Feb 8, 2009 21:58
15 yrs ago
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Italian term
in polpe
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
We're describing Cinderella's gold coach:
Un fantastico cocchio dorato trainato da quattro cavalli impennacchiati, guidato da due lacché in polpe e parrucca incipriata.
What kind of clothes (I'm assuming it refers to their attire) are 'in polpe' here?
Un fantastico cocchio dorato trainato da quattro cavalli impennacchiati, guidato da due lacché in polpe e parrucca incipriata.
What kind of clothes (I'm assuming it refers to their attire) are 'in polpe' here?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | wearing breeches |
Mirella Soffio
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| 5 | in livery |
Michael Korovkin
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| 4 | liveried |
Susanna Garcia
|
Proposed translations
5 mins
Mirella Soffio
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Works in field
Italy
Taking pride in a job well done
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
wearing breeches
:-)
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Note added at 6 mins (2009-02-08 22:05:13 GMT)
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see this definition for "in polpe":
2 loc.agg.inv. TS abbigl., che indossa un abito di tipo settecentesco, spec. una livrea, con i calzoni corti stretti al ginocchio e le calze che mettono in evidenza i polpacci: maggiordomo, valletto in p.
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Note added at 6 mins (2009-02-08 22:05:13 GMT)
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see this definition for "in polpe":
2 loc.agg.inv. TS abbigl., che indossa un abito di tipo settecentesco, spec. una livrea, con i calzoni corti stretti al ginocchio e le calze che mettono in evidenza i polpacci: maggiordomo, valletto in p.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This fits the sentence perfectly! Thank you!"
9 mins
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Works in field
Italy
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
20
in livery
lit.: "in knee britches"; fig. (but standard transl.): "in livery"
38 mins
Susanna Garcia
Native in English
parole, parole, parole
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, French to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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3
liveried
driven by two liveried coachmen - how I would put it
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