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escursione

English translation: limits

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Italian term or phrase: escursione
English translation:limits
Entered by: manducci

17:00 Mar 13, 2010
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / video documentary on a local poet
Italian term or phrase: escursione
I'm having difficulty understanding what the speaker is trying to say in the part of the sentence beginning 'Perche'.up to 'normalita' particularly his use of the word 'escursione' . Does it mean something along the lines of 'scope/breadth/range/amplitude'?

The sentence appears in the following passage: ''In una comunità ognuno è utile, per quel poco che fa. È utile anche solo come presenza, come presenza di una personalità diversa. Perché abitua noi, che adesso tendiamo sempre di più a restringere i confini, l'escursione di quella che chiamiamo normalità, a capire che in realtà le persone sono tutte una diversa dall’altra...''
manducci
Local time: 09:45
limits
Explanation:
I would say your interpretation is correct. I can't see another. It is a line drawn around the limits of normality.
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James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 11:45
Grading comment
Yes, 'limits' works best in the context. Thanks, Jim. Thanks too to the others for their input.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4limits
James (Jim) Davis
4 +3range
KayW
4deviation
Cedric Randolph
4parameters
Gail zizzamia


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
deviation


Explanation:
one of many possibilities, but yes, it also means also what you have noted in your question and it is only you who can interpret the meaning according to your comprehension of the text and its context. In a rare exception, as I see it, the cognate "excursion" could also fit if you like.

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 09:45
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 40
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
limits


Explanation:
I would say your interpretation is correct. I can't see another. It is a line drawn around the limits of normality.

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 11:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 130
Grading comment
Yes, 'limits' works best in the context. Thanks, Jim. Thanks too to the others for their input.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarah Jane Webb
17 mins
agree  Being Earnest: very good
26 mins
agree  Oliver Lawrence: especially with the use of the plural
27 mins
agree  Fiorsam
2 hrs
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
range


Explanation:
Yes, I think it does mean the examples you give and have also found "range" in a dictionary entry for "escursione"


    Reference: http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/E/e...
KayW
Local time: 09:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fiorsam: Anche questo va bene.
1 hr
agree  Nadia Ayoub
2 hrs
agree  Dr Lofthouse
17 hrs
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
parameters


Explanation:
just another word for range. The adjustment of 'the parameters of what we call reality"

Gail zizzamia
Local time: 09:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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