Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
doughy
Italian translation:
indigesto/pesante
English term
doughy
"An attempt has been made to use modern English which is lively without being slangy. Above all, an effort has been made to avoid the kind of unthinking “translationese” which has so often in the past imparted to translated Russian literature a distinctive, somehow “doughy,” style of its own with little relation to anything present in the original Russian."
| 4 +6 | indigesto/pesante |
Raffaella Panigada
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| 3 | pastoso? |
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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Jul 25, 2008 12:53: Leonardo La Malfa changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Aug 17, 2008 20:07: Raffaella Panigada Created KOG entry
PRO (3): Raffaella Panigada, AdamiAkaPataflo, Leonardo La Malfa
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Proposed translations
Switzerland
Professional, reliable, always on time
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian to English, and 1 more.
indigesto/pesante
DOUGHY:
Having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking
Sinonimi: heavy
Per renderlo in modo più colorito visto che è tra virgolette nell'originale e per mantenere la metafora culinaria forse preferisco "indigesto" :-)
United Kingdom
Life is a horizontal fall (J. Cocteau)
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian
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