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allontanare

English translation: limit

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Italian term or phrase:allontanare
English translation:limit
Entered by: Angela Guisci

20:01 Nov 4, 2015
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Italian term or phrase: allontanare
E diviene allo stesso tempo fondamentale il momento della selezione e della scelta, e, di conseguenza, il ruolo dell’editore, ad allontanare quei fenomeni di dispersione che oggi sono enormemente amplificati dalla fruizione contemporanea di tanti flussi informativi e mediatici diversi.


remove ?
Angela Guisci
Italy
Local time: 11:10
limit
Explanation:
An alternative choice. The source text seems to suggest that it is more than a question of eliminating or cutting superfluous text.
Selected response from:

Janice Giffin
Italy
Local time: 11:10
Grading comment
ty
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1limit
Janice Giffin
5reduced/limited
Dr Lofthouse
4reduce / diminish /attentuate / kerb
James (Jim) Davis


  

Answers


8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reduce / diminish /attentuate / kerb


Explanation:
I think any of the above would fit the bill.

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 130
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks James :-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Rachel Fell: curb?//Oh, Chambers doesn't offer that spelling ;-)
5 hrs
  -> Shorter Oxford English Dict.:b "Variant of Curb n. & v."
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
limit


Explanation:
An alternative choice. The source text seems to suggest that it is more than a question of eliminating or cutting superfluous text.

Example sentence(s):
  • Editor should limit content to commentaries on articles previously published....
  • ... the editor should limit himself only to the intellectual content. The editor can choose to ignore any material that ...

    https://www.elsevier.com/journals/seminars-in-arthritis-and-rheumatism/0049-0172/guide-for-authors
Janice Giffin
Italy
Local time: 11:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
ty
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks Janice :-)

Asker: ty Janice :-)

Asker: ty Janice:-)

Asker: ty Janice :-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  giuseppina franich
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Giuseppina.
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
reduced/limited


Explanation:
Here = 'the role of the editor is limited to .....'

Dr Lofthouse
France
Local time: 10:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks Dr Lofthouse :-)

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