degli Intronati

English translation: see below

16:50 Sep 6, 2000

Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary

Italian term or phrase: degli Intronati

I will leave this in the original as it is from the name of a library in Siena: la "Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati" - But am I right to assume this means Library for the Deaf?

Berni Armstrong KudoZ activity Questions: 421 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 550 Spain
Local time: 04:17

English translation:see below

Explanation:
The name comes from the Accademia degli Intronati. Why "Intronati"? Because their aim was to take care of arts, literature and history, and forget about all the rest.
In the URL below, the name is left in Italian, followed by the translation in English: "Siena Academy of the Dazed Ones". The word "intronato" has 2 meanings: 1. deafened 2. dazed, stunned, stupefied. Therefore, I would not use "deaf" to convey the meaning.

Selected response from:

Laura Gentili
Italy
Local time: 04:17

Grading comment

"Been dazed and confused for so long its not true" _ Led Zeppelin :-)

THanks. Amazing how much is in a name some times.
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Summary of answers provided

"of Those Who Ascended the Throne"

Dr Claudio De Marchi

"of the stunned"

Catherine Bolton

see below

Laura Gentili

Answers

1 hr

"of Those Who Ascended the Throne"

Explanation:
No, it's not "of the stunned people"...

Intronato comes from "trono", throne. It was probably a kind of academic acknowledgement.

Dr Claudio De Marchi
Local time: 04:17
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 36

6 hrs

"of the stunned"

Explanation:
"intronare" is derived from "intruonare", a variation of "tuono" or thunder. It usually means stunned, but it can in fact mean deafened by excessive noise. As to your specific case, I'd leave it in Italian as you said, since it is the name of the library of the literary society "Accademia degli Intronati".

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Catherine Bolton
Local time: 04:17
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1906

7 hrs

see below

Laura Gentili
Italy
Local time: 04:17
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 225

Grading comment

"Been dazed and confused for so long its not true" _ Led Zeppelin :-)

THanks. Amazing how much is in a name some times.

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