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many a mélodie

Italian translation: molte melodie. una melodia dopo l\'altra

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English term or phrase:	many a mélodie
Italian translation:	molte melodie. una melodia dopo l\'altra
Entered by:	Stef72

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21:47 Jan 11, 2012

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English term or phrase: many a mélodie

Testo :
"Also prominent on the scene was the mezzosoprano Jane Bathori,
who unveiled many a 'mélodie' and was honoured by various musical
dedications made to her".

Ho tradotto: "svelò a molti una mélodie"

ma devo lasciare "mélodie" in francese ??
Grazie.

Stef72 KudoZ activity Questions: 735 (none open) (71 closed without grading) Answers: 24
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molte melodie. una melodia dopo l'altra

Explanation:
è una costruzione particolare, come puoi vedere sotto anche da questo thread di wordreference.
this is an example of "frozen language" in which we have preserved an older way of saying things in a set expression: I haven't seen him for many a year = I haven't seen him for many years. I sometimes hear things like: I've killed many a deer in these woods. Once again, it's just a funny way to say "I've killed many deer in these woods". By saying "many a deer", the speaker emphasizes the idea of "one deer after another".
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1891753

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Note added at 11 mins (2012-01-11 21:58:48 GMT)
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....poi se vuoi, puoi lasciare in francese "melodiés":)
oppure: "una 'melodié' dopo l'altra"

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Fabrizio Zambuto

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molte melodie. una melodia dopo l'altra

Fabrizio Zambuto

mélodie

Mari Lena

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6 mins confidence:

mélodie

Explanation:
Lo lascerei in francese, guarda qui:

http://books.google.it/books?id=R5kyk9FKSxkC&pg=PA45&lpg=PA4...

Georges Jean-Aubry vedeva in lei «l'incarnazione della mélodie francese moderna»

Mari Lena
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