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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's

Do not denude me without reason ~~ ~~ Do not wield me without valor

so cipheramnesia is looking even more in the correct direction

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Snudare una spada is translated into English as "draw a sword".

Even if it were more loosely translated it's a better fit for snudare to be translated as "bare" into English.

I have a degree in Italian.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I am italian.

Edit: and yes bare would be closer, for example because both expressions are no longer of common use

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And I'd trust you to translate English into Italian, but translations are always done by the speaker into their own tongue.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I find the OP interesting because of the parallels in Western stereotypes of Samurai mores (I can't speak for how these stereotypes play out in Japan).

There's an idea in the West that Bushido demands that a drawn sword must be bloodied before it can be re-sheathed. If there's any accuracy in this, it'd be a nice parallel to the Chivalry's "do not draw me without reason," but with an interesting difference in cultural perspective. They both boil down to, "think twice before drawing your sword in anger."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

WTF is wrong with her face?