Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
cadere nel nulla
English translation:
sink into oblivion
Italian term
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cadere nel nulla
Ma ciò ha significato nient’altro che il risorgere del modernismo come fenice dalle ceneri della salutare “intransigenza romana”, lasciata completamente e colpevolmente ***cadere nel nulla*** dal “buon papa Giovanni”.
This is what I have at present, but I don't like it:
"But this has entailed nothing less than the resurgence of modernism like a phoenix from the ashes of that healthy "Roman intransigence" which "the good Pope John" allowed completely and culpably to fade away."
Thanks for any suggestions.
Peter
Sep 26, 2018 06:14: Wendy Streitparth Created KOG entry
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Germany
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sink into oblivion
to drop into thin air
Come to nothing...
A couple of possibilities.
let/allowed to slip away completely
That the good Pope John (or John the "good Pope") let/allowed to slip away completely
If you use to let you can omit the "guilty" part which makes the construction too heavy IMO.
Malta
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sink/fade into oblivion/obscurity
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Wendy Streitparth
: Sorry, Josephine. Your answer wasn't there when I posted.
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Thank you-probably finished writing the explanation just before you posted yours.
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Fiona Grace Peterson
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Seychelles
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left to come to nothing
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plunge into the abyss
"The country might PLUNGE INTO THE ABYSS of economic ruin."
"Smithson is not nihilistic, he does not PLUNGE INTO THE ABYSS, but like Deleuze he favours that art which has something of the abyss, of chaos, about it."
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