Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

ponevano proprio i TLV al centro della contrattazione.....

English translation:

made the TLV the central focus of the negotiations

Added to glossary by Paola Biscosi
Oct 21, 2006 10:24
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Italian term

ponevano proprio i TLV al centro della contrattazione.....

Italian to English Social Sciences Human Resources occupational disease
I sindacati italiani, cioè, al pari dei sindacati dei paesi più evoluti, ponevano proprio i TLV al centro della contrattazione nella parte relativa alla sicurezza sui posti di lavoro.

Be informed that TLV stands for Threshold Limit Values. The document is concerned with occupational exposure to asbestos

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made the TLV the central focus of the negotiations

there may be other ways of saying it, but this is what it means

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"proprio" can be translated with "in fact" placed at the very beginning of the sentence, but it's not necessary. Something like this: "In fact, it was precisely the TLV that the ... made the central focus of the negotiations." (for emphasis)
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agree Rosanna Palermo
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Grazie mille!!"
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placed TLVs at the heart of the negotiations

Hi pabis
this should do




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whether it's "the negotiations" or "negotiations" depends on context

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I would forget about the "proprio" - less is more ;-)

http://www.economist.com/research/styleGuide/index.cfm?page=...




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www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/org1383.doc.htm
Trade Ministers placed development issues and the concerns of developing countries at the heart of the negotiations

http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/sppl_e/sppl30_e.htm
The “Cotton 4” — Burkina Faso, Chad, Benin, and Mali — placed cotton at the heart of the negotiations, insisting that because of its tremendous importance to over 30 African economies, it had to benefit from special treatment.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y6831e/y6831e-08.htm
The launch of multilateral trade negotiations by World Trade Organization (WTO) members in Doha, which placed the needs and interests of developing countries at the heart of the negotiations ...

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