raccogliersi

16:10 Jun 30, 2020

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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Poem

Italian term or phrase: raccogliersi

Rilassati, ***raccogliti,*** allontana da te ogni altro pensiero. Lascia che il mondo che ti circonda sfumi nell’indistinto.
Italo Calvino

Help!! Non so proprio come renderla.... ho messo:

Relax, calm down, free your mind from any thoughts. Let the world around you fade into indistinction.

Grazie!!!

hausencla KudoZ activity Questions: 513 (7 open) (15 closed without grading) Answers: 4 Italy
Local time: 09:24

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

gather yourself

Tom in London

Raccogliersi

Gabriel Ferrero

chill out

Barbara Cochran, MFA

Take/enjoy an interlude

Meg Mullan

focus/concentrate/gather your thoughts

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón

Summary of reference entries provided

Concentrate

Marco Solinas

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

gather yourself

Explanation:
perfectly normal English (if you're reasonably literate).

As it happens I used to know William Weaver, Calvino's translator....

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:24
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 155

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Tom, I just found the original translation of this poem and will stick to that... am certainly not translating poems into English, this just happened to be part of a "normal" translation...

18 mins confidence:

chill out

Explanation:
Or "breathe easy", if you want to be more formal, in a literary wayhttps://www.thesaurus.com/browse/collect oneself:

,

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 03:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

24 mins confidence:

Take/enjoy an interlude

Explanation:
This sounds more poetic

Meg Mullan
Italy
Local time: 09:24
Native speaker of:

English

34 mins confidence:

Raccogliersi

Explanation:
Have respite, unmesh from thoughtfulness. Let nought swallow all shape and form exciting your senses.

Gabriel Ferrero
France
Local time: 09:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

46 mins confidence:

focus/concentrate/gather your thoughts

Explanation:
My opinion.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 02:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish

Reference comments

55 mins

Reference: Concentrate

Reference information:
See this: https://books.google.ca/books?id=NN4SDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA33&lpg=PA... and many other sites.

https://books.google.ca/books?id=NN4SDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=%22italo+calvino%22+%22poem%22+%22relax%22+%22thought%22&source=bl&ots=uf9

Marco Solinas
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 24

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