English translation of "a guardia di" - "under the close watch of these two ladies"

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154 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:	a guardia di
Context:	Mentre ci allontanavano, guardai a lungo la porta che si era richiusa. A guardia di quelle
Keywords:	...due grandi dame, che nessuna miseria poté mai piegare, non stavano né i quadri di pittore illustre, né la teiera preziosa. Stava la forza di una tradizione, di cui quelle vecchie donne, anch'esse fortissime, erano le più degne custodi.

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154 months ago

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under the close watch of these two ladies

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154 months ago

wrote:

In the care/custody/control of...

My comment:

The structure probably needs to be changed and I can't quite get it right, but you might like to consider something along these lines: Those two great ladies/dames, ...., were protecting/preserving neither the paintings of illustrious painters nor... They were upholding a great tradition, of which those old and equally great ladies were the worthy custodians.

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154 months ago

wrote:

I think it is a very good idea to change the structure around, as suggested bu anamaria.

154 months ago

wrote:

on the lookout for these two ladies

My comment:

Fearful of these two grand ladies

154 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

on the lookout for these two ladies