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English translation: listlessness/shiftlessness

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17:30 Nov 22, 2009

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism / Editorial

Italian term or phrase: svacco

This is a word from an editorial in the Corriere della Sera. Here's the paragraph for context (the editorial laments the vulgarity in the speech used by Italian government officials):

Senza arrivare all’anacronismo bacchetto ne dei «pofferbacco» o dei «maramaldo». Ma ci sarà pure una via di mezzo tra il bi zantinismo forense da Prima Repubblica e l’intemperanza da bar, tra l’allusività in punta di fioretto e lo svacco.

Thanks.

Daniel Gold KudoZ activity Questions: 160 (none open) (15 closed without grading) Answers: 1 United States
Local time: 18:24

English translation:listlessness/shiftlessness

Explanation:
boredom caused by inactivity; lack of sense of duty (Barron's Dictionary of Italian Slang)

Selected response from:

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 00:24

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Summary of answers provided

slugginesh

Mirra_

3 +1

slackness

Raffaella Panigada

coarseness / grossness

rigrioli

listlessness/shiftlessness

Oliver Lawrence

Answers

32 mins confidence:

listlessness/shiftlessness

Explanation:
boredom caused by inactivity; lack of sense of duty (Barron's Dictionary of Italian Slang)

Reference: http://dizionari.hoepli.it/Dizionario_Italiano-Inglese/parol...

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 00:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 40

Grading comment

This one seems best. Thanks.

54 mins confidence:

coarseness / grossness

Explanation:
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-22 18:47:29 GMT)
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also
direct coarseness or direct grossness

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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-11-23 01:03:57 GMT)
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also
relaxed coarseness / grossness

rigrioli
Local time: 00:24
Native speaker of: Italian

16 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

slackness

Explanation:
I think "slack/slackness" might convey the right idea of lack of care, laxitude involved in "svacco" in this context. HTH

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Raffaella Panigada
Italy
Local time: 00:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 16

29 mins confidence:

slugginesh

Explanation:
è difficilissimo da tradurre!!!

e anche guardando in giro non mi viene in mente nient'altro di meglio

il problema è che 'slugginesh' va bene per quanto riguarda le connotazioni negative del termine ("cialtroneria") ma non per quelle positive (pleasant relax)

cmq visto che nel tuo caso è usato unicamente in senso negativo dovrebbe andare bene :)

pleasee see
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1278720
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61493316@N00/1404410730

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Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2009-11-24 14:27:00 GMT)
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ah, as a note, is it possible to know how you translated the rest of the text? Many other words are very tricky and I am really curious to see (and learn ;) wich expressions you used to translate words like 'bacchetto', 'maramaldo', or, 'poffarbacco'.
thank you very much :)

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Note added at 3 days24 mins (2009-11-25 17:55:32 GMT)
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ah OK! peccato mi sarebbe proprio piaciuto sapere che soluzioni avevi adottato
grazie per le spiegazioni :)

Mirra_
Italy
Local time: 00:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

Notes to answerer

Asker: In realta', non ho tradotto questo brano. Semplicemente mi aveva incuriosito il termine "svacco" Grazie dell'intervento! Dan

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