mostro/mostrare+contrassegnato+attraversare
English translation: this theme cuts across all of art history
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| 14:06 Sep 24, 2002 |
| Italian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / art | |||||||
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vedi sotto Explanation: ok, non c'e' il parallelo come in italiano, ma puoi sempre citare la fonte latina (monster=mostrare)e abbinarla a parole come "monstruosity", che deriva genuinamente dal latino, e mantieni quindi il parallelo mostro (nome)/mostrare |
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55 mins confidence:
v.s. Explanation: contrassegnabile - can be described using the generic ... mostro/mostrare - perhaps use the words monster, demonstrate, monstruosity with the "monst" bits emboldened to highlight the connection ...? attraversi - that the theme runs right through the history of art |
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56 mins confidence:
Poor you! Explanation: I had the same kind of problem with a text last year, and I got around it with hyphens, so I could use "proper" English words yet still show off how clever (!) the author is. In your case, you could play things this way: "To de-monstrate, de-monstrating, being monstrous". As to the rest... ... which I feel can be distinguished with the general adjective 'monstre', in all its ambiguity. To "de-monstrate", "de-monstrating", being monstrous. The fact this theme cuts across all of art history opens the door to "counter-histories". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-09-24 15:03:54 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oops! The fact that this theme... |
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1. defined/definable 2. show/show -off/showy/showiness 3. throughout Explanation: 1. contrassegnabile =definable 2.just some ideas to play with if you want to keep the word play: I'm not sure 'mostrarsi' is meant negatively, but 'show-off' can also mean 'exhibit' - so perhaps it could work. 'Showy' can mean monstruous/hideous/ostentatious, while 'showiness' is a synonym of 'gaudiness'/'flashiness'. 3. ..that the theme is repeated throughout the history of art/is a recurring theme throughout... HTH |
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18 hrs confidence:
Earmarked / maccabre o monstrous/ to show on'es maccabre side, to appear M___ ,to be M___ / spans Explanation: Or monstrous as you see fit. That this theme spans the entire.... Not as easy task. |
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