Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
I due fenomeni toccano due degli estremi del nostro tema
English translation:
the two phenomena touch on opposite aspects of the matter
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Sarah Ponting
Sep 20, 2002 01:39
21 yrs ago
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Italian term
I due fenomeni toccano due degli estremi del nostro tema
Italian to English
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"I due fenomeni toccano due degli estremi del nostro tema".
The theme (the book itself I would say) deals with several pairs of extremes (like bello/brutto, natural/artificial, architecture/buiding, etc.), and in this chapter the author talks about one of these pairs by making an example (one phenomenon) for each end.
TIA
The theme (the book itself I would say) deals with several pairs of extremes (like bello/brutto, natural/artificial, architecture/buiding, etc.), and in this chapter the author talks about one of these pairs by making an example (one phenomenon) for each end.
TIA
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the two phenomena touch on opposite aspects of the matter
another possibility
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "grazie a tutti, a volte l'italiano è fastidioamente certosino - probabilmente farò un collage tra la proposta di sara e quella di janus (dico probabilmente perché mi è già capitato più di una volta di scoprire a posteriori che avrei fatto meglio a scegliere un'altra risposta... ho i tempi un po' troppo lunghi, scusatemi se potete)"
22 mins
both phenomena deal with two extremes / opposites of our subject
HTH
49 mins
both phenomena touch on two of the opposites in our topic
Or: both phenomena deal with two of the extremes that we are addressing
(just a small twist on what Hugo has said...)
Elena
(just a small twist on what Hugo has said...)
Elena
+2
2 hrs
Nancy Arrowsmith
Native in English
literary and scientific translations
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, Italian to English, English, and 3 more.
the two phenomena deal with two extreme aspects of our theme
logically, both cannot deal with two-
each can deal with one -
or two can deal with two
each can deal with one -
or two can deal with two
2 hrs
Arthur Borges
China
China
China
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Works in: English, Swedish to English, French to English
Each phenomenon of a pair addresses one extreme of our subject
or theme or issue or even subject matter.
addresses can be replaced with handles, covers, treats or deals with.
addresses can be replaced with handles, covers, treats or deals with.
5 hrs
the two phenomena are at opposite ends of our theme
- or illustrate two extremes of our theme
8 hrs
CLS Lexi-tech
Native in Italian
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Language innovations for the future
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian, and 3 more.
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touch upon one of the pair of opposites
la risposta era nella tua spiegazione; penso che sia piu' chiaro parlare di "pair of opposites"
paola l m
paola l m
10 hrs
The two phenomena touch upon opposite extremes of the issue.
Though I'm not sure if "issue" is the right substitute for "general theme", but perhaps this slight restructuring of the sentence can help.
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