le tessere che la Storia ci ha consegnate
English translation: the fragments of history that came down to us
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| Italian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / In A Forward To A Book | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Shera Lyn Parpia Italy Local time: 06:18 | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1the tesserae that History has given us Explanation: https://books.google.it/books?id=V4mwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2019-01-14 17:38:36 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- tesserae are parts of the mosaic mentioned earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessera -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2019-01-14 17:39:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ;) |
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the scraps that history has left us Explanation: Tesserae are the coloured scraps from which mosaics are built up. The author is building up a picture of Columbus from the bits and pieces we know about him - at best it will be a mosaic, with lots of gaps, not a true likeness. |
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the shards that history has left us Explanation: Emphasizes the incompleteness of the historical record. |
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peer agreement (net): +1the fragments of history that came down to us Explanation: another way |
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the fragments that history has gathered Explanation: ...piecing together the fragments that history has gathered (or has left us) |
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The patchwork that history has passed down to us Explanation: ...or something on those lines. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2019-01-14 22:43:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "A patchwork of history" "...As a nation, we're practically buried under the layers of our history. Devon is particular rich in history, featuring the Jurassic Coast charting the birthdays of the world from aeons before human beings came along to, more recently, some astonishing buildings in various states of magnificence or - sadly - decay." http://www.exeterwriters.org.uk/2015/07/a-patchwork-of-histo... |
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