Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
upright chair
Italian translation:
sedia con schienale alto (stile anni '50)
English term
Italy
Tourism, Technical, Marketing, Legal
Native in: Italian 
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upright chair
Passing through the office, we entered a wide corridor with a very high ceiling, without windows, which was disorienting: there seemed to be no plan to the place. On
the left there was a large, sparsely furnished common room with a television, which was turned on only at particular times, and a few UPRIGHT CHAIRS, small tables and a parquet floor. If there were not enough chairs to go round you sat on the floor.
Grazie.
| 3 | sedia con schienale alto (stile anni '50) |
Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
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| 3 +4 | sedia |
Barbara Carrara
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Sep 18, 2022 08:46: Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A. Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): Barbara Carrara, Susanna Martoni
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Proposed translations
Austria
Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
BDÜ Law Marketing Med Techn - since 1990
Native in: Italian
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian, French to Italian, and 11 more.
sedia con schienale alto (stile anni '50)
la sedia nella foto è uguale
Sedia in legno con braccioli con schienale alto
https://www.archiproducts.com/it/prodotti/luke-hughes/sedia-...
Upright Chairs
https://www.caneandable.co.uk/products/seating/7-upright-cha...
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Note added at 49 mins (2022-09-16 15:47:29 GMT)
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Non sono un'esperta di sedie.
Penso però che la denominazione "upright chair" derivi da uno dei significati dell'aggettivo e avverbio "upright", che significa anche "diritto", "verticale", "in verticale".
Anche nella locuzione verbale idiomatica (phrasal verb):
"to sit upright on a chair" = "sedere diritto su una sedia".
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Note added at 54 mins (2022-09-16 15:53:20 GMT)
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Anche nella locuzione verbale idiomatica (phrasal verb):
"to sit upright on a chair" = "essere, stare seduti diritti su una sedia" .... per evitare malintesi.
Italy
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Native in: Italian
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sedia
Mi pare infatti che nell'estratto l'accento sia posto esclusivamente sul fatto che, in una sala TV comune, ci siano delle sedie (arredo più legato all'ambiente cucina/mensa) invece di imbottiti.
| Essendo in contatto con l'autrice, so che è abbastanza puntigliosa e che ci tiene al fatto che non siano tralasciati dettagli delle sue descrizioni, quindi credo che specificare che si tratti di "upright chairs" e non semplimente di "chairs" abbia un suo valore per lei. E poi il termine ricorre più avanti anche in altre descrizioni di luoghi e stanze. |
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martini
6 hrs
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Grazie mille, m!
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EleoE
10 hrs
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Grazie!
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writeaway
1 day 6 hrs
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Thank you so much, writeaway!
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iacoponinni
: concordo
1 day 8 hrs
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Grazie!
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Discussion
Passing through the office, we entered "a wide corridor with a very high ceiling, without windows", which was disorienting: there seemed to be no plan to the place. On the left there was "a large, sparsely furnished common room with a television", which was turned on only at particular times, and "a few upright chairs", "small tables" and "a parquet floor". If there were not enough chairs to go round you sat on the floor.