Sep 25, 2009 15:34
14 yrs ago
Spanish term
United States
servicios para autores académicos
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
falta de noticias históricas
Spanish to English
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Los modistos, que ya existían aunque sin los beneficios hoy ostensibles de la actividad, aprovechaban para promover sus creaciones los desfiles militares o los paseos por las plazas mayores o los óleos o los grabados o los ***relatos de la hora donde la falta de noticias históricas*** hacen brotar los chismes.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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53 mins
Robert Forstag
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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35
Spanish term (edited):
la falta de noticias históricas
Selected
an absence of trustworthy news
It is debatable here as to whether "historicas" means "verifiable/trustworthy" or "relevant/important." My vote would be for the former on logical grounds: Otherwise the text would be saying that nothing important was going on in the society where the people lived, and this would be an odd assertion indeed.
The whole thing, then, would be:
los relatos de la hora donde la falta de noticias históricas hacen brotar los chismes.
=
discussion of current events in a society in which an absence of trustworthy news inevitably led to rumors and gossip.
"Hacen brotar" clearly conveys a sense of natural cause/effect, hence "inevitably.
Suerte.
The whole thing, then, would be:
los relatos de la hora donde la falta de noticias históricas hacen brotar los chismes.
=
discussion of current events in a society in which an absence of trustworthy news inevitably led to rumors and gossip.
"Hacen brotar" clearly conveys a sense of natural cause/effect, hence "inevitably.
Suerte.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Very nicely put, Bob. Thank you!!"
1 min
Emilio Schulder
Chile
Chile
Native in Spanish
&
English
Chile
Industrial Eng.,Translator,Interpreter
Native in: English 
, Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
lack of news
históricas me parece está de más
7 mins
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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52
lack of formal/verified/serious news
sugg
+2
12 mins
lack of historical documentation/reporting
HTH:)
40 mins
absence/lack of relevant news
I think históricas here refers to memorable or relevant news
gossip flourished in the absence of more important news (to report)
gossip flourished in the absence of more important news (to report)
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