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soffocata nel sangue

English translation: smothered in blood

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Italian term or phrase:soffocata nel sangue
English translation:smothered in blood
Entered by: Michele Fauble

08:56 Feb 1, 2015
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / Telling histories
Italian term or phrase: soffocata nel sangue
La rivolta fu soffocata nel sangue.
paoletta86
Italy
smothered in blood
Explanation:
At that time a coalition of Europe could be formed; at that time it was possible to hope to smother the revolution in blood.

https://books.google.com/books?id=9a8pAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA194&lpg=...

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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Slaves Of Mercury, by Nat Schachner
www.gutenberg.org/files/29966/29966-h/29966-h.htm
Amos Peabody headed the revolt. It was smothered in blood, ...

Julius Sabinus - Livius
www.livius.org › Person
In the Summer of 69, the Batavians revolted against the Roman empire. ... Cerialis, who came across the Alps and smothered the Batavian revolt in blood.


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Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 23:34
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4was brought to a bloody end
Wendy Streitparth
5 +1suffocated in blood
Tom in London
4 +1smothered in blood
Michele Fauble
3 +2drowned in blood
Gad Kohenov
4 +1drenched in blood
Lara Barnett
4 +1ended in a bloodbath
Giannina Spanu


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
smothered in blood


Explanation:
At that time a coalition of Europe could be formed; at that time it was possible to hope to smother the revolution in blood.

https://books.google.com/books?id=9a8pAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA194&lpg=...

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Note added at 16 mins (2015-02-01 09:13:14 GMT)
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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Slaves Of Mercury, by Nat Schachner
www.gutenberg.org/files/29966/29966-h/29966-h.htm
Amos Peabody headed the revolt. It was smothered in blood, ...

Julius Sabinus - Livius
www.livius.org › Person
In the Summer of 69, the Batavians revolted against the Roman empire. ... Cerialis, who came across the Alps and smothered the Batavian revolt in blood.




Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 23:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simo Blom
21 hrs
  -> thanks
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
suffocated in blood


Explanation:
I can see no reason for using any word other than "suffocated".

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 91

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Fauble: I agree, though I prefer the synonym 'smother'. Don't understand the attempts to come up with other translations (and lose the author's imagery) for what is really a quite straightforward phrase.
1 day 9 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
drowned in blood


Explanation:
www.jstor.org/stable/40402312

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ttps://books.google.co.il/books?isbn=1177596474

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en.internationalism.org/wr/247_spartacus.htm

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 09:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BrigitteHilgner
16 mins
  -> Mille grazie!
agree  Simo Blom
19 hrs
  -> Mille grazie!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
drenched in blood


Explanation:
This is the most common expression I know.

Example sentence(s):
  • "...amidst their constant and laborious industry, for the defense of a country whose frontier was DRENCHED IN BLOOD, while its interior parts yielded all its little savings to your emolument." (Pg. 27)
  • "We never thought 100 people could die. We never thought that the main street of Kiev can be DRENCHED IN BLOOD "

    https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5DFy0eWaPxIC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=revolution+%22drenched+in+blood%22&source=bl&ots=XaSu6Mk81M&sig=ATvsocV
    Reference: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-the-heart-of-the-revolut...
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simo Blom
17 hrs
  -> Thank you.
neutral  Michele Fauble: Leaves the outcome indeterminate. //A revolt can be drenched in blood and still continue. Being "drenched in blood" does not mean dead.
19 hrs
  -> But "drenched in blood" usually implies the situation reached a fatal end when it is placed with the idea of a revolt/revolution/unrest etc. / I know what "drenched" means, but when used in this context this is what we are implying through usage.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
was brought to a bloody end


Explanation:
the rebellion was brought to a bloody end.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jwNeAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA24&lpg...

With the intervention of the Austrian army, however, the revolution was brought to a bloody end in short order.
http://www.ohio.edu/chastain/ip/papalsta.htm

The Paris Commune was brought to a bloody end, just two months after its formation...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KNmdBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA23&lpg...

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 08:34
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fiona Grace Peterson
39 mins
  -> Thanks, Fiona
agree  philgoddard: The "fu" gives it away. "Was bloodily suppressed" is another possibility.
46 mins
  -> Indeed, or was crushed as I had in a translation only yesterday - but that wasn't bloody.
agree  Isabelle Johnson
3 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Isabelle
agree  Simo Blom
16 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Simo
neutral  Michele Fauble: Loses the imagery.//Not an excuse to suppress the author's intended imagery, which is part of the meaning of the text.
19 hrs
  -> Personally, I'd rather not visualise it! / Its obviously a matter of taste and how vivid your imagination is!
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ended in a bloodbath


Explanation:
in inglese non si usa l'analogia "soffocata nel sangue" bensì "finire in un bagno di sangue"


    Reference: http://https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instan...
Giannina Spanu
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:34
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simo Blom
9 hrs
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