English translation of "resti unitaria" - "single"

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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:	resti unitaria
Context:	Mio zio ammonì severamente mia madre: "È meglio," disse, "che la giornata di questo...
Keywords:	...ragazzo sia divisa tra due problemi seri, anzichè resti unitaria nel consolidamento della sua ignoranza della vita." The mother regrets having sent her son, who lives a life of privilege, to public school where he has seen poverty and then becomes critical of his family's lavish lifestyle.

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160 months ago

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

simply spent [see comment]

My comment:

"la giornata di questo ragazzo sia divisa tra due problemi seri, anzichè resti unitaria nel consolidamento della sua ignoranza della vita."
this boy's days were to be spent pondering two serious problems rather than simply spent consolidating his ignorance of life

I think 'day' needs to be in the plural in this context, and I agree with Daniele that the whole sentence needs to be rephrased.

160 months ago

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

single

My comment:

Penso che sarebbe una buona idea formulare una frase con "single", da opporre appunto alla divisione a 2 menzionata prima.
Ad esempio: ...instead of having only a single experience that would foster his ignorance of life (è solo uno spunto, certamente esistono frasi migliori)

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