Vuoi mettere?

English translation: The figures say it all

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Italian term or phrase:Vuoi mettere?
English translation:The figures say it all

11:58 Dec 2, 2015
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Journalism
Italian term or phrase: Vuoi mettere?
The author asks a rethorical question, comparing two options, one of which is obviously better than the other:
"Vuoi mettere il 50% in due giorni rispetto al 5% in un anno?"
I haven't been able to find any satisfactory equivalent for this Italian idiom.
Margherita Russo
Thailand
The figures say it all
Explanation:
I think this would do it or even (more idomatic) 'do the maths!'
The Forest of Taboos: Morality, Hunting, and Identity ...
https://books.google.it/books?isbn=0299162141 - Traduci questa pagina
Valerio Valeri - 2000 - ‎History
The figures say it all: in Wahai a yearly average of 2179 millimeters of rain fell over a 25-year period; in Amahai, the average was 2749. These figures refer to ...
Europe At the Seaside: The Economic History of Mass ...
https://books.google.it/books?isbn=1845459113 - Traduci questa pagina
Luciano Segreto, ‎Carles Manera, ‎Manfred Pohl - 2009 - ‎History
The figures say it all. With revenue from tourism of US$134 billion a year (28 percent of the world's tourist expenditure), a large part ofthe economic activity of the ...
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Isabelle Johnson
Italy
Local time: 09:49
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1What would you say to 50% in two days as compared to......
Tom in London
4 +1The figures say it all
Isabelle Johnson
4Are you really going to put.....on a par with...?
Audrey Pate
4Would you really prefer... than ..... ?
Lara Barnett


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
What would you say to 50% in two days as compared to......


Explanation:
"Vuoi mettere il 50% in due giorni rispetto al 5% in un anno?

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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:49
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agree  Luke Chambers
8 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The figures say it all


Explanation:
I think this would do it or even (more idomatic) 'do the maths!'
The Forest of Taboos: Morality, Hunting, and Identity ...
https://books.google.it/books?isbn=0299162141 - Traduci questa pagina
Valerio Valeri - 2000 - ‎History
The figures say it all: in Wahai a yearly average of 2179 millimeters of rain fell over a 25-year period; in Amahai, the average was 2749. These figures refer to ...
Europe At the Seaside: The Economic History of Mass ...
https://books.google.it/books?isbn=1845459113 - Traduci questa pagina
Luciano Segreto, ‎Carles Manera, ‎Manfred Pohl - 2009 - ‎History
The figures say it all. With revenue from tourism of US$134 billion a year (28 percent of the world's tourist expenditure), a large part ofthe economic activity of the ...

Isabelle Johnson
Italy
Local time: 09:49
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Asker: Thank you, Isabelle, I will. go for "do the math"


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agree  contesei
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Are you really going to put.....on a par with...?


Explanation:
My suggestion!

Audrey Pate
Italy
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1 day 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Would you really prefer... than ..... ?


Explanation:
This is a sort of colloquial use of rhetoric.

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"And WOULD YOU REALLY PREFER to have your house subside THAN watch wind turbine blades turn in the distance?"
http://blogs.new.spectator.co.uk/2011/10/when-will-mps-wake-...

Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:49
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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