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to lurch away from

Italian translation: guizza via da

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English term or phrase:to lurch away from
Italian translation:guizza via da

19:02 Jan 7, 2012
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2012-01-11 13:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: to lurch away from
[THE LIGHTS GROW BRIGHTER] AS THE EARTH LURCHES AWAY FROM THE SUN [..]
I'M DEALING WITH THE TRANSLATION OF THE GREAT GATSBY BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHICH ARE THE CONNOTATIONS IMPLIED BY THE VERB TO LURCH AWAY FROM.
DOES IT MEAN "ALLONTANARSI" OR DOES IT IMPLY SOMETHING MORE FROM THE CONNOTATIONAL POINT OF VIEW?
MAYBE, A SUDDEN MOVEMENT WHICH MAY EVOKE LIKE GIDDINESS OF PARTY-GOERS AFTER DRINKING TOO MUCH?
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!
Giulia Grasso
guizza via da
Explanation:
In questo caso ci vedo proprio l'idea del movimento repentino. Altrimenti sì, 'to lurch' lo si può anche proporre per un movimento barcollante, da ubriachi.
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Glinda
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4guizza via da
Glinda
4 +2si allontana vacillando da
Laura Cecci Dupuy


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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
to lurch away from
guizza via da


Explanation:
In questo caso ci vedo proprio l'idea del movimento repentino. Altrimenti sì, 'to lurch' lo si può anche proporre per un movimento barcollante, da ubriachi.

Glinda
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agree  zerlina: sicuramente, anche 'schizza via'
1 hr
  -> Grazie Zerlina ^^
agree  Mario Ricci: concordo con schizza via
2 hrs
  -> Grazie Mario!
agree  romina zanello
19 hrs
  -> Grazie Romina!
agree  enrico paoletti
22 hrs
  -> Grazie 1000 Enrico
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
si allontana vacillando da


Explanation:
Traduzione : ... mentre la terra si allontana vacillando dal sole.

Concordo con la tua interpretazione secondo la quale è necessario sottolineare la connotazione di offuscamento, di inebriamento. La terra qui è quasi estensione metonimica di Gatsby, che attraverso le luci artificiali delle sue feste e lo stordimento dell'alcool cerca di sconfiggere il passaggio del tempo.

Vedi anche questo articolo: "Gatsby and the Role of Light"

. Describing the parties in which Gatsby "dispensed starlight to casual moths" (83), narrator Nick Carraway states, "the lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun" (44). Interpreted one way, this wording suggests that Gatsby's party lights are like stars, more visible after the last sunlight fades. Interpreted another way, it suggests that they seem more powerful than the sun, making Gatsby's garden grow brighter, not darker, after sundown. Either way, Gatsby's light seems splendid, but it also seems to overreach the limits imposed by nature, an appropriate effect for a man whose dream is to overcome time itself and "repeat the past" (116).



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Note added at 18 ore (2012-01-08 13:36:22 GMT)
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Ti ringrazio e spero che il mio suggerimento ti sia utile. Buon lavoro!

Laura Cecci Dupuy
France
Local time: 03:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: grazie davvero, ottimo suggerimento! hai colto perfettamente quello che intendevo dire

Asker: GRAZIE DAVVERO! HO CERCATO LE VARIE TRADUZIONI E TUTTE AVEVANO SEMPLIFICANDO OPTANDO PER UN SEMPLICE "ALLONTANARSI" , QUELLA DI CAVAGNOLI è IN PARTE DISPONIBILE SU GOOGLE BOOKS, MA NON RIUSCIVO A VISUALIZZARE I RISULTATI. PENSO CHE LA MIA PROPOSTA TRADUTTIVA RICADRA' SU BARCOLLANDO, O VACILLANDO... GRAZIE A TUTTI PER L'INTERESSE DIMOSTRATO NEI CONFRONTI DI QUESTA DOMANDA SU UNO DEI CAPOLAVORI DELLA LETTERATURA MONDIALE


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AdamiAkaPataflo: Concordo. Franca Cavagnoli (Universale Economica Feltrinelli) ha optato per "barcollando" :-)
18 hrs
  -> Ti ringrazio!!
agree  Susy Sinigag (X)
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Grazie Susy!
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