Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 28, 2002 17:02
22 yrs ago
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Italian term
assetto
Italian to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
automotive
"assetto della macchina"
Talking about race cars.
Talking about race cars.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | set up |
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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| 4 | attitude |
Jacek Krankowski (X)
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| 4 | Try the "pitch of the race car" or the settings of the racing machine |
Vittorio Felaco
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| 3 | trim |
1964
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Proposed translations
+1
14 mins
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Italian
Works in field
United Kingdom
Life is a horizontal fall (J. Cocteau)
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian
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set up
race or qualifying set up, although trim is not entirely wrong (race and qualifying trim). To be honest, in F1 they only talk about set up.
Giovanni
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Note added at 2002-03-28 17:21:24 (GMT)
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non convinta? Guarda questo sito, per esempio:
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines00/monaco/s2297.html
Giovanni
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Note added at 2002-03-28 17:21:24 (GMT)
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non convinta? Guarda questo sito, per esempio:
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines00/monaco/s2297.html
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Sono convinta, sono convinta! Avevo messo "set-up" inizialmente ma mi sembrava troppo scontato. A volte, bisogna seguire l'istinto. Ma meglio se con la conferma dei colleghi."
9 mins
trim
in eurodictionary
9 mins
Jacek Krankowski (X)
Jacek Krankowski (X)
Working daily with international lawyers
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, Italian to Polish
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attitude
assetto=attitude negli aerei ecc., però la definizione di McGraw-Hill Zanichelli mi sembra universale:
the position or orientation of an aircraft etc. either in motion or at rest, as determined by the relationship between its axes and some reference line or plane
Cf.:
Hydractive Suspension, through its ability to react constantly to the
attitude of the car, means maximum road holding and traction at all times. ...
www.citroen.com.au/cit_tech_hydropneu.htm
... effect may be even greater on the skidpad where the sustained attitude of the car
means one front tire has far more traction than the other. The 0.88g skidpad ...
www.geocities.com/MotorCity/6400/vw/autotech.html
the position or orientation of an aircraft etc. either in motion or at rest, as determined by the relationship between its axes and some reference line or plane
Cf.:
Hydractive Suspension, through its ability to react constantly to the
attitude of the car, means maximum road holding and traction at all times. ...
www.citroen.com.au/cit_tech_hydropneu.htm
... effect may be even greater on the skidpad where the sustained attitude of the car
means one front tire has far more traction than the other. The 0.88g skidpad ...
www.geocities.com/MotorCity/6400/vw/autotech.html
11 mins
Vittorio Felaco
Native in Italian
19 years of precise technical work
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
Try the "pitch of the race car" or the settings of the racing machine
It's only off the top of my head. Non ho avuto tempo di controllare niente.
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