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si fa obnubilare (see context)

English translation: to be obnubilated / befuddled / /confounded /confused by

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Italian term or phrase:si fa obnubilare (see context)
English translation:to be obnubilated / befuddled / /confounded /confused by
Entered by: Adele Oliveri

14:33 Oct 11, 2007
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Journalism / International relations
Italian term or phrase: si fa obnubilare (see context)
È l'eterno problema della UE, che è un gigante economico, e continua a essere la prima fornitrice di aiuti anche ai paesi in via di sviluppo. Poi, però, ha una scarsa incidenza politica e si fa obnubilare dalla politica USA.

grazie a tutti :-)
Adele Oliveri
Italy
Local time: 04:30
to be obnubilated / befuddled / /confounded /confused by
Explanation:
"obnubilate" is a difficult word, but it exists. Alternatively, you could say "befuddle", "confuse", "confound"

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irenef
Local time: 04:30
Grading comment
grazie a tutti per le risposte! l'autrice mi ha poi confermato che intendeva riferirsi alla "capacità di giudizio" dei politici UE, quindi credo che il suggerimento di irenef sia il più adatto :-)
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4is overshadowed by
ruthiep
4to be clouded
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3to be obnubilated / befuddled / /confounded /confused by
irenef
3is obscured
BrigitteC
3pales by comparison with
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to be clouded


Explanation:
Dal contesto sio intende "farsi confondere". To cloud da definizione dell'oxford è "if sth clouds your judgement, ... it makes it difficult for you to understand ..." E riporta l'esempio "his judgement was clouded by ..."

Example sentence(s):
  • His judgement was clouded by jealousy
LQS Language Quality Solutions
Italy
Local time: 04:30
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to be obnubilated / befuddled / /confounded /confused by


Explanation:
"obnubilate" is a difficult word, but it exists. Alternatively, you could say "befuddle", "confuse", "confound"

HTH

irenef
Local time: 04:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
grazie a tutti per le risposte! l'autrice mi ha poi confermato che intendeva riferirsi alla "capacità di giudizio" dei politici UE, quindi credo che il suggerimento di irenef sia il più adatto :-)
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
is obscured


Explanation:
Just another idea... I wonder if "obnubilare" also means something like "oscurare". In that case, could it be that "the EU policies are obscured by.....", in the sense that they become less visible, or less clear? Just an idea....

BrigitteC
Local time: 04:30
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
is overshadowed by


Explanation:
My suggestion is quite similar to Brigette's, in that I would interpret this as the European politics 'obscured' in some way by the USA politics.

ruthiep
Italy
Local time: 04:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia Crotty
18 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  texjax DDS PhD
53 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Umberto Cassano
1 hr
  -> Grazie
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia: allows itself to be overshadowed by......
3 hrs
  -> Thank you Shera, yes! (or 'lets itself'-too informal?)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pales by comparison with


Explanation:
the sort of expression you rarely get to use

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-11 16:04:46 GMT)
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is dwarfed by

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 04:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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