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apologia di reato

English translation: apology of crimes, apologia of crimes

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Italian term or phrase:apologia di reato
English translation:apology of crimes, apologia of crimes
Entered by: Sarah Weston

21:35 Jul 1, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Italian term or phrase: apologia di reato
I'm a bit confused about this. Although I would usually think of "defence of the criminal act", but the fact that the words "vera e propria" come before the term and that this document is definitely biased against those who committed the crime, I wonder if there is something more appropriate. Here's the sentence:

"si vede la doucmentazione del processo per la strage del Diana, caratterizzato dal deciso intervento di Mussolini contro la vera e propria apologia di reato che si svolgeva durante le sedute."

Just to give you a bit more background this is from a description of a Fascist exhibition in 1932, written by the Fascists themselves.
Sarah Weston
United Kingdom
apology of crimes
Explanation:
This seems to be the expression used by the European Parliament (see second link).
I think an Austrian writer was arrested last year on this charge for maintaining in his works that genocide never happened (or even that it was justified, I'm afraid I'm still waking up and memory fails me...) HTH

INTEGRATING IDEAS INTO POLICY-MAKING ANALYSIS Frames and Race ...
the apology of crimes against humanity, and eventually banning challenges. to the historical existence of the Holocaust in the 1990 Gayssot law. By com- ...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sage/j203/2002/00000035/0000... - Pagine simili - Salva risultato

Charter of Fundamental Rights - Article 11 - FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ...
- [ Traduci questa pagina ]
The applicants were convicted for apology of crimes or lesser offences of collaboration following publication in the press of an advertisement supporting ...
www.europarl.europa.eu/comparl/libe/elsj/charter/art11/defa... - 201k -

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Glad I could help.
Have a nice weekend!
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Raffaella Panigada
Switzerland
Local time: 03:19
Grading comment
I used "apology of crimes" in the end, which is much more common on the Internet, although I think Sarah's "apologia of crimes" is another possibility and the one I first thought of... thank you Rafaella, Sarah and everyone else.
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Summary of answers provided
5crime exalting
Giovanni Pizzati (X)
4apologia, gie (= difesa) → apologia (= esaltazione); praise;
Lise Leavitt
4apologia of a crime
Sarah Jane Webb
3apology of offence
Valeria Lattanzi
3apology of crimes
Raffaella Panigada


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apologia, gie (= difesa) → apologia (= esaltazione); praise;


Explanation:
apologia di reato → attempt to defend criminal acts

http://it.thefreedictionary.com/apologia


Lise Leavitt
United States
Local time: 21:19
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
apology of offence


Explanation:
provo

Valeria Lattanzi
Local time: 03:19
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
crime exalting


Explanation:
il divieto di apologia di delitto previsto all'art 414 del codice penale, cioé non bisogna inneggiare al reato come istigazione a commetterlo o come ideale da seguire.

Giovanni Pizzati (X)
Italy
Local time: 03:19
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
apologia of a crime


Language variant: defense of a crime

Explanation:
An apologia, or defense, is designed to repair personal or group images ...
www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=5002106097

When the resolution was first created, Dennis Hastert had promised several prominent Armenian-American political groups that, if the resolution passed out of committee, he personally would guarantee its discussion on the House floor. Since he reversed his position and violated a public promise, Hastert issued a press release to explain his actions, following a traditional pattern of apologia. What made this case so unique, however, was that Hastert issued the statement via the Internet before any criticisms materialized. In effect, Hastert employed a preemptive apologetic strategy, turning a traditionally defensive rhetorical posture into an offensive rhetorical move. But his justifications and the motives underlying those justifications were so suspect that ultimately the strategy failed. Since Hastert's decision to pull the resolution from the agenda and his application of apologia in a preemptive manner were both so unusual, both merit further consideration.

Sarah Jane Webb
Local time: 03:19
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 46
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
apology of crimes


Explanation:
This seems to be the expression used by the European Parliament (see second link).
I think an Austrian writer was arrested last year on this charge for maintaining in his works that genocide never happened (or even that it was justified, I'm afraid I'm still waking up and memory fails me...) HTH

INTEGRATING IDEAS INTO POLICY-MAKING ANALYSIS Frames and Race ...
the apology of crimes against humanity, and eventually banning challenges. to the historical existence of the Holocaust in the 1990 Gayssot law. By com- ...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sage/j203/2002/00000035/0000... - Pagine simili - Salva risultato

Charter of Fundamental Rights - Article 11 - FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ...
- [ Traduci questa pagina ]
The applicants were convicted for apology of crimes or lesser offences of collaboration following publication in the press of an advertisement supporting ...
www.europarl.europa.eu/comparl/libe/elsj/charter/art11/defa... - 201k -

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Note added at 4 days (2008-07-06 12:01:35 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad I could help.
Have a nice weekend!


Raffaella Panigada
Switzerland
Local time: 03:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
I used "apology of crimes" in the end, which is much more common on the Internet, although I think Sarah's "apologia of crimes" is another possibility and the one I first thought of... thank you Rafaella, Sarah and everyone else.
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