Jun 25, 2018 14:53
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Nunca mejor dicho se podrá decir que
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From a Spanish newspaper article relating to a projected property development:
"Nunca mejor dicho se podrá decir que, de [city where the development is to take place], al cielo"
"Nunca mejor dicho se podrá decir que, de [city where the development is to take place], al cielo"
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Robert Forstag
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Nunca mejor dicho se podrá decir que, "de Madrid al cielo".
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This project gives new meaning to the old [Spanish] phrase: Madrid is the next best thing to heaven [itself].
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Or, replace "this project" with the name of the project (if said name is not too long).
I think that literal renderings will produce more or less clumsy translations here.
This certainly looks more like "sponsored content" (i.e., paid advertising) than a straight news story. Accordingly, an adaptation along the lines I suggest would seem acceptable.
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This project gives new meaning to the old [Spanish] phrase: Madrid is the next best thing to heaven [itself].
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Or, replace "this project" with the name of the project (if said name is not too long).
I think that literal renderings will produce more or less clumsy translations here.
This certainly looks more like "sponsored content" (i.e., paid advertising) than a straight news story. Accordingly, an adaptation along the lines I suggest would seem acceptable.
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JohnMcDove
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Thank you, John.
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philgoddard
: Good idea.
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Thank you, Phil.
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Charles Davis
: Very good idea. I strongly suspect that this refers to a high-rise building and that "nunca mejor dicho" indicates, as it usually does, that a metaphorical expression is here literally true. You could omit "old", I think.
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Thank you, Charles!
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Marie Wilson
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Cheers, Marie. 😊
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Gracias, Bea.
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AllegroTrans
: Yes, a clear case of "literal" not really working
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Without a doubt. Thank you, AT.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Thank you, Muriel.
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
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it couldn't be said any better: ... (that)
That is my interpretation.
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Mónica Hanlan
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It wil be said / We will be able to say, more accurately than ever before, that...
Or, "it will be possible to say"
A few options there to get the ball rolling...
Good luck
A few options there to get the ball rolling...
Good luck
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Cristina Gonzalez
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More than ever, we can say
I'm assuming the city is Madrid, because that's a very well known saying: "De Madrid, al cielo".
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franglish
: More than ever, the saying "From XXX to heaven" shall/will be true. Future tense, Christina, the project hasn't been realised yet.
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Thanks franglish. True, in Spanish they are using the future.
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JohnMcDove
: With Franglish... (When I was writing my answer, there was no other... got a bit carried away... ;-)
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Thanks, John.
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Toni Castano
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Thanks, Toni.
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philgoddard
: I think "we can say that" is too literal. Who is "we"?
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JohnMcDove
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Never better it could be said that/the well know saying-maxim, [.] has never been more applicable
Unless they are making a pun with another city, the well known proverb is "De Madrid, al Cielo".
http://www.abc.es/madrid/tops/20141004/abci-refranes-popular...
So, another option (if the article talks about another city), could be, "No pun intended at all, but the saying [...] fits like a glove (here).
Another option,
[This well known saying] It has never been more apropos...
Saludos cordiales.
http://www.abc.es/madrid/tops/20141004/abci-refranes-popular...
So, another option (if the article talks about another city), could be, "No pun intended at all, but the saying [...] fits like a glove (here).
Another option,
[This well known saying] It has never been more apropos...
Saludos cordiales.
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AllegroTrans
: "Never better it could be said that" is simply unwieldy and doesn't sound like English; "well-known" not "well-know"
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Thank you very much, Allegro. :-) Definitely, I need to improve my Henglish! ;-)
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Discussion
As I understand it, the meaning of "de Madrid al cielo" is that once you arrive, you'll never leave except when you die.
I agree with Robert that this seems an unusual thing to say unless this is advertising copy, but you say it's a newspaper article.
So could it be a play on words? Is this a high-rise building?