una nuova reinterpretazione di un grande classic

14:54 May 11, 2014 

Thank you for your comment. This was the reason I posted the question, which seems irrelevant to some. Your definition is one of those things I could not put into words.

11:47 May 11, 2014 

I understand your point, but I have seen instances of tautology in English coming across though literal translations. I have seen this in both Italian and French, and particularly in Romanian where it can sound like comments or ideas are being repeated in the same sentence. I do not class this as "ambiguity", "lack of clarity" or "nuance", which are all related to context and meaning, whereas the examples I have come across are more related to grammatical issues.

11:25 May 11, 2014 

See my suggested answer. I await the arrival of others who will further dissect this matter. In my opinion if there appears to be a tautology in one language then I, as the translator, should incorporate that tautology in my translation. Otherwise I risk eliminating something that's there. I may not like the tautology but that's my problem.

11:24 May 11, 2014 

Tautology in one language, in particular in Italian in my experience, is not always tautologous in another language. I think you have misunderstood my question.

11:16 May 11, 2014 

What's the word you don't understand? If there's a possible tautology in your source text then there should also be a possible tautology in your translation. It is surely not the translator's task to eliminate ambiguity, lack of clarity, nuance, etc. (imagine doing that with Shakespeare!)