Oct 18, 2012 11:18
11 yrs ago
English term
all bare sand
English to Italian
Other
Poetry & Literature
Sentence or paragraph where the term occurs, type of document (legal document, formal letter, etc.), target audience, source and target country, dialects, etcOut in the courtyard—all bare sand—the light is a kind of light-bulb twilight. An old babe is rocking herself back and
forth on a straight chair and putting one hand out in front from time to time and pulling it in toward her bosom.
It seems clear enough to me. “A slot machine?” I say to the nurse, but she says there is no telling.
“ ... and yet the same aggressive types are necessary to build a frontier town, and Las Vegas is a frontier town,
certainly by any psychological standard,” Dr.————— is saying. “They’ll undertake anything and they’ll
accomplish it. The building here has been incredible. They don’t seem to care what they’re up against, so they do
forth on a straight chair and putting one hand out in front from time to time and pulling it in toward her bosom.
It seems clear enough to me. “A slot machine?” I say to the nurse, but she says there is no telling.
“ ... and yet the same aggressive types are necessary to build a frontier town, and Las Vegas is a frontier town,
certainly by any psychological standard,” Dr.————— is saying. “They’ll undertake anything and they’ll
accomplish it. The building here has been incredible. They don’t seem to care what they’re up against, so they do
Proposed translations
(Italian)
4 +5 | nient'altro che sabbia | Raffaella Berry |
3 +1 | di sola sabbia | Anna Rita D'Amato |
4 | sabbia, solo sabbia | MariaGrazia Pizzoli |
3 | tutta spiaggia nuda/priva di vegetazione | Danila Moro |
Change log
Oct 18, 2012 11:36: Danila Moro changed "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Poetry & Literature"
Proposed translations
+5
18 mins
Selected
nient'altro che sabbia
Se non ho capito male, si riferisce all'aspetto del cortile
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
17 mins
tutta spiaggia nuda/priva di vegetazione
una possibilità
Peer comment(s):
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AdamiAkaPataflo
: mi è scappato il dito, pardon - si parla di un cortile... :-) //ah, ecco, era la spiaggia che non mi tornava... ;-)))
2 mins
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perché un cortile non può avere la sabbia?? centro non in città.....//volevo scrivere sabbia.... non spiaggia, si vede che ho voglia di mare!
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+1
20 mins
2 days 22 hrs
sabbia, solo sabbia
un'alternativa
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