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measuring odds

Italian translation: valutando le probabilità

12:56 Nov 24, 2012
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / preghiera in memoria di Miles Davis
English term or phrase: measuring odds
Yesterday night heard the song of the Blackbird
playing bittersweet-ness through the bell of a shimmering horn
in hosts of hundred-colored tones.

In the tones you could hear sacred stories.
You could hear Mr. Davis was smiling his ironic smile at life.

Feeling no shame, though feeling comes with fear,
and fear mingles with trust in what may be a dream.

But still, it seemed to him he'd traveled down the path
of hope and loss and work and pain
and all that's straining
to become itself in time for a breath
(before the death of sound).

Taking hold of a gift from the gods,
measuring odds,
making love to a sound with a voice of its own.
May the tone never end.
(K Elling)

Cosa significa quel "measuring odds" ... ? Che ne pensate di una traduzione come " misurare le distanze"? che si riferisca a "odds" nell'accezione di distanza, disparità, vantaggio iniziale... Forse in relazione a quello "strappare via un dono dagli dei"? Grazie! Sono molto curiosa!
Francesca Morgano
Italy
Local time: 13:53
Italian translation:valutando le probabilità
Explanation:
"Odds" sono le "probabilità" e quindi a mio parere si intende questo.

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Francesco Badolato
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Local time: 13:53
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2sfidando il destino
Giuseppe Bellone
3 +2valutando le probabilità
Francesco Badolato
3facendo (bene) i suoi conti / rendendosi conto di ciò che aveva
Mattia Trivellone
3disposto a correre il rischio
Sarah Jane Webb
3soppesando le possibilità
Danila Moro
3a spanne misuro il caso (lett. calcolando il rischio/probabilità)
MarcoNamor
3misuro il caso a spanne
MarcoNamor


  

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facendo (bene) i suoi conti / rendendosi conto di ciò che aveva


Explanation:
Penso si riferisca proprio a quel "dono degli dei" citato nella riga prima. Credo sia un riferimento a Miles Davis che si "rende conto" di questo dono, e valuta le sue opportunità su come utilizzarlo al meglio.

Mattia Trivellone
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disposto a correre il rischio


Explanation:
'measuring odds' secondo me significa valutare i pro e i contro, decidere di fare qualcosa anche sapendo che ci sono dei rischi

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... e a esprimere il suo talento (questo dono degli dei)

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Note added at 11 mins (2012-11-24 13:07:49 GMT)
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con una voce 'fuori dal coro', uno stile tutto suo che 'faceva l'amore col suono'

Sarah Jane Webb
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sfidando il destino


Explanation:
Non voglio dire una scemenza ma leggendo anche gli alri commenti mi è venuta questa resa.

Giuseppe Bellone
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agree  Raffaella Berry
11 mins
  -> Grazie :))
agree  Andrea Polverini
2 hrs
  -> Grazie/Thanks :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
valutando le probabilità


Explanation:
"Odds" sono le "probabilità" e quindi a mio parere si intende questo.



Francesco Badolato
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agree  Susy Sinigag (X): sono d'accordo
18 hrs
  -> Grazie Susy
agree  Thor3: Con Susy
2 days 4 hrs
  -> Grazie
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soppesando le possibilità


Explanation:
stando alla frase il senso dovrebbe essere quello di una valutazione delle possibilità che gli erano date, forse dei suoi talenti e delle possibilità esterne, nel mondo; una specie di bilancio (che poi abbia sfidato il destino mi pare che questa frase in sé non lo specifico).

Danila Moro
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a spanne misuro il caso (lett. calcolando il rischio/probabilità)


Explanation:
sbizzarrisciti

è poesia

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o
misuro il caso a spanne

Example sentence(s):
  • The odds Is that we scarce are men and you are gods.
MarcoNamor
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misuro il caso a spanne


Explanation:
vedi precedente

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