Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Babele che si avviluppa su stessa
English translation:
a spiralling Tower of Babel
Added to glossary by
Juliet Halewood (X)
Jul 3, 2007 10:49
16 yrs ago
Italian term
Juliet Halewood (X)
Babele che si avviluppa su stessa
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Arena di Verona
Hopefully my last question...
Talking about the new production of "Nabucco" at the Verona Arena: Nello spazio dilatato dell’Arena, trovano posto, sulla sinistra una struttura metallica infarcita di libri, la biblioteca degli ebrei, poi sconfitti, luogo di cultura e sapere, e a destra la torre cilindrica dorata del potere, una *Babele che si avviluppa su stessa*. Thanks in advance.
Talking about the new production of "Nabucco" at the Verona Arena: Nello spazio dilatato dell’Arena, trovano posto, sulla sinistra una struttura metallica infarcita di libri, la biblioteca degli ebrei, poi sconfitti, luogo di cultura e sapere, e a destra la torre cilindrica dorata del potere, una *Babele che si avviluppa su stessa*. Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +4 | a spiralling Tower of Babel |
KayW
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| 4 | a convoluted Babel |
potra
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| 3 | a Tower of Babel that winds upward (around itself) |
Marie Scarano
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| 3 | Babylon getting self-entangled |
Gad Kohenov
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Proposed translations
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35 mins
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a spiralling Tower of Babel
I think that would be the most succinct way to translate it.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Great! Thanks, Kay."
10 mins
a Tower of Babel that winds upward (around itself)
I imagine it as a sort of Tower of Pisa
11 mins
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Babylon getting self-entangled
Oh boy, I am glad I don't have to translate the whole text!
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Note added at 25 mins (2007-07-03 11:14:38 GMT)
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Mariesca, in the surviving pictures (from the Middle Ages?) the tower of Babel is spiralling upwards. So maybe "a Babel spiralling upwards"
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Note added at 34 mins (2007-07-03 11:23:35 GMT)
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Actually pictures are from the Rinacimento (Renaissance) period,
Breugel, Mallet, Dorio, Abel Grimmer.
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Note added at 25 mins (2007-07-03 11:14:38 GMT)
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Mariesca, in the surviving pictures (from the Middle Ages?) the tower of Babel is spiralling upwards. So maybe "a Babel spiralling upwards"
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Note added at 34 mins (2007-07-03 11:23:35 GMT)
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Actually pictures are from the Rinacimento (Renaissance) period,
Breugel, Mallet, Dorio, Abel Grimmer.
3 hrs
a convoluted Babel
My take.
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