con postumi permanenti alla mano

English translation: leaving him permanently disabled in one hand

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Italian term or phrase:	con postumi permanenti alla mano
English translation:	leaving him permanently disabled in one hand
Entered by:	Tom in London

20:56 May 13, 2008

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.

Italian term or phrase: con postumi permanenti alla mano

The complete sentence is: A seguito di tale presa di posizione fui oggetto di un'aggressione notturna con postumi permanenti alla mano.

It refers to someone's decision to take a stand against the Camorra.

I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions myself yet although I assume it has something to do with the fact that he is on permanent alert against being killed!

Katharine Precious KudoZ activity Questions: 18 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 4 United Kingdom
Local time: 21:48

leaving him permanently disabled in one hand

Explanation:
or something like that

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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:48

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2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +6

With permenant damage to the hand

Gad Kohenov

5 +1

leaving him permanently disabled in one hand

Tom in London

5 +1

with permanent damage to his hand

Tricia Stuart

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

leaving him permanently disabled in one hand

Explanation:
or something like that

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:48
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 53

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

With permenant damage to the hand

Explanation:
I think this is what they say in their roundabout way.

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Note added at 13 mins (2008-05-13 21:10:06 GMT)
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postumo means aftereffect. So can be with permanent aftereffects to the hand.

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Note added at 14 mins (2008-05-13 21:10:40 GMT)
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*permanent*!!

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 23:48
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 15

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

with permanent damage to his hand

Language variant: with permanent damage to one hand

Explanation:
IMHO I think it might be better to use the possessive adj with parts of the body or perhaps one hand.
The definite article is always used with parts of the body in Italian

Tricia Stuart
Italy
Local time: 22:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

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