giocando sulla circostanza

English translation: playing on the fact that

23:03 Jan 20, 2020

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / History Book On Explorations And Discoveries

Italian term or phrase: giocando sulla circostanza

Contesto:

Nella seconda metà del XVIII secolo, tanto gli Inglesi—che nel 1763 avevano, come si è visto, avuto dalla Francia il Canada francese—quanti i Russi, che cercavano di conquistare nuovi spazi a sud dell'Alaska, avevano cominciato a insidiare l"America Spagnola giocando sulla circostanza che i legittimi proprietari se ne stavano disinteressando.

Grazie,

Barbara

Barbara Cochran, MFA KudoZ activity Questions: 1895 (7 open) (3 without valid answers) (233 closed without grading) Answers: 3899 United States
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English translation:playing on the fact that

Explanation:
https://ludwig.guru/s/play on the fact that

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Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 09:00

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Summary of answers provided

3 +3

playing on the fact that

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón

3 +2

taking advantage of the fact that...

Marco Solinas

with an excuse that .../ playing up the apparent lack of interest on the part of ...

Michael Korovkin

on the assumption/assuming that

David Hollywood

exploiting the conditions

mona elshazly

Answers

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

taking advantage of the fact that...

Explanation:
One option.

Marco Solinas
Local time: 07:00
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 106

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

playing on the fact that

Explanation:
https://ludwig.guru/s/play on the fact that

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 09:00
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

1 hr confidence:

on the assumption/assuming that

Explanation:
that

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with the idea in mind that

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-01-21 02:30:44 GMT)
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"playing on the fact that" is good

David Hollywood
Local time: 11:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

8 hrs confidence:

exploiting the conditions

Explanation:
exploiting the conditions

mona elshazly
Egypt
Local time: 16:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 11

9 hrs confidence:

with an excuse that .../ playing up the apparent lack of interest on the part of ...

Explanation:
I'm trying to avoid the word "fact", which sounds a bit more categorical than "circostanza"

Michael Korovkin
Italy
Local time: 16:00
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 125

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