English translation of "gloriucola locale" - "small-town glory/fame"

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155 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:	gloriucola locale
Context:	Voi devete lasciare Richmond e la comoda vita di articolista pe due giornali di provincia.
Keywords:	...La gloriucola locale di scrittore di questioni internazionali non può e non deve lusingare chi, come voi, è in grado di collaborare utilmente al sempre maggior avvicinamento ed alla sempre più forte comprensione tra i due popoli, che voi conoscete ed amate, probabilmente, in eguale misura.

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155 months ago

giulianoscarpa wrote:

local glory

155 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

local hero

My comment:

as the town hero, you will use your fame better to make an attempt to bring together etc

155 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

local hero

My comment:

as the town hero, you will use your fame better to make an attempt to bring together etc

155 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

the local fame

155 months ago

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

[you may be] a big shot in a small town, but....

My comment:

...or 'a big fish in the little pond [of Richmond]'

155 months ago

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

small-town glory/fame

My comment:

The phrase is slightly pejorative (and colloquial), implying that the glory isn't really deserved or isn't as fabulous as it's made out to be. I think this can only be expressed in whatever adjective you use.

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