sempre al confine della propria identità in transito
English translation: constantly balancing on the verge of their mutating identity
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| 17:42 Apr 27, 2009 |
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|  Selected response from: Michael Korovkin Italy Local time: 18:22 | ||||||
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17 mins confidence: 
Always struggling with the borders of their migrant identity Explanation: Ho utilizzato "struggling with the borders" perché in questo caso si parla di conflitto interiore tra le due culture (quella del luogo di origine e quella del luogo di destinazione), che porta sempre ad un conflitto interiore in cui l'anima vive spesso una lotta di natura dicotomica -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2009-04-27 18:01:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- *scusa le ripetizioni :-) |
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22 mins confidence:
on the border of their own trespassing identity Explanation: mi sembra che così dia esattamente il senso dell'originale, anche considerato l'uso specifico di 'no trespassing' nei problemi legati all'attraversamento delle frontiere. Il link che ti metto contiene le parole che ho usato e, anche se (ovviamente) è impossibile trovare un'esatta corrispondenza per una frase così suggestiva, credo che possa dare una panoramica di come vengono normalmente utilizzate in questo ambito :) http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&lr=lang_fr|lang_en|lang_it... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 35 mins (2009-04-27 18:17:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ah! lo 'own' mi sembrava omittibile ma ho creduto fosse importante includerlo come rafforzativo del concetto. Anche alla luce di questa ricerca http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&safe=off&num=30&q="their o... |
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47 mins confidence:
always on the edge of their transcedental identity Explanation: http://hubpages.com/hub/Transcendent_Identity "tresspassing" sounds nice but means to do something forbidden, to brake the law. in our case it is about an invisible border not rulled by laws to be braked. |
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1 hr confidence:
constantly balancing on the verge of their mutating identity Explanation: ...or without "balancing" if you are loth to deviate too far from the original – even for the sake of clarity |
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3 hrs confidence:
always on the edge of their transitory identity Explanation: very open, could be translated in many different ways according to the writer's style |
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