English translation of "delle...né delle...essendo soltanto delle" - "not...or...rather more"

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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:	delle...né delle...essendo soltanto delle
Context:	Non era fatica da poco. Era degna di un Talleyrand pur non essendo Galeazzo Ciano di...
Keywords:	...quella statura politica. E certamente non essendo, quelle sue damine, delle Récamier né delle Staël. Essendo soltanto delle Lole, delle Marozie, delle Cypriennes, della Nadie. Ma fedeli esecutrici di ordini parzialmente ricevuti, e, per il resto, inspirate da un istinto che suggeriva che il loro invito era qualcosa più di un...Ladies who had the job of sitting with guests, in this case German officials, at fascist functions.

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153 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

not...or...rather more

My comment:

And his/her little ladies, certainly not Récamiers or Staëls, rather more Lolas, Marozias, Cypriennes, Nadias

Not sure which Lola (maybe Lola Montez) or Nadia is being referred to.

My references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_R%C3%A9camier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_de_Sta%C3%ABl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marozia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprienne_Dubernet

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153 months ago

wrote:

Yes, I wanted to make sure that my interpretation was correct. Your translation corroborates that it is, although I prefer to use "Madame" before "Récamier," and "de Staël", because that's how those woman are commonly referred to. Thanks.

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