Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

fantasia al potere

English translation:

imagination in power/play

Added to glossary by Paul O'Brien
Apr 13, 2010 05:52
14 yrs ago
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Italian term

fantasia al potere

Italian to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
"Il tema di quest’anno sono gli anni 70, tra contestazione e crisi petrolifera, fantasia al potere e Concorde, protesta giovanile e musica".

Actually they're talking about a skiing festival. But there you go.

TIA for any interesting suggestions ... .

Proposed translations

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imagination in power/play

A suggestion... considering the creativity of the person writing the text.. :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Umberto Cassano : http://www.media68.net/germania/lemmi-b2.htm
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Grazie... la referenza è infatti molto utile...
agree Constantinos Faridis (X)
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agree SYLVY75 : yup, 'imagination in power' was a famous slogan at the time
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "good one."
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dreams of power

The more I think about it I think this might fit.
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inventive power

another possibility
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power to the imagination

Since, as Sylvy states, this slogan expressed a need for creativity everywher, you could try changing it round.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-04-13 07:58:43 GMT)
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everywhere, of course!

Peer comment(s):

agree luskie : or the other way around, as it meant "(let's bring) imagination to power!", but anyway I'd use "to"
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agree Armilla (X)
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Reference comments

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Reference:

about the slogan "Fantasia al potere"

Excerpt from http://www.pagine70.com/vmnews/wmview.php?ArtID=209

"Là dove c’erano i segnali dell’ “autunno” di un mondo di soli adulti (e nel quale solo gli adulti erano il vero mondo e la vera realtà di riferimento) – vestiti grigi, sobri, seri, capelli in ordine, camice bianche, gonne sotto il ginocchio, tailleur e golfini in tinte sempre discretissime – irrompevano nel quotidiano segnali di espansione vitali, logiche primaverili che connotavano esplosioni di vitalità nei colori, nelle forme, nei modi. “La fantasia al potere” si gridava nelle piazze, e sicuramente tutto era più fantastico e tutto era la connotazione di questa fantasia che voleva esplodere ovunque."

This is the idea behind 'fantasia al potere', a slogan which started to become widely used after 1968 and expressed the need for creative innovation in every field (not only politics) professed by young people.
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