Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
scambio di battute
English translation:
quips traded / banter
Italian term
Native in: Italian
Works in: Italian to French, French to Italian, Italian to English, and 4 more.
scambio di battute
- Lo **scambio di battute** tra poeta e medico appare affidato al potere dissacratore del riso.
- Il poeta non è l'unico personaggio al quale è attribuito uno **scambio di battute**.
Grazie!
| 3 +2 | quips traded |
Russell Jones
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| 3 +1 | banter |
Tom in London
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Jan 3, 2013 10:05: Russell Jones Created KOG entry
PRO (2): P.L.F. Persio, Ilaria A. Feltre
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Proposed translations
quips traded
| agree |
P.L.F. Persio
: bravo! Merry Christmas!
12 mins
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| agree |
Antonella Barbieri
4 hrs
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United Kingdom
Architecture, design, technical, etc.
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
banter
- The poet is not the only character to whom banter is attributed
Give me more context and a couple of hours and I could probably improve this - a lot.
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Note added at 55 mins (2012-12-20 17:37:45 GMT)
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scambio di battute = banter
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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-12-20 20:22:34 GMT)
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I'll only do the translation if you pay me my usual rate :)
| Hi Tom, I've added more examples where the term appears in the 'discussion' section. Thank you |
| BTW, don't worry and take your time as this is due in a few days :) |
Discussion
- Ricordiamo lo **scambio di battute** intercorso tra Socrate e il padrone di casa al momento del suo ingresso in ritardo
- Il discorso di Socrate assume, dunque, innanzitutto, come tratto distintivo rispetto ai discorsi degli altri convitati, la forma dialogica, che deve essere intesa nel senso specifico della dialettica socratica: lo **scambio di battute** con Agatone ne è un esempio manifesto