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per aver visto delle cose dal passato

English translation: having (also) seen certain things from the past

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Italian term or phrase:per aver visto delle cose dal passato
English translation:having (also) seen certain things from the past
Entered by: Lara Barnett

20:15 Jul 23, 2019
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Making of a historic film
Italian term or phrase: per aver visto delle cose dal passato
The cinematographer of this film about an ancient king of Rome is discussing the satisfaction of working on a cinema film.

"....cioè hai tutti gli elementi: hai il i il corpo, la mimica, l’elemento che mi può aiutare nelle lotte anche per aver visto delle cose dal passato è l’elemento del fuoco. "

I understand the basic meaning of this phrase, but I can't see how it fits into the rest of the sentence.
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:19
having (also) seen certain things from the past
Explanation:
This part would probably be between commas if it were in written prose

, having also seen certain/some things from the past,

It's not really clear from the little context what exactly he means, or how this seeing things in the past relates to the fire element, but I see no other way to translate it.

Spoken language is often disjointed like this and it may be clear only with the full interview to refer to.
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Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 08:19
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1having (also) seen certain things from the past
Lisa Jane
5for investigating the past
Cillie Swart
3having also looked at certain historical occurrences
Barbara Cochran, MFA


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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
having (also) seen certain things from the past


Explanation:
This part would probably be between commas if it were in written prose

, having also seen certain/some things from the past,

It's not really clear from the little context what exactly he means, or how this seeing things in the past relates to the fire element, but I see no other way to translate it.

Spoken language is often disjointed like this and it may be clear only with the full interview to refer to.

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 08:19
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simon Charass
19 hrs
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
having also looked at certain historical occurrences


Explanation:
Such as the recognition of fire as one of the elements.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 02:19
Meets criteria
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 day 17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
for investigating the past


Explanation:
i like this simple version


    https://www.linguee.com/english-italian/search?source=auto&query=per+aver+visto+delle+cose+dal+passato
    https://translate.google.co.za/?hl=af#view=home&op=translate&sl=auto&tl=en&text=....cio%C3%A8%20hai%20tutti%20gli%20elementi%3A%20hai%20il%2
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 08:19
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: But how could you fit that into my context in view of the other phrases, and the active word being 'seen", which is a bit more passive than " investigate". ?

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