English translation of "si era affacciato sulla ribalta politica" - "was appearing/appeared in the European political spotlight"

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160 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	si era affacciato sulla ribalta politica
Context:	L'anno 1914 si era affacciato sulla ribalta politica europea senza problemi apparentemente
Keywords:	...insolubili, nè aventi carattere di imprescindibile gravità. Quanto al mondo placido della mia famiglia e delle loro relazioni, tutto sembrava svolgersi secondo una dignitosa, stabile e normale monotonia. La vita sociale a Roma procedeva come prima.

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160 months ago

wrote:

had started on the European political scene without seemingly any propblem

160 months ago

wrote:

The European political situation in early...

My comment:

This is how I would rephrase the sentence:
In early 1914 the European political situation seemed...

"Affacciato" indica proprio il concetto di inizio anno: ecco perché userei "early".

160 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

was appearing/appeared in the European political spotlight

My comment:

or 'was appearing to/appeared to take centre stage on the European political scene'

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160 months ago

wrote:

Both very good suggestions.

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