Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

compendio, riepilogo, riassunto

English translation:

compendium, re-cap, summary

Added to glossary by lizzy g
Oct 27, 2006 17:39
17 yrs ago
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Italian term

compendio, riepilogo, riassunto

Italian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Context: writing techniques - synthesis

Come conciliare, allora, il significato originario di complessità con l’idea comune di sintesi, che è “compendio, riepilogo, riassunto”? come risolvere la contraddizione tra comporre, ossia rendere più lungo, e riassumere, ossia rendere più corto?

I'm wondering if this term is actually a quotation...?
Change log

Oct 27, 2006 19:36: gianfranco changed "Term asked" from "\"compendio, riepilogo, riassunto\"" to "compendio, riepilogo, riassunto"

Discussion

Rosanna Palermo Oct 30, 2006:
Thank you Lizzy!

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compendium, re-cap, summary

a compendium is not a composition it from the verb compendere not comporre thefore there is no conflict that I can see Lizzy:


Directory > Words > Dictionary com·pen·di·um (kəm-pĕn'dē-əm)
n., pl. -di·ums or -di·a (-dē-ə).

A short, complete summary; an abstract.
A list or collection of various items.
[Latin, a shortening, from compendere, to weigh together : com-, com- + pendere, to weigh.]



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Note added at 8 mins (2006-10-27 17:47:39 GMT)
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got to love the convoluted Italian language!!
Peer comment(s):

agree Ivana UK : re-cap = recapitulation - I've been working on this way too long but I'm just about finished now!!
17 mins
Thanks Ivana!!How's the castle siege going?? :o)
agree Giada Gelli
23 hrs
Thanks Giada!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for this translation!"
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synonyms - no quotation

Non credo si tratti di una citazione.
Sono tutti sinonimi di "sintesi". Ricorda che a noi italiani piace fare elenchi o ripetere lo stesso concetto con due parole che sono pressoché sinonimi. Secondo me te le puoi cavare anche mettendo un solo sinonimo di "sintesi" (che non so come hai tradotto).

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