English translation of "siu" - "siu=si"

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185 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	Sciences / Non-fiction books
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	siu
Context:	Non male per uno che fino ad allora siu era occupato soltanto de mettere in scena opere di
Keywords:	...Verdi, Rossini e Wagner.

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185 months ago

wrote:

worked in

My comment:

siu is a mispelling , can't be siu, but si , which is not translated because the verb isn't reflexive in English

185 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

sia

My comment:

I would guess "sia" was originally intended, got mistyped and then "era" used. Or the other way round, the "era" was to be replaced with "sia", which got mistyped and then the "era" was not deleted. Since it is something that definitely did happen I would guess the indicative would be correct here.

185 months ago

Sean O´Neill wrote:

siu=si

My comment:

I think this is a typo in the Italian text and should read 'si era occupato', ie 'was engaged in', 'occupied himself with', or 'busied himself with'.

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