Aug 17, 2021 07:19
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English term

she would have been beautiful, once

Non-PRO English to Italian Other Poetry & Literature
A. looks at M.: the woman must be around thirty- five, but half of them have been spent in hard work and sustained depression and anger, giving her skin a colour not dissimilar to beaten eggs. Pale yellow under the light, with streaks of broken-road veins just beneath the surface. Athene can see that she would have been beautiful, once, back when she was young.
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Aug 17, 2021 07:19: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Aug 18, 2021 08:13: Daniela Cannarella changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

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Non-PRO (3): Elena Zanetti, Francesco Badolato, Daniela Cannarella

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Proposed translations

+7
6 mins
Selected

doveva essere stata bella, una volta (o un tempo)

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Peer comment(s):

agree Ambrogio Terzoli
29 mins
grazie :)
agree Simone Morandi
38 mins
grazie :)
agree Simona Pearson
1 hr
grazie!
agree Carla Sordina
6 hrs
grazie
agree EleoE
7 hrs
grazie
agree Cristina Doronzo (X)
1 day 9 hrs
thanks
agree Angie Garbarino
2 days 3 hrs
:)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
7 mins

sarà stata bellissima un tempo/una volta

Or
Un tempo sarà stata bellissima/molto bella
Peer comment(s):

agree Elena Zanetti
3 hrs
Grazie Elena!
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Reference comments

16 hrs
Reference:

fwiw/hth

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Athene looks at Mary: the woman must be around thirty-five, but half of them have been spent in hard work and sustained depression and anger, giving her skin ...
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