Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
....alzare il gran pavese
English translation:
raise the bunting
Added to glossary by
Kimmy
Feb 20, 2006 10:32
18 yrs ago
Italian term
....alzare il gran pavese
Italian to English
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Probabilmente, alcuni di costoro sono tra quelli che oggi si affrettano ad alzare il gran pavese, inneggiando alla sicura ripresa ed al recupero di un mitico eldorado
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | raise the bunting |
Chris Pott
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| 4 +1 | put up bunting/to dress ship |
Theodora OB
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| 4 | to make (such) a fuss on, to praise themselves |
Vlad Pappu
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| 3 | to get ready for celabrations |
Daniela Zambrini
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Proposed translations
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Chris Pott
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
15 years working in continental Europe
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
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raise the bunting
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10 mins
Daniela Zambrini
Italy
Italy
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&
English
Italy
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Native in: English 
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Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
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Italian term (edited):
alzare il gran pavese
to get ready for celabrations
Literally to Dress a Ship, in your case it seems to be used to express getting ready for celebrations.
GRAN PAVESE > Oggi il termine serve per indicare la gala di bandiere, o di luci, delle quali si usa addobbare le navi nelle feste o nelle solennità.
Dressing Ship and Holiday Colors
To "dress" or "full-dress" a ship is to hoist a display of flags in celebration of a festive occasion such as a national holiday
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeohzt4/Seaflags/customs/customs....
http://www.tpub.com/content/administration/12966/css/12966_1...
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Note added at 11 mins (2006-02-20 10:44:38 GMT)
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celEbrations....sorry! ;-)
GRAN PAVESE > Oggi il termine serve per indicare la gala di bandiere, o di luci, delle quali si usa addobbare le navi nelle feste o nelle solennità.
Dressing Ship and Holiday Colors
To "dress" or "full-dress" a ship is to hoist a display of flags in celebration of a festive occasion such as a national holiday
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeohzt4/Seaflags/customs/customs....
http://www.tpub.com/content/administration/12966/css/12966_1...
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Note added at 11 mins (2006-02-20 10:44:38 GMT)
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celEbrations....sorry! ;-)
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9 mins
Theodora OB
Native in English
Specializes in field
multilingual, with years of experience
Native in: Dutch , English
Works in: Italian to English, Dutch to English, Russian to English, and 1 more.
put up bunting/to dress ship
pavese is bunting; small strips of coloured cloth or paper, small flags, hung from strings to decorate boats, streets.
In this context it possibly means 'to celebrate'?
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Note added at 13 mins (2006-02-20 10:46:00 GMT)
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the idea of celebration is reinforced by 'innegiando'.
In this context it possibly means 'to celebrate'?
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Note added at 13 mins (2006-02-20 10:46:00 GMT)
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the idea of celebration is reinforced by 'innegiando'.
Peer comment(s):
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Romanian Translator (X)
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thanks!
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Vlad Pappu
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Intercultural dialogue
Native in: German , Romanian
Works in: German to Romanian, Italian to Romanian, English to Romanian, and 7 more.
to make (such) a fuss on, to praise themselves
In Italian, it was at the rise of the 20th century a common expression on conversational level, with scarce semantical value, but of great rethorical effect, a so-called emphatical artefact, a linguistic calcullum from the French feature "hisser le grand pavoise", litterally meaning "to hoist the master flag (of a ship)".
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-02-20 14:50:31 GMT)
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The context is not enterily specified, but one could deduce the minimizing auctorial intention.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-02-20 14:50:31 GMT)
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The context is not enterily specified, but one could deduce the minimizing auctorial intention.
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