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patacche d’autore

English translation: Authors\' drivel

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Italian term or phrase:patacche d’autore
English translation:Authors\' drivel
Entered by: Lara Barnett

15:21 Dec 15, 2017
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Character-based fiction
Italian term or phrase: patacche d’autore
Narrator has received a second letter of rejection from a publisher who he sent a manuscript to for publication. Publisher has told him his text is pretentious and that he comes across trying too hard to prove his intelligence as a writer.

"Il suo testo rappresenta quelle che noi definiamo “patacche d’autore”. "

I can see that this means fake, junk or phoney type writer, but is there a commonly used term here?
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:05
Authors' crap
Explanation:
Patacche are literally cow pats.

Or maybe a less offensive version:
Authors' twaddle

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Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 14:05
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Summary of answers provided
4Authors' crap
Lisa Jane
3authentic trash
Shera Lyn Parpia


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Authors' crap


Explanation:
Patacche are literally cow pats.

Or maybe a less offensive version:
Authors' twaddle



Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 14:05
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 496

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neutral  philgoddard: "Authorial cowpats" might be a nice idea, except I can't find any evidence that it means cowpat.
33 mins
  -> It means a dirty or greasy mark but I've heard it used in the country to refer to cowpats
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
authentic trash


Explanation:
other ideas:
absolute junk
genuine nonsense

as far as I understand the term "d'autore" means true/original/authentic etc.

this source
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/italian-english...
gives the meaning of patacca as "piece of rubbish"

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 14:05
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 127
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