Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

escursione

English translation:

limits

Added to glossary by manducci
Mar 13, 2010 17:00
14 yrs ago
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Italian term

escursione

Italian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature video documentary on a local poet
I'm having difficulty understanding what the speaker is trying to say in the part of the sentence beginning 'Perche'.up to 'normalita' particularly his use of the word 'escursione' . Does it mean something along the lines of 'scope/breadth/range/amplitude'?

The sentence appears in the following passage: ''In una comunità ognuno è utile, per quel poco che fa. È utile anche solo come presenza, come presenza di una personalità diversa. Perché abitua noi, che adesso tendiamo sempre di più a restringere i confini, l'escursione di quella che chiamiamo normalità, a capire che in realtà le persone sono tutte una diversa dall’altra...''

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limits

I would say your interpretation is correct. I can't see another. It is a line drawn around the limits of normality.
Peer comment(s):

agree Sarah Jane Webb
17 mins
agree Being Earnest : very good
26 mins
agree Oliver Lawrence : especially with the use of the plural
27 mins
agree Fiorsam
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Yes, 'limits' works best in the context. Thanks, Jim. Thanks too to the others for their input."
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deviation

one of many possibilities, but yes, it also means also what you have noted in your question and it is only you who can interpret the meaning according to your comprehension of the text and its context. In a rare exception, as I see it, the cognate "excursion" could also fit if you like.
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range

Yes, I think it does mean the examples you give and have also found "range" in a dictionary entry for "escursione"
Peer comment(s):

agree Fiorsam : Anche questo va bene.
1 hr
agree Nadia Ayoub
2 hrs
agree Dr Lofthouse
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1 day 13 hrs

parameters

just another word for range. The adjustment of 'the parameters of what we call reality"
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