Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
I was innocent of all effort
Italian translation:
la fatica era una cosa di cui ignoravo l'esistenza
English term
I was innocent of all effort
| 4 +2 | la fatica era una cosa di cui ignoravo l'esistenza |
Lisa Jane
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| 3 +4 | Ero totalmente estraneo a qualsiasi sforzo |
Giada Atzeni
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| 4 | Non sapevo cosa fosse lo sforzo |
Lorenzo Rossi
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Jul 29, 2021 16:32: haribert changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Aug 3, 2021 06:08: Lisa Jane Created KOG entry
Aug 3, 2021 09:29: Simone simone88tv (X) changed "Language pair" from "English to Italian" to "Italian to English"
Aug 3, 2021 09:32: Tom in London changed "Language pair" from "Italian to English" to "English to Italian"
Aug 3, 2021 09:52: Patricia Ferreira Larrieux changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1320688">Lisa Jane's</a> old entry - "i was innocent of all effort"" to ""la fatica era una cosa di cui ignoravo l'esistenza""
PRO (3): Danila Moro, P.L.F. Persio, haribert
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Proposed translations
la fatica era una cosa di cui ignoravo l'esistenza
lo sforzo era una cosa di cui ignorai l'esistenza
oppure
La fatica mi eludeva
Per riprendere il tono sarcastico dell'espressione inglese...quasi non fosse colpa sua!
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haribert
: Ciao Lisa, io unirei la tua proposta con quella di Giada: metterei "estranea" per "innocent" e "fatica" per "effort": estranea alla fatica. Buona serata!
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Grazie, anche a te!
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Emanuela Di Rosa
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Grazie
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Italy
English-Spanish to Italian translator
Native in: Italian 
, Sardinian 
Works in: English to Italian, Spanish to Italian
Ero totalmente estraneo a qualsiasi sforzo
Un'interpretazione (molto) più libera: io e la fatica abbiamo sempre viaggiato su binari paralleli
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haribert
: Ciao, come dico nella Discussion, mi sembra che "estranea" sia bello, perché rimanda anche a "innocent" ("si dice per esempio, "estraneo ai fatti"... però metterei forse "fatica": estranea alla fatica ? Buona serata!
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Angie Garbarino
: concordo con fatica
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Emanuela Di Rosa
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Alessandra Turconi
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Switzerland
translating is a process of thought
Native in: Italian (Variants: Standard-Italy, Swiss )
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian, French to Italian, and 5 more.
Discussion
https://books.google.it/books?id=iy08LWl6xxgC&pg=PT76&lpg=PT...
In effetti, sembra che sia quasi più una "vittima" del dolce far niente, che una scansafatiche nata...o mi sbaglio?
e riunire le due proposte di Lisa e di Giada, dicendo:
"ero estranea alla fatica" ?
in effetti, "estranea" ricorda un po' "innocent" nel senso di "estranea ai fatti...", quindi "innocent"!!