Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
grembo
English translation:
inner/darkest recesses
Added to glossary by
Ivana UK
Nov 6, 2006 17:59
17 yrs ago
Italian term
Italy
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grembo
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Archaeology
Context : Gli esempi forniti sono per lo più simboli negativi di una tendenza considerata accettabile, l’anastilosi, che qui risulta invece essere “un’arbitraria e approssimata ricomposizione di tutto ciò che la storia ha smembrato, infranto, decomposto e finito per macinare nel proprio stesso ***grembo***”
The quoted passage is taken from a recent architecture restoration handbook.
The quoted passage is taken from a recent architecture restoration handbook.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | inner recesses |
Ivana UK
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| 3 +1 | womb |
xlationhouse
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| 3 | bowels |
Maudarg (X)
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| 3 | interior |
translator2012
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Proposed translations
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inner recesses
Just an idea and what immediately came to mind!
grembo = innermost part (in this context)
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Note added at 13 mins (2006-11-06 18:12:39 GMT)
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... although I'm sure there's a better way of saying this...
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Note added at 20 mins (2006-11-06 18:20:06 GMT)
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inner recesses of history
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-11-06 22:50:01 GMT)
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** Can I change my mind? I think "in the darkest recesses of history" would fit this perfectly! (or simply "in the recesses of history") **
grembo = innermost part (in this context)
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Note added at 13 mins (2006-11-06 18:12:39 GMT)
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... although I'm sure there's a better way of saying this...
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Note added at 20 mins (2006-11-06 18:20:06 GMT)
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inner recesses of history
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-11-06 22:50:01 GMT)
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** Can I change my mind? I think "in the darkest recesses of history" would fit this perfectly! (or simply "in the recesses of history") **
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Comment: "Trovo che la proposta di Ivana sia molto bella e ben ponderata. Grazie a tutti !"
15 mins
bowels
as in "the bowels of the earth" - I've been turning this over and over in my mind and came up with this, which seems to fit in with the rest of the imagery.
18 mins
interior
interior... un'idea
+1
3 hrs
xlationhouse
United States
United States
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United States
6 yrs as a translator; 15 yrs in TR mgt
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Italian to English
womb
I know you were looking for a non-literal translation. But, it seems all this stuff is ground up to become something new (= reborn?) So, I actually think the meaning is close to "womb".
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