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ne suggellarono

English translation: see below

16:47 Aug 16, 2000
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Italian term or phrase: ne suggellarono
Le vicende del conflitto furono cosí varie ed intense, e, in alcuni periodi cosí accavallantisi l’una sull’altra, che non sempre e riuscito agevole fissare con precisione una data per la perdita totale di una nave. A volte si ebbe una immobilizzazione sia pure parziale e relativa, perchè l’unita rimase in attesa di essere rimorchiata in porti sicuri, ma sopravvennero spostamenti di fronte, occupazioni territoriali, o sabataggi, che ne suggellarono il destino, o dal punto di vista tecnico (affondamento) o dal punto di vista giuridico (cattura).
Robert M Denny Jr
English translation:see below
Explanation:
suggellare means "to close with a seal", "to seal", "to confirm". For example: "they sealed the pact with a toast".
In this case, it means: "... which sealed (confirmed) the fate of the ship"
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Laura Gentili
Italy
Local time: 14:21
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Thank you.
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nasee below
Laura Gentili
nathat sealed its fate
Pasquale Capo


  

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6 hrs
see below


Explanation:
suggellare means "to close with a seal", "to seal", "to confirm". For example: "they sealed the pact with a toast".
In this case, it means: "... which sealed (confirmed) the fate of the ship"

Laura Gentili
Italy
Local time: 14:21
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 225
Grading comment
Thank you.

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Heathcliff
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11 hrs
that sealed its fate


Explanation:
alternatevely one can say, since we are dealing with a thing and not a person, " that doomed it"
good luck, Pat C.

Pasquale Capo
Canada
Local time: 08:21
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 758

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