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Spanish term or phrase:
grumo lento de los caimanes
English translation:
the slow-moving bodies of the caymans
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Cesar Serrano
Nov 15, 2007 14:08
16 yrs ago
Spanish term
grumo lento de los caimanes
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navegamos unas leguas despabilando el grumo lento de los caimanes en las orillas pantanosas
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Nov 16, 2007 15:40: Cesar Serrano Created KOG entry
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the slow-moving bodies of the caymans
the slow-moving bodies of the caymans
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Adriana de Groote
: Buena solución, como opción, también podría ser "slow-moving PACE..."
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Gracias Adriana!
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Maria523
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Gracias Maria!
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Antonio Martinez
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slow clot of the caymans
Frase muy sugerente que podría traducirse como "slow clot of the caymans".
Saludos.
Saludos.
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Carol Gullidge
: I don't feel that "clot" really works here in English//thanks! It's hard to explain why, but "clot" simply doesn't "read well" here in English - perhaps because it's hard to reconcile with caymans, however sluggish they may be! (I wish I cd explain better
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Thanks for your comment. "clot" podría traducirse como coágulo, pero es que la palabra grumo en español connota densidad en un líquido, y "clot" da una idea de esta densidad. Es un honor para mí recibir un comentario de usted.
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the slow bulk of the caymans
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the caymans huddled on the marshy banks woke up at our approach and ambled slowly away
la frase empezaría: "As we made our way through the waters for a few leagues ..."
he traducido "grumo" con un verbo (huddled) porque para mí un sustantivo singular (huddle) no hace mucho sentido, dado que hay varias leguas de orillas
he traducido "grumo" con un verbo (huddled) porque para mí un sustantivo singular (huddle) no hace mucho sentido, dado que hay varias leguas de orillas
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Elizabeth Medina
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the slow-floating clods of alligator backs
"Grumos" is important to translate, I think, and "alligator" is more vivid than "cayman."
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Carol Gullidge
: clods (as in a clod of earth) doesn't really work here, and caymans are caymans!
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