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159 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:

lo coltivavano per spirito di legittimismo

Context:

Parlava a scatti con l'altro cavaliere alla sua sinistra. Era il barone de Bistram, antico

Keywords:

...segretario dell'ambasciata zarista a Roma. I Wurts lo coltivavano per spirito di legittimismo...The Wurts' had been German sympathizers during World War I, so they were a bit out of favor.

 

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cultivated him in an effort to gain legitimacy

My comment:

....I'd agreed with a previous translation, but this is just playing with this concept of legitimacy on the back of someone else ...

treated him with special consideration out of legitimacy

The Wurtz often met him with respect for legitimacy

159 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See profile wrote:

They associated with him in view of the legitimacy of his former position

My comment:

A bit long and clumsy. Maybe you could just leave it as: "out of legitimacy" or the other way around "in view of his former position"

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159 months ago

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

I agree

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