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nutsmuggler
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 3:35 pm
Post subject: Exact meaning of "tv-sized serving-hatch" |
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Hello and thanks everybody for your attention.
I am translating a chapter from Ciaran Carson's "Last night's Fun" into
Italian, and I am having some trouble with this passage:"though someone
has elbowed up to the tv-sized serving-hatch and is trying to order a
round." The setting is a crowded pub, in Ireland.
Now, is a "tv-sized serving-hatch" simply a serving-hatch the size of a
tv? My guess is that the author uses the expression "tv-sized" to
stress the fact that the serving-hatch is huge... Is there sometihng
else?
Thanks for any suggestion,
Davide Benini
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John Hall
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 3:50 pm
Post subject: Re: Exact meaning of "tv-sized serving-hatch" |
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In article <1128418519.080369.211570@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
nutsmuggler <benini.davide@gmail.com> writes:
| Quote: | Now, is a "tv-sized serving-hatch" simply a serving-hatch the size of a
tv?
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Yes.
| Quote: | My guess is that the author uses the expression "tv-sized" to
stress the fact that the serving-hatch is huge...
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I think that the author is trying to indicate that the hatch is rather
small. (Think of a "traditional" TV rather than one of the recent
wide-screen models.)
--
John Hall
"I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking."
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Paul Burke
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 3:51 pm
Post subject: Re: Exact meaning of "tv-sized serving-hatch" |
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nutsmuggler wrote:
| Quote: | I am translating a chapter from Ciaran Carson's "Last night's Fun" into
Italian,
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Best of luck, it's a most excellent book!
| Quote: | :"though someone
has elbowed up to the tv-sized serving-hatch and is trying to order a
round." The setting is a crowded pub, in Ireland.
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A tiny serving hatch, like the screen of a television. Not untypical for
the small siderooms that are often used for traditional sessions. And
you always get the barfly types who hang around next to it, making it
even harder to get a drink yourself!
Paul Burke
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nutsmuggler
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:46 pm
Post subject: Re: Exact meaning of "tv-sized serving-hatch" |
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Thanks a lot folks, this is exactly the kind of feedback I needed. So
I'll go for a metaphor of smallnes in Italian...
Cheers,
Davide Benini |
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