leggera e ...
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