Comments on: Polya in Italian?

By: professore

professore — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:45:46 +0000

“Review and extend” is good. I could translate with “Controlla, rivedi, estendi”. (Check, review, extend)

jd2718 — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:18:34 +0000

I think the work is wonderful. I teach it to kids. I have taught it to teachers.

In English, sometimes people say “check your answer” instead of “look back,” and the implication is so much more limited.

We could say “review and extend.”

Would that translate better?

professore — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:07:30 +0000

Actually, yes, it is Polya in italian (my translation). Do you think that “Controllare” (looking back) is inappropriate?

The literal translation of “looking back” is “guardare indietro”, but it doesn’t sound good.

The back-translation of the first three titles is:

Understand the problem
Elaborate a strategy
Use the strategy (do you say “put into practice?”)