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146 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:

trovò un unico freno

Context:

Quando nelle ultime ore della loro permanenza a Roma, le truppe tedesche, reduci dalla...

Keywords:

...battaglia perduta alle porte della Città Eterna, si ritirarono disarmate e affamate, lacere e stanche, la pietà naturale dei quiriti, cui una storia di millenni ha insegnato a non meravigliarsi più di nulla, trovò un unico freno nel ricordo ancora recentissimo di quell'eccidio, simbolo di una guerra perduta e di una rabbia bestiale quanto impotente.

 

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146 months ago

  See profile wrote:

could only be consoled by

My comment:

I think that a literal translation won't do here- the only piece of consolation that held them back/together/ held them sane.

146 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

could only be consoled by

My comment:

I think that a literal translation won't do here- the only piece of consolation that held them back/together/ held them sane.

146 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

faced a single obstacle in recalling (memories) ...

146 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

....was held back only by the memory etc.

My comment:

do you like it?

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