Italian: carico da undiciEnglish translation: turned up the heat 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Italian term or phrase: | carico da undici | | English translation: | turned up the heat | | Entered by: | FMM |
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Journalism / Political commentary | | Italian term or phrase: carico da undici | The context is a meeting of EU ministers with Condoleeza Rice, as reported in "L'Unita" last year.
The complete sentence is:
"Il belga de Gucht [Belgian Foreign Minister] ci mise un carico da undici: «Il direttore della Cia ha detto che gli Usa non praticano la tortura perché sarebbe controproducente»."
I've found numerous occurrences of this phrase on Google, but no indication of how it might be translated into English. Suffering from writer's block this evening, so I can't think of an equivalent either.
This is another example of usage:
"L'11 settembre ci ha messo un carico da undici, scatenando nella società americana e non solo comprensibili angosce e un senso della vulnerabilità a cui da destra si risponde con la forza e da sinistra non vengono risposte adeguate di altro segno." |
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Claire Titchmarsh
Italy
| Note from asker to answererThanks everyone for the excellent suggestions. It was hard to know which to choose. I went with this one in the end though, as it seemed to work best in the context.
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| added insult to injury
Explanation:
Non e' esattamente la stessa cosa, (piu' al danno aggiungere le beffe)
ma potrebbe servire...
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Note added at 19 mins (2006-11-23 18:25:50 GMT)
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mi e' venuto in mente adesso...
to stoke (up) the fire
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| raise the stakes / step up the pressure
Explanation:
That's the gist of it, depending on context.
It's a difficult one to translate, since it refers to an Italian card game (briscola) with 4 players, where you play with a partner sitting in front of you. Aces are worth 11 points, which is the maximum you can get. Now, if you lay an ace, the game gets more interesting and more pressure is put on all the players to get all the cards and win the hand. Hope it's not too confusing.
;-)
| irenef
Italy
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Native speaker of:  Italian, English
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| mettere il carico da undici to lay it on thick/to pile it on
Explanation:
metterci il carico da undici (dal gioco della briscola) significa rincarare la dose, esagerare...
a me viene in mente: "to lay it on thick" o "to pile it on"
ciaooo!
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| ci mise carico da undici marked a good point
Explanation:
So che non è la traduzione letterale, ma penso che renda bene il senso.
Purtroppo credo la briscola e le carte siano giochi molto più radicati nel nostro immaginario (e che creano delle metafore universalmente condivise. Non credo sia lo stesso con il bridge o il whist). Posso sbagliare, però.
| Federico Guerrini
Italy
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| turned up the heat
Explanation:
just another suggestion
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The translation workplace 
