Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Montaigne si affaccia nella Storia sostenendo le ragioni degli altri
English translation:
between the folds of the Reform movement, Montaire surfaces/makes his first appearance in history
Added to glossary by
lizzy g
May 26, 2006 07:26
18 yrs ago
Italian term
Montaigne si affaccia nella Storia sostenendo le ragioni degli altri
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Context: Speaking about the backdrop to a film, listing the horrors of the Counter Reformation period... and then goes on to say:
Eppure, tra le pieghe della controriforma, Montaigne si affaccia nella Storia sostenendo le ragioni degli altri.
I know that Montaigne represents reason and the intellect - but i don't know how to translate the term above! Any thoughts would be most appreciated!
Perhaps: 'Montaigne emerges in history, sustaining reason...'
Not sure!
Eppure, tra le pieghe della controriforma, Montaigne si affaccia nella Storia sostenendo le ragioni degli altri.
I know that Montaigne represents reason and the intellect - but i don't know how to translate the term above! Any thoughts would be most appreciated!
Perhaps: 'Montaigne emerges in history, sustaining reason...'
Not sure!
Proposed translations
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Rosanna Palermo
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between the folds of the Reform movement, Montaire surfaces/makes his first appearance in history
Montaire makes his first appearance, surfaces in history while seemingly upholding the reasoning of others/ the arguments of others
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Anthony Green
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Along comes Montaigne, to back up his predecessors' ideas
Lizzy, could the film be claiming that he was providing further evidence for the thinking of his predecessors, such as Erasmus? Would that fit the context?
From Wikipedia:
"Among the thinkers exploring similar ideas, one can mention Erasmus, Thomas More, and Guillaume Budé, all working about 50 years before Montaigne.
From Wikipedia:
"Among the thinkers exploring similar ideas, one can mention Erasmus, Thomas More, and Guillaume Budé, all working about 50 years before Montaigne.
Peer comment(s):
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Dimitri Van Vossel
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Thanks Dimitri - I imagine that's as much as we can do to help Lizzie on this one
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Emily Goodpaster
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thanks Emily
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Dimitri Van Vossel
Native in: Dutch
Works in: Dutch to English, English to Dutch, Dutch to Italian, and 3 more.
suddenly in history there is a Montaigne, who
this sounds ok to me, but maybe a native english speaker will know a more appropriate wording...it means that at some point in history a man like Montaigne appeared, who backs up the others reasoning.
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