Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
martyr (ant.)
English translation:
martyrdom
Apr 4, 2003 06:54
21 yrs ago
Italian term
Traea sua vita in tal martir!
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Music
opera
Elvira thinks (wrongly)that her lover, Arturo, has betrayed her and thus goes mad. Arturo explains this:
Credeasi, misera!
Da me tradita,
Traea sua vita in tal martir!
Credeasi, misera!
Da me tradita,
Traea sua vita in tal martir!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | dragged out her life in such martyrdom! |
Lanna Castellano
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| 4 | She lived in such suffering/agony! |
Ino66 (X)
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Proposed translations
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Lanna Castellano
Native in English
sensus verborum est anima legis
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, French to English
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dragged out her life in such martyrdom!
miserable woman, she believed herself betrayed by me, dragging out her life in such martyrdom
[with such a horrendously difficult text, it will be you who will be suffering madness and martyrdom]
[with such a horrendously difficult text, it will be you who will be suffering madness and martyrdom]
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Both answers are good but this is the closest to the Italian. Thank you very much. Yes, it is a bit of a stinker."
25 mins
Ino66 (X)
Ino66 (X)
Native in: Greek 
Works in: English to Greek, German to Greek, Latin to Greek, and 20 more.
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Related KudoZ points
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16
She lived in such suffering/agony!
Literally:
She led her life in such torture.
Her life was led in such torture.
She led her life in such torture.
Her life was led in such torture.
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