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Italian to English History Translation Glossary

Italian term		English translation
ammorbidimento delle posizioni		soften their stance	EirTranslations
Entered by: EirTranslations
il progressivo ridimensionamento		progressively shrink/reduce in size (in context)	Gina Ferlisi
Entered by: Gina Ferlisi
... difendendo la costa e l’entroterra con fortini		forts and towers were built along the coast and inland to defend the Salento region	Lara Barnett
Entered by: Lara Barnett
2 fibule bronzee		2 bronze fibulas	Maria Burnett
Entered by: Maria Burnett
a divinis		suspended him 'a divinis'
a filo e compasso		geometric precision
a fondo di...		with ... lining / weaving
a titolo di feudo		to be held in fief / granted in fief
a.C and d.C		BC and AD	Maria Burnett
Entered by: Maria Burnett
accentrare		takes full control
accolta		housed/ welcomed
Acli		A.C.L.I. Catholic Associations of Italian Workers	EirTranslations
Entered by: EirTranslations
acquarole		water-carrier
affreschi "strappati"		removed/detached frescoes	Maria Burnett
Entered by: Maria Burnett
Agitare lo spauracchio		Brandishing the threat of jihadism	Elena T.
Entered by: Elena T.
al Fnl		to the National Liberation Front (NLF)	EirTranslations
Entered by: EirTranslations
al tempo dei Popoli del mare		at the time of the Sea Peoples
alcune centinaia di metri costeggia i ruderi di Castel		run along / run alongside	Gina Ferlisi
Entered by: Gina Ferlisi
ammessa ai primi onori		received "primi onori" (city honours / city honorary status)
ampliamento della base sociale		broadening of the social base
amplifica il piacere estetico che deriva dalla dolcezza delle ondulazioni		...enhances the beauty of the rolling hills
anestetizzare		palliatives
aperte a mezzogiorno		open on the southern side	Isabelle Johnson
Entered by: Isabelle Johnson
appartamento di parata		reception rooms
apprezzo		appraisal, the appraised value (of the property)
aria di famiglia		family likeness/resemblance
armi dotte		learned/scientific arms
arpioni murati		wall-mounted hinges	Isabelle Johnson
Entered by: Isabelle Johnson
articolata base a scaglie e maglie di ferro		a flexible base of plates and chainmail	Tom in London
Entered by: Tom in London
ascia litica		stone axe
aspetti della nostra funzione		the tangible and intangible aspects of our function [see my note]	Tom in London
Entered by: Tom in London
asse		axis, axes
asse viario		street axis	Angela Arnone
Entered by: Angela Arnone
asservito		under (the political control of) the King of France
avocato in forza della legge napoleonica		regulated under Napoleonic law
azzera i respiri		without interruption
è spartito orizzontalmente in due		divided in two horizontally	Gina Ferlisi
Entered by: Gina Ferlisi
balestre manesche		hand-held crossbow
banco dei pegni - please see context		pawn counter
basilica martiriale		martyrial basilicas

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