Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: un tema di grande attualità

Hi all,
I have been lurking in this newsgroup for quite some time now and have
noticed that there are a lot of really kind-hearted people always willing to
give a helping hand. I wonder if anyone is willing to help me with a few
words .
How would you translate "un tema di grande attualità" when you are speaking
generally of some recent events that have occurred?
My dictionary translates attualità as a topical subject, but it doesn't
sound right to me in the context, i.e. "un libro che affronta un tema di
grande attualità".
Also: how would you translate "una situazione che mette in gioco il futuro
dell'Italia"
Thanx
Roger

dell'Italia"
That's better. "A situation that might jeopardize Italy's future" or
"put Italy's future in jeopardy". (I *like* that word!)
Cheers,
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 Cheers,
Però, se ricordo bene, "to jeopardize" significa "mettere in pericolo".
In effetti, invece, "mettere in gioco" ha una valenza direi neutra: mettere
in gioco qualcosa può dare anche risultati positivi, non necessariamente
negativi.
P.

 dell'Italia"
A situation that puts the future of Italy into play? (Taking Paolo's comments
into consideration.)
Rick

current issue? An important current event?
Mi piace il primo
Francesco

dell'Italia"
That's better. "A situation that might jeopardize Italy's future" or
"put Italy's future in jeopardy". 
I wouldn't be that certain about that !
 
Jeopardize means spoiling - damaging...
anyway , whatever happens ,  a bad deal.
Mettere in gioco...not only might be a bad deal , but also most likely should be a quantum leap in future's quality.
It's supposed to be properly translated with : 
THE FUTURE OF ITALY IS AT STAKE FOR THIS SITUATION
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 il futuro dell'Italia"
"A situation that puts into play Italy's future" , gives a sense of
its import but not whether it is positive or negative, that will have
to come from other text. In English that is, maybe in Italian it does
have a value already.
Cheers,
Loki
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into consideration.)
I had the
mistaken impression that "mettere in gioco" meant exposing something to an
exclusively negative risk, "to put in jeopardy", but since it can mean a
risk both ways, as Paolo etc. has posited, I would translate it as "to put
at risk" or "to stake".
If you plonk down 100 dollars on a roulette
table, stai mettendo in gioco 100 dollari, you stake 100 dollars, you put
your 100 dollars at risk, this risk being both ways, to win or to loose.
In the context of Roger's "una situazione che mette in gioco il futuro
dell'Italia" it would probably be more appropriate to use "to put at risk".
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your 100 dollars at risk, this risk being both ways, to win or to loose.
Ahem. "Lose". (There's an interesting thread on AUE right now about
the common confusion between lose and loose). Back to "in gioco",
maybe the difference lies right there in your example: here you're
using the expression in its literal meaning, in the context of an
actual game or gamble, whereas (IMVVVHO) if it's used figuratively, it
takes on a darker shade.
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 probabilità
Fatte queste considerazioni, non mi sento di dire che "mettere in gioco
qualcosa" debba necessariamente avere una connotazione negativa; un esempio
ne è l'espressione "mettere in gioco la vita".
"Egli mise in gioco la vita per salvare il compagno: lo salvò e fu salvo lui
stesso".
Ma è un'impressione personale, come la maggior parte dei punti di vista
sulla lingua.
Paolo

stesso".
Stai barando, barone Bonardi :-) senza la seconda, la prima e' molto
piu' ambigua. Cosi' sono capace anch'io!
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