English translation of "incorregibilmente vivi" - "couldn't have been more life-like/couldn't have made him look more alive"

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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:	incorregibilmente vivi
Context:	Era già morto. Mentre quei ritratti continuavano ad essere incorregibilmente vivi.
Keywords:	Portraits of aristocratic men who had been members of high society hunters' and chess players' circles.

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153 months ago

wrote:

undoubtedly/undeniably alive

My comment:

alive and kicking-that's the expression

153 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

undoubtedly/undeniably alive

My comment:

alive and kicking-that's the expression

153 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

incredibly / unbelievably live

153 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

irredeemably live

My comment:

even if a possible "correct" translation could be "irredeemably" live - beyond all hope: the portraits would continue existing, unaltered... my sensation is that the stress here is on duration and the fact that the same portraits could never/would never be altered to reflect the actual status of their protagonist(s).

153 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

couldn't have been more life-like/couldn't have made him look more alive

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