Glossary entry

Italiano term or phrase:

un thriller a tinte forti

Inglese translation:

a hard-boiled thriller

Added to glossary by Fiona Grace Peterson
Mar 17, 2010 17:37
15 yrs ago
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Italiano term

un thriller a tinte forti

Da Italiano a Inglese Arte/Letteratura Poesia e Prosa horror/graphic novels
My mind has gone blank... I know what the writer's getting at, but I can't seem to come up with a suitable translation.

The storyline: An artist loses his girlfriend, a tragedy which throws him into a permanent hallucinatory state. He interprets this as an illumination, the perfect opportunity to create his art... A year later, the city is rocked by a string of vicious crimes.

TIA :)

Proposed translations

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a hard-boiled thriller

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Wow - so many excellent suggestions; I'd have have awarded points to many of them, but the system won't let me *sigh*. I thought this fitted best with the feel of my text. Many, many thanks to everyone who contributed :o) Buon lavoro a tutti!"
3 min

a lurid thriller

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9 min

a crimson thriller

maybe to keep some of the tinge/tincture element to it...
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9 min

a sensational thriller

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Peer comment(s):

agree renupia51
13 ore
agree Cedric Randolph
14 ore
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30 min

a shocking thriller/not for the faint-hearted

Ciao Fiona, the first thing that came to mind was "not for the faint-hearted" if you can work it in. According to my dictionaries the English equivalent would be "blood and thunder thriller", but I don't recall seeing it used in press releases and blurbs, and I'm a big fan of the genre! HTH

'Shutter Island' is a suspenseful, shocking thriller
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19 Feb 2010 ... 'Shutter Island' is a suspenseful, shocking thriller. Story · Discussion. By Devin Heller - Times Correspondent | Posted: Friday, ...
nwitimes.com/.../article_8a6dc60d-b284-526c-81ae-cacff2c22747.html

Tense serial killer thriller.(Business) - The Journal (Newcastle ...
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James Wan and definitely not for the faint-hearted, SAW (18) is the best serial-killer thriller since Se7en nearly nine years ago. ...
www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-122968786.html
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2 ore

a thriller in every sense of the word

All the suggestions so far are fine. This is just one more example.

HTH

R.
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3 ore

a hair-raising thriller

is what popped into my head
or maybe "a roller-coaster ride of a thriller"

good luck!


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the colours of crime

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4 ore

a high-powered thriller

What first came to mind...

Barnes & Noble.com - Book Search: Body, Mind & Health - Fiction ...
From the New York Times bestselling author Michael Palmer comes a high-powered thriller that changes the rules of life and death, money and murder all in ...
search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?ATH...

Overbooked: Political Fiction
A high-powered thriller set in Washington, D.C., features a pair of cops in a fiendishly clever plot that involves everything from kinky sex to shady real ...
www.overbooked.com/booklists/subjects/themes/polfic.html -
Peer comment(s):

agree Claudia Cherici
10 ore
Grazie Claudia:-)
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