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English → It Preface Level 7/10

And I am not so certain that I should myself use the word "narrow" in connection with her.

E non sono così sicuro di dover io stesso usare la parola «limitata» in riferimento a lei.

If her world is a microcosm, the cosmic quality of it is at least as eminent as the littleness.

Se il suo mondo è un microcosmo, la qualità cosmica di esso è almeno altrettanto eminente quanto la piccolezza.

She does not touch what she did not feel herself called to paint; I am not so sure that she could not have painted what she did not feel herself called to touch.

Non tocca ciò che non si sentiva chiamata a dipingere; non sono così sicuro che non avrebbe potuto dipingere ciò che non si sentiva chiamata a toccare.

It is at least remarkable that in two very short periods of writing--one of about three years, and another of not much more than five--she executed six capital works, and has not left a single failure.

È quanto meno notevole che in due periodi di scrittura molto brevi — uno di circa tre anni, e un altro di non molto più di cinque — abbia realizzato sei opere capitali, e non abbia lasciato un solo fallimento.

It is possible that the romantic paste in her composition was defective: we must always remember that hardly anybody born in her decade--that of the eighteenth-century seventies--independently exhibited the full romantic quality.

È possibile che l'impasto romantico nella sua composizione fosse difettoso: dobbiamo sempre ricordare che quasi nessuno nato nel suo decennio — quello degli anni settanta del Settecento — abbia manifestato in modo autonomo la piena qualità romantica.

Even Scott required hill and mountain and ballad, even Coleridge metaphysics and German to enable them to chip the classical shell.

Persino Scott aveva bisogno di colline e montagne e ballate, persino Coleridge di metafisica e di tedesco per riuscire a scalfire il guscio classico.

Miss Austen was an English girl, brought up in a country retirement, at the time when ladies went back into the house if there was a white frost which might pierce their kid shoes, when a sudden cold was the subject of the gravest fears, when their studies, their ways, their conduct were subject to all those fantastic limits and restrictions against which Mary Wollstonecraft protested with better general sense than particular taste or judgment.

Miss Austen era una ragazza inglese, cresciuta nel ritiro della campagna, in un'epoca in cui le signore rientravano in casa se c'era una brina che avrebbe potuto trapassare le loro scarpe di capretto, in cui un improvviso raffreddore era oggetto dei timori più gravi, in cui i loro studi, i loro modi, la loro condotta erano soggetti a tutti quei fantastici limiti e restrizioni contro cui Mary Wollstonecraft protestò con maggiore buon senso generale che particolare gusto o giudizio.

Vocabulary

non
not; negation particle in Italian
sono
I am; present tense first person singular of essere
così
thus; in this way; so
sicuro
sure; certain; confident about something
di
of; preposition indicating possession or relationship
dover
must; to have to; obligation or necessity
io
I; first person singular pronoun
stesso
same; self; identical or very person
usare
to use; to employ or utilize something
la
the; feminine singular definite article
parola
word; unit of language with meaning
limitata
limited; restricted or confined in scope
in
in; preposition indicating location or condition
riferimento
reference; relation or connection to something
lei
she; her; third person feminine pronoun
Se
if; conditional conjunction introducing possibility
il
the; masculine singular definite article
suo
his; her; its; possessive adjective third person
mondo
world; the earth or realm of existence
un
a; an; masculine singular indefinite article
qualità
quality; characteristic or attribute of something
esso
it; neuter third person singular pronoun
almeno
at least; minimum quantity or degree
altrettanto
as much; the same amount or degree
quanto
how much; as much as; comparative degree
Non
not; negation particle capitalized for emphasis
tocca
touches; third person singular of toccare
ciò
that; this; demonstrative pronoun neuter
che
that; which; relative pronoun introducing clauses
si
oneself; reflexive pronoun for passive constructions
sentiva
felt; past tense third person of sentire
chiamata
called; feminine past participle of chiamare
dipingere
to paint; to create visual art with pigment
avrebbe
would have; conditional past of avere
potuto
able; past participle of potere
meno
less; lesser quantity or degree
notevole
notable; worthy of attention or remarkable
due
two; number between one and three
periodi
periods; divisions of time or sections
scrittura
writing; act of writing or written work
molto
very; much; high degree of intensity
brevi
brief; short in duration or length
uno
one; number or masculine singular indefinite article
circa
about; approximately; roughly a certain amount
tre
three; number between two and four
anni
years; plural of anno, twelve month period
altro
other; another; different from one already mentioned
più
more; greater quantity or comparative degree
cinque
five; number between four and six
abbia
has; subjunctive present of avere third person
realizzato
realized; accomplished or completed masculine past participle
sei
six; number between five and seven
opere
works; plural of opera, artistic or literary creations
capitali
capital; major or most important in significance
lasciato
left; abandoned or past participle of lasciare
solo
only; sole or alone; single in number
fallimento
failure; lack of success or bankruptcy
possibile
possible; capable of happening or being done
romantico
romantic; relating to romance or Romanticism
nella
in the; contraction of in and la
sua
her; his; its; feminine possessive adjective
composizione
composition; arrangement of parts into whole
fosse
were; subjunctive past of essere third person
dobbiamo
we must; present tense first person plural of dovere
sempre
always; at all times; constantly or forever
ricordare
to remember; to recall or recollect something
quasi
almost; nearly; approximately or just about
nessuno
no one; nobody; not a single person
nato
born; past participle of nascere
nel
in the; contraction of in and il
quello
that; those; distal demonstrative adjective or pronoun
degli
of the; plural contraction of di and gli
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