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quanto di più distante dalla realtà

English translation: no matter how far removed from the reality of his obligation

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Italian term or phrase:quanto di più distante dalla realtà
English translation:no matter how far removed from the reality of his obligation
Entered by: Lara Barnett

21:47 Jul 14, 2019
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Critical analysis of clas
Italian term or phrase: quanto di più distante dalla realtà
This essay is about the reception of the works by a poet who glorified war and dying for one's country. This paragraph has earlier explained how this poet is traditionally seen as an inciter of going to battle during ancient wars.

Secondo H. James Shey, dal detto di Leonida, figura archetipica del coraggio, ma anche e soprattutto della sua generosa disponibilità nella difesa della patria, sarebbe nata una immagine nuova di Tirteo, decontestualizzato rispetto alla cornice delle guerre messeniche e assunto a simbolo vivente di poeta guerriero che si batte per la difesa della patria, cioè per la libertà, quanto di più distante dalla realtà del suo impegno a favore di una guerra di conquista quale quella degli Spartani contro i Messeni.

I am unsure what this phrase connects to, and how it leads to the ending about Spartans against Messeni. Can it begin a new sentence? as I have not managed to break this paragraph up, as I normally do for these long passages .
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:57
no matter how far removed from the reality of his obligation
Explanation:
My take.
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 21:57
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2no matter how far removed from the reality of his obligation
Barbara Cochran, MFA
4 +1This could not be further from the truth
philgoddard
5,about as far as you can get from the reality
James (Jim) Davis
4...freedom, which could not be further from the reality of his commitment to
Elias Calore
3however further away from the reality of his commitment
JohnMcDove


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
no matter how far removed from the reality of his obligation


Explanation:
My take.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 21:57
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove: Yes. I would not begin a new sentence. But I guess it's possible. :-)
13 mins
  -> Thanks, John.
agree  Lisa Jane
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, Lisa Jane.
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
however further away from the reality of his commitment


Explanation:
... that is, for freedom, however further away from the reality of his commitment to a war of conquest such as that of the Spartans against the Messenians.

Another option.

JohnMcDove
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Local time: 18:57
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
This could not be further from the truth


Explanation:
I agree that the sentence needs to be broken up. I suggest: "This could not be further from the truth: he was wholly committed to the Spartans' war of conquest against the Messenians."

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 65

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agree  Shabelula
8 hrs
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
,about as far as you can get from the reality


Explanation:
The "quanto di più" here just acts as a superlative, nothing more. I posted because I wanted to point this out. You could merge it with parts of other posts, such as "as far removed from the reality" or "as far from the truth" or simply "as distant from the reality".
As for breaking this sentence very long sentence up, which it needs in English, I think there are probably better places to make the break or breaks.


James (Jim) Davis
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...freedom, which could not be further from the reality of his commitment to


Explanation:
.. that is for freedom, which could not be further from the reality of his commitment to a conquering war as the one of the Spartans against the
Messenians.

Elias Calore
Italy
Local time: 03:57
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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