Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
corruttela
English translation:
corruption
Added to glossary by
Annalisa Distasi
Feb 4, 2016 14:17
8 yrs ago
Italian term
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corruttela
Italian to English
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Linguistics
Ancient Greek philology
Questo studioso è stato l’unico a pensare che nel sintagma non vi fosse corruttela; che entrambe le parole fossero, cioè, ipsissima verba sofoclei.
I understand the meaning of 'corruttela' in Italian but I am struggling to find a commonly accepted English translation for this. Can anyone help? Thank you!
I understand the meaning of 'corruttela' in Italian but I am struggling to find a commonly accepted English translation for this. Can anyone help? Thank you!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | corruption |
heather watson
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| 3 | interpolation |
StefanoFarris
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References
| Syntagm |
philgoddard
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Change log
Feb 4, 2016 14:53: philgoddard changed "Field (write-in)" from "Ancient Greek Phylology" to "Ancient Greek philology"
Proposed translations
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heather watson
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corruption
Non si può usare semplicemente 'corruption'?
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
34 mins
interpolation
Yes, I did agree with Heather, and now the more specific word finally came to my mind.
The problem is also in the SOURCE text, corruttela in Italian means corruption in the sense of bribery. So this bad form of the source distracted me.
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Interpolation (manuscripts)
An interpolation, in relation to literature and especially ancient manuscripts, is an entry or passage in a text that was not written by the original author.
The problem is also in the SOURCE text, corruttela in Italian means corruption in the sense of bribery. So this bad form of the source distracted me.
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Note added at 36 mins (2016-02-04 14:53:39 GMT)
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First lines of Wikipedia under
Interpolation (manuscripts)
An interpolation, in relation to literature and especially ancient manuscripts, is an entry or passage in a text that was not written by the original author.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
philgoddard
: I agree that this is the meaning, but "corruttela" has an exact and obvious English equivalent, corruption, so you may as well use it.
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Reference comments
28 mins
philgoddard
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Syntagm
It's so long since I did linguistics that I had to remind myself what this means. It's a sequence of syntactically connected words.
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Note added at 42 mins (2016-02-04 14:59:23 GMT)
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And here's "ipsissima verba", so in my opinion "corruption" is the only possible answer:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipsissima_verba
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Note added at 42 mins (2016-02-04 14:59:23 GMT)
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And here's "ipsissima verba", so in my opinion "corruption" is the only possible answer:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipsissima_verba
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Note from asker:
| Thanks very much for your help with this! Much appreciated. |
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