Italian term
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aveva messo i dotti del tempo
La riscoperta di Tolomeo e delle sue carte aveva messo i dotti del tempo di fronte a una serie di problemi geografici. Era evidente che c'era una enorme differenza tra la razionalità e la concretezza dell'opera tolemaica, e le construzioni teoriche e l'approssimazione delle rappresentazioni cartographiche dei codici medievali.
Molte Grazie,
Barbara
Apr 14, 2019 11:22: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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Malta
12 yrs. experience translating EU stuff
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) , Maltese
Works in: English to Maltese, Italian to Maltese, French to Maltese, and 3 more.
had brought the scholars of the time face to face with
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Yvonne Gallagher
: yes, means confront. Idiomatic structure
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Thank you; we do say this and I think that is the meaning here-sense of 'confrontation'
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Michele Fauble
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Thank you.
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
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had faced the intellectuals/scholars of that time with..
I can imagine that it was either "dotti" or "del tempo".
"Dotto" is an old-fashioned word for a scholar, a knowledgeable person, an intellectual.
"del tempo" in this case means "that were alive at the time of this re-discovery"
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mrrafe
: Good but should be "presented" or "confronted," not "faced." Gli dotti can be said to have "faced" the problem but it didn't "face" them. ("i," yes, sorry)
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I don't think faced is incorrect, but those are also great options. FYI "i dotti", :) non "gli"
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philgoddard
: Faced is fine.
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I am glad to see I am not the only one who thinks so.
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writeaway
: faced is ok but the structure of the sentence/syntax is odd and clumsy. too literal. mrrafe's suggestion 'confronted' is far more idiomatic
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I agree with you. Confronted would be more idiomatic. :)
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Lara Barnett
: I agree with Writeaway, the sentence sounds clumsy due to the structure and changing the verb does not help - sorry.
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had made the scholars of that time to face a series of geographical problems.
had placed the scholars of that time before...
... had placed the scholars of that time before ...
mettere qualcuno di fronte a qualcosa = to place someone before something
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Note added at 10 hrs (2019-04-14 07:45:52 GMT)
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although there are other possible constructions, I feel they are a bit clumsy
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