Italian: novella DelfoEnglish translation: another Delphi  KudoZ The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators ... More  |
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature | | Italian term or phrase: novella Delfo | Sembra che il Palazzo di Città non sia solo la sede del governo cittadino, ma anche la sede di una novella Delfo, oracolandosi nelle diverse occasioni a verità le dichiarazioni proferite dagli amministratori.
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Quasi in una novella Delfo, mecca dei buongustai sono convenuti a XXXXX le sacre vestali ed i sacerdoti di questa divinità della mensa nell'atmosfera ..... di un quasi baccanale. |
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| | another Delphus | Explanation:
Delphus was an ancient greek town and the site of the famous oracle.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-26 20:13:40 GMT) Post-grading
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Scusa se ti scrivo in italiano, mi sento più a mio agio. "Novella" qui non ha niente a che vedere con short story, ma significa "riproposta, rivivificata". In inglese può essere resa con "new, another, second".
Il testo che stai traducendo vuole essere ironico, ma è scritto in un italiano poco chiaro ed elegante. Buon lavoro e grazie!
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Note added at 18 hrs (2006-10-27 12:52:10 GMT) Post-grading
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As Silvia very accurately noticed, "Delphi" is the right English spell. Sorry, I mixed it up with a quotation I still remember from school: "mittere Delphos consultum".
"Another Delphi" is the right one. |
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xxxsofiablu
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Local time: 18:58
| Note from asker to answererThanks Sofia. I did classical Greek (an awfully long time ago) so I know the Delphi bit. Are you saying "novella is "fatto nuovo, insolito" as opposed to "breve narrazione, storiella"? It appears to be a standard expression in Italian but I can't trace that it is in English.
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| new Delphi
Explanation:
Well, for no points of course, just for love (of words! :)
'novella' means new, spring new to better point out the meaning
and the common Delpi English translation results to me to be 'Delphi'
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| another Delphus
Explanation:
Delphus was an ancient greek town and the site of the famous oracle.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-26 20:13:40 GMT) Post-grading
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Scusa se ti scrivo in italiano, mi sento più a mio agio. "Novella" qui non ha niente a che vedere con short story, ma significa "riproposta, rivivificata". In inglese può essere resa con "new, another, second".
Il testo che stai traducendo vuole essere ironico, ma è scritto in un italiano poco chiaro ed elegante. Buon lavoro e grazie!
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Note added at 18 hrs (2006-10-27 12:52:10 GMT) Post-grading
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As Silvia very accurately noticed, "Delphi" is the right English spell. Sorry, I mixed it up with a quotation I still remember from school: "mittere Delphos consultum".
"Another Delphi" is the right one.
| xxxsofiablu
Netherlands
Local time: 18:58
Native speaker of:  Italian
PRO pts in category: 16
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| Note from asker to answerer| Thanks Sofia. I did classical Greek (an awfully long time ago) so I know the Delphi bit. Are you saying "novella is "fatto nuovo, insolito" as opposed to "breve narrazione, storiella"? It appears to be a standard expression in Italian but I can't trace that it is in English. |
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