Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
implicitamente toccato opponendosi ai ...
English translation:
touched upon/addressed implicitly by Dante in his opposition to
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Lara Barnett
May 29, 2011 22:01
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implicitamente toccato opponendosi ai ...
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Art/Literary
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Essay on times of Dante
This is an essay on the life of Dante and the events in Italy that he came into contact with.
This sentence is clear to me but I am not sure how to express the exact meaning of the phrase above and how to incorporate it into the text. The phrase comes from the sentence:
"Tutto il potere dei Guelfi, tutta la loro arroganza e capacità di prevaricazione si mettono al lavoro per tutelare gli interessi di classe che Dante ha implicitamente toccato opponendosi ai progetti dei Bardi e dei Portinari. "
My attempt at this phrase, which I know is slightly incorrect was:
"...was put to work to protect the interests of the class that Dante had *** implicitly handled, as he had opposed the projects of the Bardi and Portinari families."***
This sentence is clear to me but I am not sure how to express the exact meaning of the phrase above and how to incorporate it into the text. The phrase comes from the sentence:
"Tutto il potere dei Guelfi, tutta la loro arroganza e capacità di prevaricazione si mettono al lavoro per tutelare gli interessi di classe che Dante ha implicitamente toccato opponendosi ai progetti dei Bardi e dei Portinari. "
My attempt at this phrase, which I know is slightly incorrect was:
"...was put to work to protect the interests of the class that Dante had *** implicitly handled, as he had opposed the projects of the Bardi and Portinari families."***
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touched upon/addressed implicitly by Dante in his opposition to
If this is referring to his works, then I would say something along the lines of "...were put to work to protect the class interests touched upon/addressed implicitly by Dante in his opposition to..."
If it's referring to his political involvement, then I would say "in which Dante was implicitly involved through his opposition to..."
If it's referring to his political involvement, then I would say "in which Dante was implicitly involved through his opposition to..."
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Comment: "Thank you Sonia."
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implicitly touched on by opposing to
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Yvonne Gallagher
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implicitly concerned with/by implication personally involved (by opposing...)
"toccato" has various meanings including "touched" but here it seems to me Dante is implicated or involved or concerned with...
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implicitly threatened by Dante's opposition to
I don't know the exact context, but as I read your extract it sounds to me as if the 'toccato' could best be translated by threatening the class interests (of the guelfi neri of which the Bardi were a part, with their strong economic ties to the papacy etc)
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CristianaC
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implicitly called into question by opposing../questioned
I'd say this is the meaning of toccato here, hance the need to defend these interests ( a bit less strong than threatened)
you could either say
..Dante had implicitly questioned/called into question by opposing
or use Lorraine's construction
..implicitly questioned/called into question by Dante's opposition
you could either say
..Dante had implicitly questioned/called into question by opposing
or use Lorraine's construction
..implicitly questioned/called into question by Dante's opposition
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