Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
vista l\'aria che tirava
English translation:
in view of the situation - in light of the situation - given the circumstances
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
Sep 30, 2016 23:53
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vista l\'aria che tirava
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In A Historical Novel
Contesto (Columbus' reaction, while on the ocean, after someone described how the Portuguese were going about their quest to find a route to the Indies):
Vista l'aria che tirava, Colombo cominciò a tenere due conteggi diversi delle leghe che percorreva ogni giorno.
Molte Grazie,
Barbara
Vista l'aria che tirava, Colombo cominciò a tenere due conteggi diversi delle leghe che percorreva ogni giorno.
Molte Grazie,
Barbara
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Oct 2, 2016 12:38: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
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in view of the situation - in light of the situation - given the circumstances
I take you can go literal as well, using the same metaphor, "taking into account the winds blowing ", "seeing how the winds were blowing", but I believe the meaning is as noted above.
From Larousse Compact italiano-francese
che aria tira? (figurato) [com'è la situazione?] comment ça se passe ?
Good luck!
From Larousse Compact italiano-francese
che aria tira? (figurato) [com'è la situazione?] comment ça se passe ?
Good luck!
Note from asker:
| Your interpretation seems to be correct, based on what the original author has said is her interpretation of the phrase, no matter how inelegantly she expressed it in English. I just had to make sure, of course. |
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see(ing) which way (=direction) the wind was blowing
https://books.google.hu/books?id=C0wpO3Wj6JgC&pg=PA821&lpg=P...
Christopher Columbus: Top Biography
https://books.google.hu/books?id=yZfvCgAAQBAJ -
Filson Young - 2015 - Biography & Autobiography
The wind having blown steadily from the east for a matter of three weeks, they ... Christopher Columbus complains greatly, and of the trouble they had given him.
The complete works in one volume, with a memoir of the author
https://books.google.hu/books?id=EBZCAAAAcAAJ -
Washington Irving - 1831
Columbus ordered a shot or two, therefore, to be discharged among them. ... made by this tremendous artillery, they fled in terror, and offered no further hostility. ... the wind suddenly veered to the west, and began to blow directly adverse to the ...
“Italia amore mio”: vita avventurosa di Jessie White Mario
Nel 1857 Jessie White, che già si faceva conoscere come giornalista, ritorna in Italia e arrivando in treno alla stazione trova ad accoglierla un gruppo di mazziniani che intonano addirittura la Marsigliese mentre il Il giornale del popolo saluta pubblicamente il suo arrivo.
Nulla a che vedere con il viaggio in incognito che avrebbe dovuto essere, vista l’aria che tirava nei confronti di Mazzini che viveva nascosto in casa dell’amico Alberto Mario, colui che le sarebbe poi stato marito e compagno per il resto della sua vita.
http://www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it/upload/eda/pubblicaz...
Christopher Columbus: Top Biography
https://books.google.hu/books?id=yZfvCgAAQBAJ -
Filson Young - 2015 - Biography & Autobiography
The wind having blown steadily from the east for a matter of three weeks, they ... Christopher Columbus complains greatly, and of the trouble they had given him.
The complete works in one volume, with a memoir of the author
https://books.google.hu/books?id=EBZCAAAAcAAJ -
Washington Irving - 1831
Columbus ordered a shot or two, therefore, to be discharged among them. ... made by this tremendous artillery, they fled in terror, and offered no further hostility. ... the wind suddenly veered to the west, and began to blow directly adverse to the ...
“Italia amore mio”: vita avventurosa di Jessie White Mario
Nel 1857 Jessie White, che già si faceva conoscere come giornalista, ritorna in Italia e arrivando in treno alla stazione trova ad accoglierla un gruppo di mazziniani che intonano addirittura la Marsigliese mentre il Il giornale del popolo saluta pubblicamente il suo arrivo.
Nulla a che vedere con il viaggio in incognito che avrebbe dovuto essere, vista l’aria che tirava nei confronti di Mazzini che viveva nascosto in casa dell’amico Alberto Mario, colui che le sarebbe poi stato marito e compagno per il resto della sua vita.
http://www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it/upload/eda/pubblicaz...
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the way the wind is blowing
giocherei comunque un po' con la parole vento/aria
idea
idea
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considering the overall mood /
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in alternativa
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