deviazione verso il largo

English translation: change of tack seawards

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Italian term or phrase:deviazione verso il largo
English translation:change of tack seawards
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

18:48 Apr 17, 2019
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / In A Book On The History Of Geographical Explorations/Discoveries
Italian term or phrase: deviazione verso il largo
Contesto:

Più tarde i Portoghesi tentarono senza successo di togliere agli Spagnoli le Canarie. Fu molto probabilmente in uno dei loro viaggi di ritorno da Madera che portandosi al largo per sfruttare meglio il vento, avvistarono le Azorre. Questa deviazione verso il largo (in portoghese, volta do largo, ossia un ampio bordeggio), divenne da allora una consuetudine per le flotte portoghesi…

Molte Grazie,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 07:05
change of tack seawards
Explanation:
I think this is the nautical term.

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Note added at 53 mins (2019-04-17 19:42:35 GMT)
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Forgot to add, you could also use "change of course" as bordeggio is tack or wide berth.
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Alison Kennedy
Italy
Local time: 12:05
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2change of tack seawards
Alison Kennedy
4this offshore deviation
Lisa Jane
4change course towards the open Atlantic
Wolfgang Hager


Discussion entries: 1





  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
this offshore deviation


Explanation:
Or deviation towards the open sea

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Note added at 17 mins (2019-04-17 19:06:43 GMT)
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https://www.wordreference.com/iten/largo?s=a largo

largo nm (mare, oceano) open sea n
offshore n
Non andare al largo, resta vicino alla riva.
Don't go out into the open sea, stay close to the shore.

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 12:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
9 mins
  -> Thanks!

disagree  Alison Kennedy: saying "deviation" is like "parking" a boat ...
35 mins
  -> It is what the Italian says but you could say veering offshore/ towards the open sea which may be more "boat friendly"
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
change of tack seawards


Explanation:
I think this is the nautical term.

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Note added at 53 mins (2019-04-17 19:42:35 GMT)
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Forgot to add, you could also use "change of course" as bordeggio is tack or wide berth.

Alison Kennedy
Italy
Local time: 12:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charlotte Fleming
13 mins

agree  writeaway
13 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
change course towards the open Atlantic


Explanation:
this is one of the cases where the original is not accurate. Largo, as others have noted, means offshore or open sea. They already are in the middle of the ocean. However, they are on a course between the Caribbean and another landmass,so open Atlantic conveys the notion that there is no land northward until you reach Greenland or the Artic - largo in this sense.

Wolfgang Hager
Italy
Local time: 12:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 24
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