Italian: infrangere qualsiasi convenienzaEnglish translation: break all the (social) rules  KudoZ The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators ... More  |
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Italian term or phrase: | infrangere qualsiasi convenienza | | English translation: | break all the (social) rules | | Entered by: | Pnina |
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Other / tattooing and piercing | | Italian term or phrase: infrangere qualsiasi convenienza | "Un tatuaggio indelebile o un piercing irreversibile esprimono piuttosto la volontà di infrangere qualsiasi convenienza."
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| | break all the (social) rules | Explanation:
a "convenienza" is a convention - as social rule.
I read this as meaning people who get tattoos/piercings as wanting to break the rules and flaunt that they have done so
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-01-03 16:11:35 GMT)
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Another, more rigid, expression is \"to flout convention\".
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 Angela Arnone
Italy
Local time: 17:35
| Note from asker to answererThanks a lot.
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The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +6