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Italian translation: sbircia / scruta da sotto...


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English term or phrase:HE PEERS BENEATH
Italian translation:sbircia / scruta da sotto...
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10:02 Oct 31, 2010
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-11-03 11:54:10 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English to Italian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: he peers beneath
Salve a tutti, vorrei domandare come voi rendereste PEERS BENEATH in italiano.
Ho scritto la frase per intero per farvi capire il contesto.
Grazie!
Acubens
Italy
Local time: 23:51
sbircia / scruta da sotto...
Explanation:
spero sia d'aiuto

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Note added at 17 mins (2010-10-31 10:19:54 GMT)
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..l'auto-proclamata superiorita' morale e culturale dell'Occidente.

Secondo me dipende da quanto e' 'attivo' il soggetto, il suo ruolo.
Selected response from:

darwilliam
Local time: 23:51
Grading comment
grazie, consideranto l'intero testo, è proprio questo il senso!
Grazie ancora
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3sbircia / scruta da sotto...
darwilliam
3 +1va a vedere cosa c'è sotto la xx, "solleva il tappeto" della xx
AdamiAkaPataflo
3fa capolino da sotto
Pierluigi Bernardini
Summary of reference entries provided
Contesto
Alessandra Martelli

  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
he peers beneath the west\'s self-proclaimed cultural and moral superiority
fa capolino da sotto


Explanation:
fa capolino/spunta/appare a poco a poco da sotto...

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Note added at 14 mins (2010-10-31 10:16:56 GMT)
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...l'autoproclamata superiorità culturale e morale dell'Occidente.

Non mi viene in mente altro al momento per renderla meglio.

Pierluigi Bernardini
Italy
Local time: 23:51
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
he peers beneath the west's self-proclaimed cultural and moral superiority
sbircia / scruta da sotto...


Explanation:
spero sia d'aiuto

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Note added at 17 mins (2010-10-31 10:19:54 GMT)
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..l'auto-proclamata superiorita' morale e culturale dell'Occidente.

Secondo me dipende da quanto e' 'attivo' il soggetto, il suo ruolo.

darwilliam
Local time: 23:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
grazie, consideranto l'intero testo, è proprio questo il senso!
Grazie ancora
Notes to answerer
Asker: Grazie. Credo proprio che sia Scruta da sotto!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pierluigi Bernardini: è probabilmente questo il senso, però devi togliere "da", "spunta/sbircia sotto"
2 mins
  -> grazie Pierluigi!

agree  AdamiAkaPataflo: a me piace "sbircia", completo di "da" :-))
9 mins
  -> Thank you!

agree  Sara Negro
4 hrs
  -> grazie Sara
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
he peers beneath the west's self-proclaimed cultural and moral superiority
va a vedere cosa c'è sotto la xx, "solleva il tappeto" della xx


Explanation:
nel senso che mette in discussione, non compra a scatola chiusa, non dà per scontata la xx = la superiorità che l'occidente si autoattribuisce

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Note added at 26 mins (2010-10-31 10:29:34 GMT)
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"butta un occhio sotto", mi viene in mente adesso... :-)

AdamiAkaPataflo
Local time: 23:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ernestine Shargool
5 hrs
  -> grazie, honey pie :-)
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Reference comments


4 hrs
Reference: Contesto

Reference information:
Titolo modificato per uniformare al formato glossario.
La frase di contesto inserita dalla collega è:

"HE PEERS BENEATH the West's self-proclaimed cultural and moral superiority "

Alessandra Martelli
Italy
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 14
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Changes made by editors
Oct 31, 2010 - Changes made by Alessandra Martelli:
Term askedHE PEERS BENEATH the West\'s self-proclaimed cultural and moral superiority => he peers beneath


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