Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

bastardo

English translation:

corrupted

Added to glossary by Parrot
Nov 27, 2000 15:20
23 yrs ago
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Italian term

bastardo

Italian to English Art/Literary Linguistics
"Nelle cronache antiche in un latino ancora piu` bastardo "
ovvero imbastardito, mescoalto. Ho optato per bastardy Latin oppure per corrupted Latin

Proposed translations

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corrupted

"a somewhat corrupted Latin" would explain this.
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imperfect; adulterated; bastardized

Scelgi quello che suona meglio (bastardy non e' una parola vera e propria, ma bastardize lo e'...)
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degenerated

se il tuo testo si riferisce al fatto, che il latino non era più quello classico e 'puro' di una volta, sceglierei 'degenerated' come traduzione


auguri
Reference:

Sansoni/Collins

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14 hrs

corrupted // broken

"corrupted":
debased by errors or alterations.

"broken":
badly spoken.

Kika
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19 hrs

barbarous Latin

si dice anche cosi' per il latino basso
vedi
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06141a.htm

Saluti
Paola L M
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