English translation of "nota di sopportazione" - "an air of sufferance"

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153 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:	nota di sopportazione
Context:	C'erano poi le ambasciate e le legazioni estere realmente secondarie. In tutti i sensi...
Keywords:	...Raramente Ciano vi si recava. E quando vi andava, portave con sé una nota di sopportazione che condividevano con lui i suoi segretari, presenti per motivi di ufficio, e gli altri invitati si sforzavano di adottare per imitarlo.

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153 months ago

wrote:

he was not hiding that he was putting up with it

153 months ago

wrote:

an air of sufferance

My comment:

And when he went, it was with an air of sufferance...

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153 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

He had an unrelaxed attitude/condescending/tolerant(which showed he was there because it was expected of him)

My comment:

because at the bottom, you have "gli altri invitati si sforzavano di adottare per imitarlo", so it seems to be referring to his attitude, not the credentials that he took with him. He probably had presented his credentials too during a formal occasion

153 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

He had an unrelaxed attitude/condescending/tolerant(which showed he was there because it was expected of him)

My comment:

153 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

letter of introduction, introductory letter

My comment:

unless it is even more formal, such as credentials or letter of accreditation

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