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sempre al confine della propria identità in transito

English translation: constantly balancing on the verge of their mutating identity

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Italian term or phrase:	sempre al confine della propria identità in transito
English translation:	constantly balancing on the verge of their mutating identity
Entered by:	Therese Marshall

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17:42 Apr 27, 2009

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Philosophy / migrant writers

Italian term or phrase: sempre al confine della propria identità in transito

Context:Mashreq
Per quanto riguarda gli autori provenienti dal medio oriente, molto spesso ci troviamo di fronte a scrittori migranti, sempre al confine della propria identità in transito, in cui il confronto sembra essere quello tra la cultura di origine, quasi liofilizzata e quella di arrivo, il cui impatto molto spesso provoca risultati inattesi

Therese Marshall KudoZ activity Questions: 792 (7 open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 62
Local time: 06:56

constantly balancing on the verge of their mutating identity

Explanation:
...or without "balancing" if you are loth to deviate too far from the original – even for the sake of clarity

Selected response from:

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 06:56

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Summary of answers provided

always on the edge of their transitory identity

Dabar

constantly balancing on the verge of their mutating identity

Michael Korovkin

always on the edge of their transcedental identity

Elisa El Shimy

on the border of their own trespassing identity

Mirra_

Always struggling with the borders of their migrant identity

Alessandra Martelli

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17 mins confidence:

Always struggling with the borders of their migrant identity

Explanation:
Ho utilizzato "struggling with the borders" perché in questo caso si parla di conflitto interiore tra le due culture (quella del luogo di origine e quella del luogo di destinazione), che porta sempre ad un conflitto interiore in cui l'anima vive spesso una lotta di natura dicotomica

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Note added at 18 mins (2009-04-27 18:01:14 GMT)
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*scusa le ripetizioni :-)

Alessandra Martelli
Italy
Local time: 06:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian

22 mins confidence:

on the border of their own trespassing identity

Explanation:
mi sembra che così dia esattamente il senso dell'originale, anche considerato l'uso specifico di 'no trespassing' nei problemi legati all'attraversamento delle frontiere.

Il link che ti metto contiene le parole che ho usato e, anche se (ovviamente) è impossibile trovare un'esatta corrispondenza per una frase così suggestiva, credo che possa dare una panoramica di come vengono normalmente utilizzate in questo ambito :)

http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&lr=lang_fr|lang_en|lang_it...

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Note added at 35 mins (2009-04-27 18:17:31 GMT)
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ah!

lo 'own' mi sembrava omittibile ma ho creduto fosse importante includerlo come rafforzativo del concetto. Anche alla luce di questa ricerca
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&safe=off&num=30&q="their o...

Mirra_
Italy
Local time: 06:56
Native speaker of:

Italian

47 mins confidence:

always on the edge of their transcedental identity

Explanation:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Transcendent_Identity

"tresspassing" sounds nice but means to do something forbidden, to brake the law. in our case it is about an invisible border not rulled by laws to be braked.

Elisa El Shimy
Local time: 06:56
Native speaker of:

Romanian

1 hr confidence:

constantly balancing on the verge of their mutating identity

Explanation:
...or without "balancing" if you are loth to deviate too far from the original – even for the sake of clarity

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 06:56
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 24

3 hrs confidence:

always on the edge of their transitory identity

Explanation:
very open, could be translated in many different ways according to the writer's style

Dabar
Local time: 06:56
Native speaker of: Italian

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