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rodendo ogni margine di autonoma manovra

English translation: undermining any chance of independent action

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Italian term or phrase:rodendo ogni margine di autonoma manovra
English translation:undermining any chance of independent action
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

13:10 Apr 8, 2018
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / In A Journal Article
Italian term or phrase: rodendo ogni margine di autonoma manovra
Contesto:

Nel prosieguo del conflitto il governo Mussolini si illuse di poter condurre una “guerra parallela” in cui il nemico comune fosse perseguito dai due alleati su fronti e con strategie diverse. La mancanza di chiarezza sugli obiettivi da raggiungere, la disastrosa conduzione della guerra in Grecia, in Africa Orientale e in Nordafrica, fecero ben presto naufragare questa illusione, rodendo ogni margine di autonoma manovra e costringendo l'Italia ad un ruolo sempre più subalterno, con le truppe italiane disperse su fronti disparati e di nessun interesse geopolitico; un esempio palese di questa condotta fu l'intervento italiano sul fronte russo.

Molte Grazie,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 00:04
undermining any chance of independent manoeuvre
Explanation:
To undermine or even to sabotage in this context

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Note added at 16 hrs (2018-04-09 05:18:08 GMT)
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Also would keep the gerund construction
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Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 06:04
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3and whittled down all opportunity for independent action
Marco Solinas
4undermining any chance of independent manoeuvre
Lisa Jane


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
and whittled down all opportunity for independent action


Explanation:
Many acceptable translations are possible. This is one.

Marco Solinas
Local time: 21:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
1 hr
agree  Michele Fauble
7 hrs
agree  bluenoric: opportunities // any possibility
17 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
undermining any chance of independent manoeuvre


Explanation:
To undermine or even to sabotage in this context

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Note added at 16 hrs (2018-04-09 05:18:08 GMT)
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Also would keep the gerund construction

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 06:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 3
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