Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
misurati per essere unici
English translation:
custom-built to be unique
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Juliet Halewood (X)
Feb 6, 2008 11:11
16 yrs ago
Italian term
Juliet Halewood (X)
misurati per essere unici
Italian to English
Marketing
Marketing
A tagline for a bicycle company who makes custom-made bikes. Any ideas on how to render the double meaning?
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James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Seychelles
Native in English
Works in field
Seychelles
25 years experience constantly improving
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
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custom-built to be unique
I thought of "tailor made" but.... "built to be" sounds pretty good to me. Dunno about the irony.
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Nedim Sahovic
Works in field
Fast, reliable, efficient
Native in: Bosnian 
Works in: Croatian to Italian, Italian to Croatian, English to Croatian, and 15 more.
measured to be unique
maybe...
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Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Italy
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Italy
translating meaning, not just words
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built one at a time to be one of a kind
or, built individually to be one of a kind
don't know if this helps..... just playing around with words,
don't know if this helps..... just playing around with words,
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Laura Carrizo
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Personal Documents, Diplomas & Tourism
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Italian to Spanish, and 1 more.
being uniquely built for unique (human) beings // custom-built for unique customers
2 options.
It's difficult to keep the double meaning - uniquely measured bikes for unique human beings. It's hard to maintain the "being" / "essere" part in both parts of the sentence...
It's difficult to keep the double meaning - uniquely measured bikes for unique human beings. It's hard to maintain the "being" / "essere" part in both parts of the sentence...
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