sciogliere lo sguardo

English translation: free / give respite/relief to / distract the eye

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Italian term or phrase: sciogliere lo sguardo
English translation:free / give respite/relief to / distract the eye
Entered by: Rachel Fell

15:50 Oct 5, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / same context as before - painting
Italian term or phrase: sciogliere lo sguardo
... oasi di respiro che sciolgono lo sguardo dall’oppressione di contesti troppo angusti
Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:32
free the eye
Explanation:
sciogliere in the sense of liberate, perhaps

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Note added at 22 mins (2009-10-05 16:13:38 GMT)
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Hi Rachel, thanks, the old one was scruffy me 3 years ago now, this was a wedding pic from a little more recently. 'Free the mind' sounds good, of course you lose the visual reference, and without an idea of what it all looks like it's a bit hard to comment.
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Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 17:32
Grading comment
Thank you - went with "give respite to the eye" for my text, though other options fine
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6free the eye
Oliver Lawrence
3dissolve the gaze
Tom in London
3distract they eye
Bianca Marsden-Day


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
dissolve the gaze


Explanation:
try this ?

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 177
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Tom.

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
free the eye


Explanation:
sciogliere in the sense of liberate, perhaps

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Note added at 22 mins (2009-10-05 16:13:38 GMT)
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Hi Rachel, thanks, the old one was scruffy me 3 years ago now, this was a wedding pic from a little more recently. 'Free the mind' sounds good, of course you lose the visual reference, and without an idea of what it all looks like it's a bit hard to comment.

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 17:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 180
Grading comment
Thank you - went with "give respite to the eye" for my text, though other options fine
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hi Oliver, you look quite different in nice new pic.: I was thinking of free the mind from

Asker: Or maybe "the /one's mind's eye from..." ... contesti troppo angusti, da abitudini visive quotidiane troppo accreditate.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  claudiocambon: or 'release the eye'
3 hrs

agree  Shera Lyn Parpia
13 hrs

agree  SJLD: also thought of "relieve the eye" "give respite to..."
14 hrs

agree  carly kelly: with claudio on release
15 hrs

agree  Armilla (X)
17 hrs

agree  Jim Tucker (X)
1 day 4 hrs
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
distract they eye


Explanation:
Not so picturesque, perhaps, but no less in line with the thought behind the source text, I would venture...

Bianca Marsden-Day
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Bianca.

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