English translation of "magra torta" - "a share of the meagre crumbs/of what was left (of the company)"

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145 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:	magra torta
Context:	"Tanto i denari in America sono al sicuro." Quello era il ragionamento. Così per gli...
Keywords:	...eventuali proventi delle mie attività giornalistiche e di scrittore. E per quelli del mio ufficio alla la presidenza, dove la mia abulia recava un prezioso contributo a coloro che avevano interesse a rendere definitiva la mia assenza. Assenza che significava un concorrente di meno nella spartizione della magra torta ricostituitasi a via Veneto.

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145 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

a share of the meagre crumbs/of what was left (of the company)

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145 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

of the small share

My comment:

"Spartire la torta" means that nobody takes it all. The whole is divided and shared by many. Moreover, the whole is not much, cause "the cake" is "magra".

145 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

leaner/reduced company

My comment:

I think it should not be literal; the sense is that the company is shredding employees, so his absence-one less from the company that has been reduced, till it disappears completely-till they close down

145 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

leaner/reduced company

My comment:

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