Apr 2, 2014 12:08
10 yrs ago
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Italian term

una mossa negativa

Italian to English Art/Literary Business/Commerce (general) book on ethics, business
From a book on ethics and business, from a Catholic perspective (reflecting on the Gospels):

"Sono espressioni che il Signore Gesù formulò per mettere in guardia gli ascoltatori da molti tranelli, ma anche per illuminarli nel saper leggere le situazioni non a partire da un giudizio sommario o da una valutazione immediata e pertanto superficiale, ma per cogliere la dimensione positiva di un risultato che, apparentemente, potrebbe sembrare frutto di una mossa negativa."

I have "that might seem to be the result of a bad move".

Anything else?

Thanks,

Peter
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Discussion

Peter Waymel (asker) Apr 21, 2014:
Yeah, they're the words to judge a tree by its fruit.
James (Jim) Davis Apr 2, 2014:
Can we see some of the espressioni che il Signore Gesù formulò per mettere in guardia gli ascoltatori da molti tranelli
Is this things like sitting in the lowliest position at the table?

Proposed translations

16 hrs
Selected

wrong/bad/negative action



You may think and search for additional and more proper synonyms for bad/wrong, but "action" in this context is definitely a nicer and more appropriate term than the vernacular "move".
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6 mins

a negative move

My guess
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10 mins

wrong move

in other words ... turning mistakes in something good
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