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157 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:

silenzio pudico

Context:

La Cathédrale engloutie di debussy che essa scambiava per un convoglio e le mazuche che..

Keywords:

...sincopava fino a renderle estrinsecazioni pianistiche di un ballo di San Vito, riprendavano nel silenzio pudico della sua stanza le loro tonalitá, il loro linguaggio, così come scaturirono dai cuori dei loro autori, che le avevano ricevute dalle volte del cielo.

 

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157 months ago

  See profile wrote:

prudent/decent silence

My comment:

or modest

157 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

prudent/decent silence

My comment:

or modest

157 months ago

Luigi Calabrese  See profile wrote:

timid silence

157 months ago

Giorgio Vellani  See profile wrote:

prudish/reserved silence

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157 months ago

Giorgio Vellani  See profile wrote:

chaste silence

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157 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Thanks, but I am looking for a less literal translation.

157 months ago

  See profile wrote:

How about "modest silence", "restrained silence"?