scrappy little nobody

Italian translation: Un'insignificante nullità/insignificante signorina nessuno

17:07 Apr 9, 2021

English to Italian translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Autobiografies

English term or phrase: scrappy little nobody

I was reading Anna Kendrick's book, and wondered how to translate (IF it's even a good idea to translate it, and not just leave it in English and maybe add a NdT in the book) the title.
I thought something like "piccola nullità combattiva", since "scrappy" means "combattiva/attaccabrighe", but it sounds a bit meh.

Here some context:

"I’d moved away from everything I knew and loved at seventeen in spite of how scared I was. I wondered if I would still have it in me to do something I found so daunting. Aren’t you supposed to get more independent as you get older? Shouldn’t I be bolder, more self-sufficient? Have I gotten comfortable? Have I stopped pushing myself the way I did when I was trying to “make something of myself”? Was that a fluke?
I texted my brother.
Me: I miss being a scrappy little nobody. I was much more capable.
Mike: Dude.
Mike: You’re still scrappy. You just get a lot more emails now.
Mike: P.S.
Mike: You’re still a little nobody to me."

What do you think?

Cheers,
Chiara

Chiara U. KudoZ activity Questions: 2 (none open) Answers: 9 Italy
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Italian translation:Un'insignificante nullità/insignificante signorina nessuno

Explanation:
scrappy reso come insignificante

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Pamela Baracchini
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:52

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Grazie! Avevo decisamente frainteso il significato di "scrappy".
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Un'insignificante nullità/insignificante signorina nessuno

Pamela Baracchini

Una piccola nullità sconclusionata/Signorina nessuno senza arte né parte

Anna Colla

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Una piccola nullità sconclusionata/Signorina nessuno senza arte né parte

Explanation:
"scrappy" si usa anche per indicare qualcosa che è a pezzetti, frammentario, incompleto, sconclusionato.

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Note added at 24 mins (2021-04-09 17:31:59 GMT)
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anche: una piccola nullità incompiuta

Anna Colla
Italy
Local time: 00:52
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Italian

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Asker: Grazie mille!

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Un'insignificante nullità/insignificante signorina nessuno

Explanation:
scrappy reso come insignificante

Pamela Baracchini
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:52
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Grazie! Avevo decisamente frainteso il significato di "scrappy".

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