Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
progettista di cantiere
English translation:
site architect/site engineer
Added to glossary by
Paul O'Brien
Sep 12, 2008 11:21
15 yrs ago
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Italian term
Argentina
Legal and environment specialist, PhD
Native in: English 
Works in: Italian to English, Spanish to English, English
progettista di cantiere
Italian to English
Other
Construction / Civil Engineering
one of many (too many!) white collar persons hovering around this worksite. talk about top heavy... .
no google refs.
no google refs.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | site architect/site engineer |
Tom in London
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| 4 +2 | on-site design engineer |
James (Jim) Davis
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| 4 | was kann man ohne Kontekt hier schon anderes sagen als <shipyard designer> or |
Ellen Kraus
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Proposed translations
+3
10 mins
Tom in London
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Architecture, design, technical, etc.
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
:
1015
Selected
site architect/site engineer
you'll have to work out from the context whether the (dirty) white-collar person is likely to be an architect or an engineer. Hey, don't belittle white-collar workers - you're one yourself!
Note from asker:
| i wasn't belittling them, dear boy: i was merely saying that there were too many of them. stepping on each other's toes like nobody's business. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Olga Buongiorno
: I perfectly agrre with you Tom
5 mins
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Pauley., believe me, nobody gets on a building site unless they really need to. And they have to meeet strict safety requirements (no stepping on toes) :)
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| agree |
Gina Ferlisi
: certainly is...know for experience too,:) always on husband's building site!!
1 day 10 hrs
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| agree |
Dana Rinaldi
: I would say this fits. Have a nice week-end all!!
1 day 10 hrs
|
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
9 mins
Ellen Kraus
Austria
Austria
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German 
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
10
was kann man ohne Kontekt hier schon anderes sagen als <shipyard designer> or
or in case flying is involved : hangar designer
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Dana Rinaldi
: Und wenn diese Züge?/And when trains are involved?
1 day 10 hrs
|
+2
10 mins
James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Seychelles
Native in English
Specializes in field
Seychelles
25 years experience constantly improving
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
:
664
on-site design engineer
This is what I would do with it Paul.
Discussion
"what can you without Kontekt here say other than".
fair enough, it's not perfect, but i NOW know what she was saying and could write a proper english sentence out of it if i so desired.
at any rate, just for the record. though you all probably knew anyway.