This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. Italian to English
  3. Philosophy

sospeso ai capricci della memoria

English translation: subject to the whims/vagaries of memory

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Italian term or phrase:sospeso ai capricci della memoria
English translation:subject to the whims/vagaries of memory
Entered by: Alessandra Zuin

10:00 Dec 31, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy / Essay (ancient philosophy)
Italian term or phrase: sospeso ai capricci della memoria
Ciao a tutti,
la frase in cui compare questa stringa è

"il discorso è demandato ad un altro personaggio, e come tale resterebbe **sospeso ai capricci della memoria**".

Ho bisogno di un'espressione altrettanto colorita, mille grazie a quanti interverrano per qualsiasi suggerimento.
Alessandra Zuin
Local time: 19:29
subject to the whims/vagaries of memory
Explanation:
Either of these would do it, I think, and both are commonly used:
E.G:
CSI | Demolishing the Roswell 'Alien' Myth
Klass starts off with contemporary accounts from 1947 — cold, hard facts that are
not subject to the whims of memory. He details the UFO “craze” that swept the ...
www.csicop.org/si/show/demolishing_the_roswell_lsquoalien_m... - 20k - Similar pages
When to use email, how to - The Practical Leader
Oct 18, 2012... sometimes you need to communicate complicated instructions and a
conversation can be imprecise and subject to the whims of memory.
thepracticalleader.com/when-to-use-email-how-to-use-email-wh - 48k - Similar pages
RIP Video Archives--Fright.com commentary - The days where ...
Now I'll grant that all such distinctions are subjective and subject to the whims of
memory and nostalgia, particularly in this case, as the business in question has ...
www.fright.com/edge/r_i_p__video_archives.htm - 19k - Similar pages
Des Moines Public Library - About Us - Special Collections
Oral history testimonies are unique in that they are personal, emotional, and
subject to the vagaries of memory. The purpose of oral testimony is not only to ...
www.pldminfo.org/about_us/shoahfaq.html - 39k - Similar pages
Anglo-Saxon law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... were now represented by a written statement - fixed, unchanging, no longer
subject to the vagaries of memory. Law was now something that could be pointed ...
Selected response from:

Isabelle Johnson
Italy
Local time: 19:29
Grading comment
Thank you very much Isabelle
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7subject to the whims/vagaries of memory
Isabelle Johnson


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
subject to the whims/vagaries of memory


Explanation:
Either of these would do it, I think, and both are commonly used:
E.G:
CSI | Demolishing the Roswell 'Alien' Myth
Klass starts off with contemporary accounts from 1947 — cold, hard facts that are
not subject to the whims of memory. He details the UFO “craze” that swept the ...
www.csicop.org/si/show/demolishing_the_roswell_lsquoalien_m... - 20k - Similar pages
When to use email, how to - The Practical Leader
Oct 18, 2012... sometimes you need to communicate complicated instructions and a
conversation can be imprecise and subject to the whims of memory.
thepracticalleader.com/when-to-use-email-how-to-use-email-wh - 48k - Similar pages
RIP Video Archives--Fright.com commentary - The days where ...
Now I'll grant that all such distinctions are subjective and subject to the whims of
memory and nostalgia, particularly in this case, as the business in question has ...
www.fright.com/edge/r_i_p__video_archives.htm - 19k - Similar pages
Des Moines Public Library - About Us - Special Collections
Oral history testimonies are unique in that they are personal, emotional, and
subject to the vagaries of memory. The purpose of oral testimony is not only to ...
www.pldminfo.org/about_us/shoahfaq.html - 39k - Similar pages
Anglo-Saxon law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... were now represented by a written statement - fixed, unchanging, no longer
subject to the vagaries of memory. Law was now something that could be pointed ...

Isabelle Johnson
Italy
Local time: 19:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much Isabelle
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thanks Isabelle


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fiona Grace Peterson
1 hr
  -> Thanks Fiona and Happy New Year!
agree  James (Jim) Davis: hang by or doesn't work and I can't think of anything better
1 hr
  -> thanks Jim. Happy New Year
agree  Linda Thody
1 hr
  -> Thanks Linda and Happy New Year!
agree  Daniela Zambrini
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Daniela and Happy New Year!
agree  Rachel Fell
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Rachel and Happy New Year!
agree  P.L.F. Persio: well done, Isabelle. Happy New Year!
2 hrs
  -> Thanks and Happy New Year to you too!
agree  tradu-grace: congrats Isabelle and Happy New Year!
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Grace and Happy 2013 to you too!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search