English translation of "grado rivestito" - "the rank (they) held"

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158 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:	grado rivestito
Context:	E non era difficile, allora come oggi ancora, che dalla magnificenza del trono papale, le.
Keywords:	...guardie nobili dovessero farsi strada a pugni per salire su di un tram affolato, mentre poche erano le guardie in grado di mantenere, fuori servizio, il decoro corrispondente al grado rivestito in Vaticano.

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158 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

rank assumed

My comment:

the decorum corresponding to the rank they assumed in the Vatican

rivestire (figurato) perform, fulfill
rivestire (figurato)(assumere) take on, assume
http://www.wordreference.com/iten/rivestito

158 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

re-set/reviewed grade

My comment:

the behaviour expected did not tally with the behaviour of the guards according to their grade, so they set or re-set the standards

158 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

re-set/reviewed grade

My comment:

the behaviour expected did not tally with the behaviour of the guards according to their grade, so they set or re-set the standards

158 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

the rank (they) held

My comment:

"whereas while they were off duty, few guards were capable of maintaining the decorum required of the rank they held at the Vatican/their rank in the Vatican"

My references:

"rivestire un grado" = to hold rank (Ragazzini, italiano-inglese)

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