bowdlerize in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for bowdlerize in the English»Italian Dictionary

bowdlerize [Brit ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz, Am ˈboʊdləˌraɪz, ˈbaʊdləˌraɪz] VB trans LIT

bowdlerize

espurgare

Translations for bowdlerize in the Italian»English Dictionary

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espurgare testo, sceneggiatura

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bowdlerize in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bowdlerize in the English»Italian Dictionary

bowdlerize [ˈboʊ·dlə·raɪz] VB trans

bowdlerize

espurgare

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Some critics thought the film bowdlerized the book, and it was not commercially successful.

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Or they could bowdlerize the course material in the name of sensitivity.

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We never wanted to bowdlerize that.

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But a translator should not assume the role of censor and surreptitiously delete or bowdlerize passages merely to please a political or moral interest.

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It is a well-known example of military acronym slang, though it is sometimes bowdlerized to "all fouled up" or similar.

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Some have seen it as a reference to the hymen, and some have even tried to reconstruct an original bawdy version from which modern versions are supposedly bowdlerized.

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