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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Dante | | Italian term or phrase: ch’è si cara come sa | “Libertà va cercando,
ch’è si cara come sa
chi per lei vita rifiuta…”.
Dante, Purgatorio
Does anybody have a good translation to offer?
Thanks very much! |
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| | which is so precious as knows | Explanation:
In this context "si" means così. However, an accent is missed, should have been written sì. And it is not a shortcut, this is old Italian. :)
"Cara" has the meaning of important, precious, something one has to care a lot about.
"Rifiuta" has not the meaning of rejecting life but of giving it, being ready to die in order to defend it, it means to renounce to live a life without freedom.
Hence, the sentence has to be read this way: sta cercando la libertà, la quale è così preziosa come sa chi rinuncia alla vita per essa.
My suggestion:
... is seeking for freedom,
which is so precious, as knows
who renounces the life for it...
:)
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-07-28 03:23:46 GMT)
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By the way... always loved Dante. ;)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-07-28 04:26:31 GMT)
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You are welcome!
However... Dante for a marketing test??? lol
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-07-28 04:29:52 GMT)
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Oops text... lol
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EleoE
Local time: 21:49
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1 hr confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 which is so precious as knows
Explanation:
In this context "si" means così. However, an accent is missed, should have been written sì. And it is not a shortcut, this is old Italian. :)
"Cara" has the meaning of important, precious, something one has to care a lot about.
"Rifiuta" has not the meaning of rejecting life but of giving it, being ready to die in order to defend it, it means to renounce to live a life without freedom.
Hence, the sentence has to be read this way: sta cercando la libertà, la quale è così preziosa come sa chi rinuncia alla vita per essa.
My suggestion:
... is seeking for freedom,
which is so precious, as knows
who renounces the life for it...
:)
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-07-28 03:23:46 GMT)
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By the way... always loved Dante. ;)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-07-28 04:26:31 GMT)
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You are welcome!
However... Dante for a marketing test??? lol
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-07-28 04:29:52 GMT)
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Oops text... lol
| EleoE
Local time: 21:49
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Native speaker of:  Italian, Serbo-Croat
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| | Grading comment | Many thanks for coming to my aid so quickly! |
| Notes to answerer
Asker: Hello EleoE, many thanks for your answer. That's very helpful. I've actually found this translation in Wikipedia
“He goes seeking liberty,
which is so dear,
as he knows who for it renounces life.…”.
Asker: So very close to your translation. I'm going to have to go with this as it is only for a marketing text and I have to deliver now..
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