Italian term
Italy
Fast & accurate
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Russian to Italian, Italian to English, and 3 more.
il sentire
"Prima di Lutero esistevano almeno 17 versioni tedesche della Bibbia. Il grande riformatore volle però realizzare una versione che fosse più in linea con il “sentire” del popolo tedesco. [... + non si tratta, dice Lutero, di chiedersi come il latino si debba trasferire in tedesco, bisogna piuttosto interrogare «la madre in casa, i bambini in strada, il popolo al mercato»."
In questo caso quindi è sia una questione puramente linguistica ma anche di "sintonia" con l'essenza del popolo tedesco...
Proposed translations
closer to the German people
United Kingdom
Biologist, PhD, Competent translations
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
the perception
Definizione secondo Collins English Dictionary
Italy
Native in: Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy)
Works in: Italian to English, English to Italian
essence
The very essence of the German people
Alternativa potrebbe essere 'spirit'
Malta
12 yrs. experience translating EU stuff
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) 
, Maltese
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more in accord/harmony with the...
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
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more easily understood
Italy
Native in: English , Russian
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more in line with the German popular sentiment
Seychelles
25 years experience constantly improving
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Italian to English
the attitudes / how people feel about
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more in line with how the German people feel about things
In my view this is what the author has said. However, in my view Luther wanted a translation which was more in line with how the ordinary German people understood and used their language, which is not quite the same thing.
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P.L.F. Persio
: that's really interesting: not a Bible for the people, but a German Bible for the German people. I hear echoes of German messianism...
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The word "German" is obligatory here, but only because the translation was into the German language and not another.
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