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collazione teorica

English translation: theoretical comparison

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Italian term or phrase:collazione teorica
English translation:theoretical comparison
Entered by: manducci

18:42 Aug 12, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy / art catalogue
Italian term or phrase: collazione teorica
Would this be 'theoretical comparison' ?? 'Collation' doesn't convince me.
Sentence:
L’unico vantaggio di un simile esperimento, di collazione teorica tra i Sessanta e l'oggi, sarebbe stato quello di testimoniare una crisi temporale.

Thanks.
manducci
Local time: 20:18
theoretical collation/comparison
Explanation:
Da Babylon:
collation
s. collazione, confronto; (Legat) raccoglitura; (Bibliot) descrizione; spuntino, refezione
Anche "comparison" è correttissimo:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collazione
La collazione è un termine che può indicare una sezione bibliografica, un'operazione filologica o un istituto giuridico.

Dal latino collationem, che deriva da collatus, participio passato del verbo difettivo conferre, che significa conferire, paragonare, portare insieme.

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Vincenzo Di Maso
Portugal
Local time: 19:18
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Thanks, Vincenzo. Thanks too toMichael and the others for their comments.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2theoretical collation/comparison
Vincenzo Di Maso
4theoric juxtaposition
Michael Korovkin


  

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theoretical collation/comparison


Explanation:
Da Babylon:
collation
s. collazione, confronto; (Legat) raccoglitura; (Bibliot) descrizione; spuntino, refezione
Anche "comparison" è correttissimo:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collazione
La collazione è un termine che può indicare una sezione bibliografica, un'operazione filologica o un istituto giuridico.

Dal latino collationem, che deriva da collatus, participio passato del verbo difettivo conferre, che significa conferire, paragonare, portare insieme.

Nel tuo contesto calza a pennello

Vincenzo Di Maso
Portugal
Local time: 19:18
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks, Vincenzo. Thanks too toMichael and the others for their comments.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oliver Lawrence: comparison not collation
24 mins
agree  Fiorsam: d'accordo con Oliver
1 hr
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theoric juxtaposition


Explanation:
1. Putting side by side/together, rather than, strictly speaking, comparing.
Say, you can juxtapose cabbages and kings but would find difficult to establish the reasonable terms for their comparison.
2. Not theoretic but theoric.

Michael Korovkin
Italy
Local time: 20:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 44
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