complice anche la performance elettorale

English translation: was not helped by the (electoral) performance

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Italian term or phrase:complice anche la performance elettorale
English translation:was not helped by the (electoral) performance
Entered by: Lara Barnett

15:15 Dec 16, 2019
Italian to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Article on the current British elections
Italian term or phrase: complice anche la performance elettorale
I am unsure how "complice" is being used here, and how it fits into the context, especially with long paragraphing.

...mentre il partito di Corbyn, complice anche la performance elettorale del partito nazionalista Scozzese, che ha colorato di giallo pressoché tutta la Scozia, 48 seggi su 59, scende ai livelli del 1935: quando quel risultato fu salutato come un segno di crescita, praticamente dimezzato e perdente per la quarta volta da quando Blair ha lasciato la guida, nella sua rappresentanza parlamentare.
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:15
was not helped by the (electoral) performance
Explanation:
Or "thanks partly to".
You could leave "electoral" out, as it's redundant.
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philgoddard
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4unaided by the electoral performance of...
Lisa Jane
4was not helped by the (electoral) performance
philgoddard


  

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unaided by the electoral performance of...


Explanation:
complice here means "also due to" but has the idea of going against so I'd put unaided

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 08:15
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neutral  philgoddard: I agree with your explanation, but I don't think "unaided by" conveys a clear meaning.
2 hrs
  -> OK! Your "not helped by" seems not much different though...
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was not helped by the (electoral) performance


Explanation:
Or "thanks partly to".
You could leave "electoral" out, as it's redundant.

philgoddard
United States
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 186
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