Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
gun-barrel approach
Italian translation:
salvare capra e cavoli / tagliare la testa al toro (vedasi spiega)
English term
Italy
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Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, French to Italian, and 2 more.
gun-barrel approach
Posso intenderlo come un "approccio diretto"?
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| 3 +6 | salvare capra e cavoli / tagliare la testa al toro (vedasi spiega) |
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| 3 | approccio risolutivo |
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May 14, 2014 09:29: AdamiAkaPataflo changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
May 28, 2014 06:25: AdamiAkaPataflo Created KOG entry
PRO (3): P.L.F. Persio, Luciana Trevisi, AdamiAkaPataflo
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Proposed translations
Germany
NOT lost in translation
Native in: Italian
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian
salvare capra e cavoli / tagliare la testa al toro (vedasi spiega)
però, visto che esordisce con "balancing q with y", ovvero soddisfare la doppia esigenza q e y, penso ci possa stare un "salvare capra e cavoli".
oppure, più vicino alla drasticità dell'originale: di fronte alla necessità di soddisfare le contrapposte esigenze q e y, xxx ha tagliato la testa al toro...
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Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2014-05-15 17:13:12 GMT)
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ci potrebbe stare anche (approccio/intervento) "a gamba tesa"
Italy
Good translator with a good musical ear
Native in: Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy)
Works in: French to Italian, English to Italian, Italian
approccio risolutivo
Anche in Italia, in politichese, si usa dire:''Dobbiamo tenere la barra sempre dritta'', per dire ''Dobbiamo andare dritti allo scopo che ci siamo prefissi'', ma l'allusione è chiara e la situazione diventa difficile per un traduttore ...
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