Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
He could feel his vertebrae straining not to snap.
Italian translation:
sentiva le vertebre sforzarsi di resistere
English term
Native in: Italian 
He could feel his vertebrae straining not to snap.
Sep 26, 2007 16:35: Agnese Cortesi changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Sep 27, 2007 09:12: anna carbone Created KOG entry
PRO (3): sofiablu (X), AdamiAkaPataflo, Agnese Cortesi
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Proposed translations
sentiva le vertebre sforzarsi di resistere
Germany
NOT lost in translation
Native in: Italian
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian
(si) sentiva le vertebre (tutte) tese nello sforzo di non spezzarsi
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Raffaella Panigada
: Sì, o volendo tergiversare "riusciva a sentire lo sforzo compiuto dalle proprie vertebre nel (estremo) tentativo di non spezzarsi/per non spezzarsi".
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:-)
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Monica C
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:-)
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P.L.F. Persio
: quanto sei pulp!
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sarà l'overdose di carnazza... ;-)
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Umberto Cassano
: Shall I make a terrible confession ? I actually vied to come up with a good answer and then I ended up acknowledging yours as the best ! Oltretutto la mia risposta è una variazione sul registro scelto da te. Ciao, ciao... :-)
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"allo spasimo" è bello! quanto alla confessione, te la cavi con un padrenostro e tre ave maria di penitenza... ;-))) barfff
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Italy
Subtlety in subtitling
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian
Sentiva -le vertebre/la spina dorsale- allungarsi -per sopportare la trazione/per non rompersi-
Italy
Translating and teaching with skill
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
sentiva le vertebre resistere fino allo spasimo, tese a non cedere
HTH
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AdamiAkaPataflo
: "allo spasimo".... ma che bel biglietto da visita futurista che ti sei fatto!
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sei la prima che ha capito che si tratta di un'opera futurista. Chapeau !
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