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158 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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158 months ago

Giorgio Vellani   wrote:

After the "let's start".....

My comment:

I think that in this context we could translate "let's start". Literally should be translated "to you", but in this case I think the better translation is "let´s start".

158 months ago

Giorgio Vellani   wrote:

Fence

My comment:

Suppongo si tratti di duello con spade/fioretti/sciabole/... e non con armi da fuoco. Equivale al comando "via" di "In guarda, pronti, via/a voi", che in inglese è "On guard, ready, fence".

My references:

http://www.bibliomanie.it/considerazioni_onore_duello_venturelli.htm

Se all’arma bianca, i duellanti – l’uno di fronte all’altro con l’arma in mano – al comando “In guardia!” erano tenuti a farsi il saluto e al comando “A voi!” dovevano incrociare le lame e cominciare gli “assalti”.

http://www.fencing.net/forums/thread13430.html

In guardia (en garde)
Pronti (ready)
A voi! (lit: "up to you"; that was the original words. "Fence" would sound hooribly translated both in italian or french; in fact the french use as well the "a vous!" exclamation.

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158 months ago

   wrote:

I agree that "fence" is the correct translation. In order to avoid it sounding like such a bad translation, perhaps you could modify it slightly: " after the instruction to "fence", ..."

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