cucina latita

English translation: is missing

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Italian term or phrase:	latita
English translation:	is missing
Entered by:	texjax DDS PhD

17:35 Jun 1, 2012

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Italian term or phrase: cucina latita

This term is found in the beginning paragraph of a short story. The full phrase is as follows:

Stamattina il raggio di sole che a quest’ora illumina la cucina latita. Il cielo è un tendone grigio. I miei lavelli di acciaio inox non brilleranno mai come quelli della pubblicità.

I cannot find an explanation for the term "latita", much less "cucina latita". I thought it may refer to "hidden" in some context because of the verb "latitare", however, I want to be sure it is not an idiom of some kind or perhaps referring to something completely different like a particular type of cuisine.

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Local time: 20:05

is missing

Explanation:
Si riferisce al raggio di sole, è la forma presente del verbo latitare.

Naturalmente puoi decidere di esprimerlo diversamente in inglese, ma questo è il significato

latitare

[la-ti-tà-re] v.intr. (aus. avere; làtito ecc.) [sogg-v]

• Restare nascosto; mancare; essere insufficiente, assente

http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_italiano/L/latitare....

http://conjit.cactus2000.de/showverb.en.php?verb=latitare

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texjax DDS PhD
Local time: 20:05

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Summary of answers provided

4 +6

is missing

texjax DDS PhD

4 +1

isn't there

fionn

is hiding out

bluenoric

is skiving/playing truant/sulking

Giles Watson

is absent

Laurence Fogarty

is somewhat elusive

Wendy Streitparth

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

is missing

texjax DDS PhD
Local time: 20:05
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 32

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for your help! I feel silly for not realizing immediately that this referred to the ray of sun, which was quite evident after looking a second time!

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

latita isn't there

Explanation:
From the context it's pretty clear. Usually there is a ray of sunshine at this time of day; today it's not there, because the sky is like a "grey sheet".

fionn
Germany
Local time: 02:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for your help!

3 hrs confidence:

is hiding out

Explanation:
All the proposed solutions are fine, but latitare means actually to go or stay in hiding, especially from the police; the sense is more "doesn´t want to show up".
Greetings from Germany

bluenoric
Germany
Local time: 02:05
Native speaker of:

Italian

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for your suggestion!

14 hrs confidence:

is somewhat elusive

Explanation:
A typical English circumscription.....

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 02:05
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for your suggestion!

1 day 3 hrs confidence:

latita is skiving/playing truant/sulking

Explanation:
"Missing" is the right idea and it correctly end-focuses the notion of absence. However, it doesn't really bring out the full force of the pathetic fallacy in "latita", which ascribes to a sunbeam the behaviour of, say, an absconding schoolchild. The more literal "criminal hiding out" suggestion is really a bit too strong for the context.

You could try something like: "This morning, the usual kitchen-illuminating ray of sunshine is skiving/playing truant", or you could opt for the less specific non-compliance of "sulking".

Giles Watson
Italy
Local time: 02:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for the suggestion!

6 days confidence:

is absent

Explanation:
thinking of what the best word would be in this literary context, I would plump for this as the word most likely to retain the original "literary" sense of the source phrase. Of course it is a matter of opinion.

Laurence Fogarty
Italy
Local time: 02:05
Native speaker of: English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for your help!

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