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grandi bilance

English translation: fishing nets/fishing lift nets

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Italian term or phrase:grandi bilance
English translation:fishing nets/fishing lift nets
Entered by: Susanna Garcia

12:36 Jun 27, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber / type of tree
Italian term or phrase: grandi bilance
Describing river views for a guide book. I think it must be a type of tree but I can't trace it.

In questo primo tratto dell’escursione il paesaggio fluviale è splendido; grandi bilance si protendono sulle acque

thanks
Susanna Garcia
Local time: 11:21
fishing nets/fishing lift nets
Explanation:
I don't think it refers to trees, but rather to the fishing lift nets that one can often find hanging over the lower course of many Italian rivers (in the Po Delta, or the Volturno river). They're often used to catch eels and are called 'bilance da pesca'. If you do a Google image search for 'bilance da pesca' and 'fishing lift nets' you'll see that they look very much alike.
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Ottavio Janni
Local time: 12:21
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Grazie a tutti
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3 +1fishing nets/fishing lift nets
Ottavio Janni
4Square fishing nets
lorentz


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fishing nets/fishing lift nets


Explanation:
I don't think it refers to trees, but rather to the fishing lift nets that one can often find hanging over the lower course of many Italian rivers (in the Po Delta, or the Volturno river). They're often used to catch eels and are called 'bilance da pesca'. If you do a Google image search for 'bilance da pesca' and 'fishing lift nets' you'll see that they look very much alike.

Ottavio Janni
Local time: 12:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Grazie a tutti

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agree  luskie: già, era così semplice :) (manca "grandi"...)
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Square fishing nets


Explanation:
It refers to the fishings nets used in rivers to trap the fish and catch great quantities of it. Their form is square!

lorentz
Local time: 12:21
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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