Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
(fai) fare la parte a qualcuno
English translation:
take it up with/talk to
Added to glossary by
Sebastian Haywood-Ward
Aug 13, 2013 12:54
10 yrs ago
Italian term
United Kingdom
Legal, Financial & Environmental special
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Italian to English, Spanish to English
(fai) fare la parte a qualcuno
Italian to English
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
colloquial conversation
"Sulle vostre commissioni fai fare la parte a qualcuno, a XXX o XXX, e fatevi dare un assegno a vista a garanzia ... altrimenti non vi pagano".
I have series of SMS / texts between football agents. What does this mean exactly? Thank you.
I have series of SMS / texts between football agents. What does this mean exactly? Thank you.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
4 hrs
Rosanna Palermo
Native in Italian
&
English
Accuracy matters - La precisione conta
Native in: Italian 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
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63
Selected
take it up with/talk to
far una "parte" means demand/complain literally make a scene/call somebody out but in this case I'd say "take it up with"
"Regarding your commissions, take it up with"
another option would be
"Talk to xxx or yyy about your commissions and make sure you ...., otherwise they won't pay.
"Regarding your commissions, take it up with"
another option would be
"Talk to xxx or yyy about your commissions and make sure you ...., otherwise they won't pay.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "All of the replies (thank you) had their merits but I feel this one sounds the most natural and works best in this situation. "
16 mins
Pompeo Lattanzi
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Works in field
Italy
INTELLIGENCE INSIDE
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
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56
get XXX or YYY to play the role and...
or, just as likely:
let XXX or YYY do the allocations/apportioning and...
It all depends on who are XXX and YYY with respect to the agent(s) and, especially, from context, of which you included none....
let XXX or YYY do the allocations/apportioning and...
It all depends on who are XXX and YYY with respect to the agent(s) and, especially, from context, of which you included none....
49 mins
get X or Y to say they'll be the one......
Sounds like it's advice from one agent to others on how to get paid. I'm thinking on the lines of 'get XXX or YYY to say they'll be the one that deals with paying you' - which is logical if you look at the next bit.
17 hrs
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Works in field
Italy
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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125
make sure someone takes care of it personally, be it XXX or YYY,...
... and make them write a cheque in front of you, otherwise you won't get paid.
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