Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
bolle
English translation:
swamps/marshes/water meadows
Added to glossary by
Bethany Kachura
Mar 28, 2022 18:16
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Italian term
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bolle
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Tourism & Travel
Visitando le sale successive si scoprono gli elementi che si incontrano nel territorio, la loro storia, il loro legame con le attività dell’uomo: presentate nevère, mulini, ponti, graa, fontane e lavatoi, alberi monumentali, bolle, nuclei alpestri...
Unsure what "bolle" means here :/
Unsure what "bolle" means here :/
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | swamps/marshes |
EleoE
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| 3 +1 | water meadows |
philgoddard
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| 4 | Artificial ponds for watering cattle |
bluenoric
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| 3 | balloons |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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| 3 | Protrusions; excrescences |
Andrew Bramhall
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Proposed translations
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Comment: "I added Phil's definition too because both seem plausible. As yours has an actual dictionary definition of Ticino dialect terms I thought yours was slightly more credible, but both seem to mean more or less the same thing. Thanks, everyone!"
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
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balloons
Maybe for a touch of decoration, or some kind of balloons that will help to accomplish some task?
https://context.reverso.net/translation/italian-english/boll...
https://context.reverso.net/translation/italian-english/boll...
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: Balloon is palla, pallone, or palloncino. Your reference is wrong.
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Andrew Bramhall
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Protrusions; excrescences
I take it to mean unusual geological formations on the landscape; not "blisters" or " bubbles";
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philgoddard
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water meadows
I haven't found dictionary support for this, hence the 3. But the text comes from a museum in the Swiss canton of Ticino (see my post in the discussion box), and this is the area referred to in the following:
The Bolle di Magadino, one of nine water meadow landscapes considered by the Swiss Academy for Natural Science to be of international importance, includes the delta of the Ticino and Verzasca rivers at Lake Maggiore.
http://www.ticino.ch/en/commons/details/Bolle-di-Magadino/26...
The Bolle di Magadino, one of nine water meadow landscapes considered by the Swiss Academy for Natural Science to be of international importance, includes the delta of the Ticino and Verzasca rivers at Lake Maggiore.
http://www.ticino.ch/en/commons/details/Bolle-di-Magadino/26...
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Artificial ponds for watering cattle
In the reference below (unfortunately in German) you will find a description of all the terms listed in your sentence:
nevére Cooling pits sunk into the ground, filled with snow in winter then used to store the dairy products in summer
graa A small building for drying chestnuts
nevére Cooling pits sunk into the ground, filled with snow in winter then used to store the dairy products in summer
graa A small building for drying chestnuts
Reference:
https://www.marcopolo.de/reisefuehrer-tipps/oberitalienische-seen/valle-di-muggio-poi-121716031.html
Discussion
http://www.pronatura.ch/de/naturschutzgebiet-bolle-di-magadi...