Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
si colorano di tinte forti
English translation:
take on a dramatic appearance
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Juliet Halewood (X)
Jun 30, 2011 13:04
13 yrs ago
Italian term
Juliet Halewood (X)
si colorano di tinte forti
Italian to English
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Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Motorcycles
In sella alla Fury le strade si colorano di tinte forti che guardano con sguardo bramoso alle radici americane reinterpretate sotto un’ottica nipponica.
I'm having trouble with this sentence about the Honda Fury motorcycle. And I'm not sure who or what "guardano" refers to. Thanks for any help!
I'm having trouble with this sentence about the Honda Fury motorcycle. And I'm not sure who or what "guardano" refers to. Thanks for any help!
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Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Italy
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Italy
translating meaning, not just words
Native in: English 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, English
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take on a dramatic appearance
idiomatic, methinks.
http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_sinonimi_contrari/M/...
http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_sinonimi_contrari/M/...
a forti tinte
con grande effetto drammatico
romanzo a forti tinte
http://it.thefreedictionary.com/a forti tinte
http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_sinonimi_contrari/M/...
http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_sinonimi_contrari/M/...
a forti tinte
con grande effetto drammatico
romanzo a forti tinte
http://it.thefreedictionary.com/a forti tinte
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Comment: "Thanks Shera, this fitted the context perfectly!"
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Claudia Cherici
Italy
Italy
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Italy
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Native in: Italian
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become painted in primary colours
This is what I'd say (the original is not very clear at all...)
"Riding a Fury, the roads become painted in primary colours, the exciting colours of American roots seen through Japanese-tinted lenses."
"Riding a Fury, the roads become painted in primary colours, the exciting colours of American roots seen through Japanese-tinted lenses."
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Maria Panizzi
Italy
Italy
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Italy
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Works in: Italian, Italian to English, English to Italian
become tinted in roaring colours / become roaring roads
Io passerei dalla descrizione delle strade a tinte accese alle strade a tinte aceese, cioè passerei dal piano della similitudine a quello della metafora per rendere pienamente l''avventura che guidare una Fury può essere.
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Leanne Young
: It's all excitement and fury. The guardano means that on the bike the roads eagerly reflect/echo/recall American roots/origins reinterpreted in a Japanese light.
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tinte forti
I'd say that:
Riding a Fury, the streets dye of violent colours and longingly gaze to American roots reinterpreted under Japanese lens.
[I think the subjects are the streets who "change" colours and the reinterpreted American roots. Those two undergo the modifies only because you're riding that Fury.
And "ottica" is "point of view" literally, but "lens" is more... poetic like the rest of the text :) ]
Riding a Fury, the streets dye of violent colours and longingly gaze to American roots reinterpreted under Japanese lens.
[I think the subjects are the streets who "change" colours and the reinterpreted American roots. Those two undergo the modifies only because you're riding that Fury.
And "ottica" is "point of view" literally, but "lens" is more... poetic like the rest of the text :) ]
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splashed with color
my suggestion
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