Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
filo di voce
English translation:
faint voice
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Italian term
Ireland
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Native in: Spanish 
, English (Variants: British, Irish, UK, US)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 8 more.
filo di voce
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almost loosing his voice (when talking about the characters who said something but almost couldnt talk anymore)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +4 | faint voice |
TrueBaller
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| 5 | feeble voice |
Aïda Garcia Pons
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| 4 | almost a whisper |
James (Jim) Davis
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Proposed translations
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TrueBaller
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Works in: Albanian to English, English to Albanian, Albanian, and 1 more.
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faint voice
In English it is a faint voice - one that you can hardly hear...
http://www.oxfordparavia.it/lemmaIta11076
http://www.oxfordparavia.it/lemmaIta11076
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2 hrs
Aïda Garcia Pons
United States
United States
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United States
Translating Books since 2002
Native in: Catalan , Spanish
Works in: English to Catalan, Italian to Catalan, Spanish to Catalan, and 3 more.
feeble voice
in a feeble voice
feeble voice = a voice that lacks stregth
from Little Red Riding Hood ;)
"When she came into the room, the Wolf, hiding himself under the bed-clothes, said to her, trying all he could to speak in a feeble voice, "Put the basket, my child, on the stool, take off your clothes, and come into bed with me." http://www.usm.edu/english/fairytales/lrrh/lrrhq.htm
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At Christmas Time, by A. Chekhov
"He used to be a soldier, brother; you know that," replied the old man in a feeble voice. "He went into military service at the same time you did. He used to be a soldier, but now he is in a hospital where a doctor treats sick people with water. He is the door-keeper there." http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/ac/xmastime.htm
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stregth >strength
feeble voice = a voice that lacks stregth
from Little Red Riding Hood ;)
"When she came into the room, the Wolf, hiding himself under the bed-clothes, said to her, trying all he could to speak in a feeble voice, "Put the basket, my child, on the stool, take off your clothes, and come into bed with me." http://www.usm.edu/english/fairytales/lrrh/lrrhq.htm
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-01 22:19:43 GMT)
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At Christmas Time, by A. Chekhov
"He used to be a soldier, brother; you know that," replied the old man in a feeble voice. "He went into military service at the same time you did. He used to be a soldier, but now he is in a hospital where a doctor treats sick people with water. He is the door-keeper there." http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/ac/xmastime.htm
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-01 22:20:11 GMT)
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stregth >strength
10 hrs
James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Seychelles
Native in English
Seychelles
25 years experience constantly improving
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Italian to English
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almost a whisper
Just an idea - more (some) of the italian text would be useful
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