Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
il tempo non ha trovato tempo
English translation:
but time had no time left for him
Added to glossary by
Lisa Jane
Feb 7, 2019 21:49
5 yrs ago
Italian term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African, British, Scottish) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
il tempo non ha trovato tempo
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Artists biography
This is a short biography of an artist who has since died, but his son is now organising a catalogue for the display of his works.
Non ha mai volute mercificare la sua arte e non ha mai volute fare una mostra a Riccione. Forse I tempi stavano maturando, ma il tempo non ha trovato tempo.
No idea here....
Non ha mai volute mercificare la sua arte e non ha mai volute fare una mostra a Riccione. Forse I tempi stavano maturando, ma il tempo non ha trovato tempo.
No idea here....
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | but time had no time left for him |
Lisa Jane
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| 4 +1 | time passed him by |
Ivana UK
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| 4 | Time could not find (the) time |
Conor Jarrett
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Change log
Feb 21, 2019 06:21: Lisa Jane Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+2
19 mins
Selected
but time had no time left for him
You could also capitalize the first Time to render the idea of absolute time but that may not be necessary.
Other less literal alternatives that don't personify time:
but no more time was left (to him)
There was no more time to be had/to be found
Other less literal alternatives that don't personify time:
but no more time was left (to him)
There was no more time to be had/to be found
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+1
15 hrs
time passed him by
Or: time was not on his side
A couple of suggestions.
A couple of suggestions.
3 days 20 hrs
Conor Jarrett
Ireland
Ireland
Native in English
Specializes in field
Ireland
Quality Translation
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: French to English, Italian to English
Time could not find (the) time
The modal 'could' expresses the level of (im)possibility.
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