Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

However we may

Italian translation:

per quanto possiamo

Added to glossary by Russell Jones
Jan 16, 2003 10:19
21 yrs ago
English term

However we may

English to Italian Art/Literary Literary review
However we may wind and wriggle, loiter and dally in our approach to xxx.

I'm struggling with sentence structure here. Any ideas please?

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Jan 16, 2003:
body More context:
For the book itself remains. However we may wind and wriggle, loiter and dally in our approach to books, a lonely battle awaits us at the end. (V Woolf on Defoe)

Proposed translations

+3
29 mins
Selected

Per quanto possiamo...

ma più contesto aiuterebbe.

HTH

AA

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Note added at 2003-01-16 11:48:50 (GMT)
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Grazie per il contesto fornito
Confermo la mia versione
Ciao
AA
Peer comment(s):

agree Marie Scarano : indugiare, procrastinare, tentennare
56 mins
Grazie!
agree Letizia Alhaique Caioli
7 hrs
agree gmel117608
2 days 1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks Antonella."
+2
3 mins

potremmo comunque...

Any more context?
Greetings
Peer comment(s):

agree Sabrina Eskelson
1 min
agree preite
3 mins
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19 mins

In qualsiasi modo potremmo

ecc.

But the previous and following sentences would help give us more context.
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35 mins

Ad ogni modo potremmo

O anche: ad ogni modo, per quanto....

dipende dalla traduzione dell'intera frase che è abbastanza eremetica in effetti
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1 hr

v.s.

Declined
"Per quanto possiamo dibatterci e divincolarci, restii e riluttanti..."

Alliterative prose at its worst ;.)) (not Wool's, of course, but mine...)

Mirella
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Comment: "Thanks Mirella. Brilliant. Sorry; no points possible. "
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