Jan 14, 2019 17:27
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Italian term
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
le tessere che la Storia ci ha consegnate
Italian to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
In A Forward To A Book
Ccontesto:
Nel 2002, [name of author] ha creato un quadro razionale dell'uomo Cristoforo Colombo, della sua idea di sé e dei propri scopi, delle sue aspettative, del proceso de vita e di crescita culturale—prima e durante le sue spedizioni—che fece di lui un Personaggio storico e sopratutto umano, ricostruito come un mosaico, utlizando e combinando solo le tesserae che la Storia ci ha consegnate.
I can't seem to reconcile "threads" in a mosaic with the "cards one is dealt" to come up with an appropriate translation.
Molte Grazie,
Barbara
Nel 2002, [name of author] ha creato un quadro razionale dell'uomo Cristoforo Colombo, della sua idea di sé e dei propri scopi, delle sue aspettative, del proceso de vita e di crescita culturale—prima e durante le sue spedizioni—che fece di lui un Personaggio storico e sopratutto umano, ricostruito come un mosaico, utlizando e combinando solo le tesserae che la Storia ci ha consegnate.
I can't seem to reconcile "threads" in a mosaic with the "cards one is dealt" to come up with an appropriate translation.
Molte Grazie,
Barbara
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2 hrs
Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Works in field
Italy
translating meaning, not just words
Native in: English 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, English
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127
Selected
the fragments of history that came down to us
another way
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4 mins
Daniela Cannarella
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Specializes in field
Italy
Good:Engineering
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Latin to Italian, Italian to English, and 6 more.
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4
the tesserae that History has given us
https://books.google.it/books?id=V4mwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA...
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tesserae are parts of the mosaic mentioned earlier.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessera
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Note added at 11 mins (2019-01-14 17:38:36 GMT)
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tesserae are parts of the mosaic mentioned earlier.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessera
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Note added at 11 mins (2019-01-14 17:39:23 GMT)
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Note from asker:
| Thank you very much. |
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philgoddard
: Or tiles. All the answers that follow this lose the mosaic metaphor.
6 hrs
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thank you Phil!
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Charlotte Fleming
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Travel, wine and scuba specialist.
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish)
Works in: Italian to English, English
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24
the scraps that history has left us
Tesserae are the coloured scraps from which mosaics are built up. The author is building up a picture of Columbus from the bits and pieces we know about him - at best it will be a mosaic, with lots of gaps, not a true likeness.
Note from asker:
| Thank you. |
1 hr
Michele Fauble
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Native English
Native in: English
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
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19
the shards that history has left us
Emphasizes the incompleteness of the historical record.
2 hrs
the fragments that history has gathered
...piecing together the fragments that history has gathered (or has left us)
5 hrs
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
www.lingocraft.co.uk
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African)
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
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87
The patchwork that history has passed down to us
...or something on those lines.
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"A patchwork of history"
"...As a nation, we're practically buried under the layers of our history. Devon is particular rich in history, featuring the Jurassic Coast charting the birthdays of the world from aeons before human beings came along to, more recently, some astonishing buildings in various states of magnificence or - sadly - decay."
http://www.exeterwriters.org.uk/2015/07/a-patchwork-of-histo...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2019-01-14 22:43:21 GMT)
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"A patchwork of history"
"...As a nation, we're practically buried under the layers of our history. Devon is particular rich in history, featuring the Jurassic Coast charting the birthdays of the world from aeons before human beings came along to, more recently, some astonishing buildings in various states of magnificence or - sadly - decay."
http://www.exeterwriters.org.uk/2015/07/a-patchwork-of-histo...
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