Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a cuestas del eclipse
English translation:
at the cost of OR at the expense of
Added to glossary by
mbc
Jan 8, 2004 11:31
20 yrs ago
Spanish term
a cuestas del eclipse
Non-PRO
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
(discussion about la Real Academia and why governmental control of language is inherently flawed)
España le ha dado mucho al mundo el castellano, pero a cuestas del eclipse de otras lenguas peninsulares. Hoy el tema de las autonomías esta íntimamente vinculado a eclipse.
having trouble translating the first sentence, first off do you think it should el mundo DEL castellano, maybe a typo or missing a comma? and secondly, and my actual question, i´m having problems with a cuestas here... maybe i´m reading too much into the text...
any suggestions would be great.
P.S. speaker is Mexican
España le ha dado mucho al mundo el castellano, pero a cuestas del eclipse de otras lenguas peninsulares. Hoy el tema de las autonomías esta íntimamente vinculado a eclipse.
having trouble translating the first sentence, first off do you think it should el mundo DEL castellano, maybe a typo or missing a comma? and secondly, and my actual question, i´m having problems with a cuestas here... maybe i´m reading too much into the text...
any suggestions would be great.
P.S. speaker is Mexican
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +8 | at the cost of OR at the expense of |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 3 +1 | Spain has for its own sake forfeited and eclipsed other peninsular languages |
Patricia Baldwin
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Proposed translations
+8
3 mins
Selected
at the cost of OR at the expense of
1)I agree with you that it should be DEL
2) it has contributed a great deal to the Castillian-speaking world but at the expense of the other languages (on the [Iberian] Peninsula)).
That's how I read it. What has been done in upport of one language has been TO THE DETRIMENT of the others
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Note added at 2004-01-08 11:35:53 (GMT)
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support (with an \"s\")
2) it has contributed a great deal to the Castillian-speaking world but at the expense of the other languages (on the [Iberian] Peninsula)).
That's how I read it. What has been done in upport of one language has been TO THE DETRIMENT of the others
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Note added at 2004-01-08 11:35:53 (GMT)
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support (with an \"s\")
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
2 hrs
Patricia Baldwin
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
The power of your words
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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302
Spain has for its own sake forfeited and eclipsed other peninsular languages
While contributing immensely to the Spanish world, Spain has for its own sake forfeited and eclipsed other peninsular languages.
This is just an option as I believe CMJ_Trans has the right translation, English should be concise.
My option has twisted all modifiers,also it is rather long yet I aimed at keeping the Mexican speaker´s
literary gist or nuance ..that of sacrifice and eclipse.
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Note added at 2004-01-08 14:11:24 (GMT)
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and yes definitey : DEL
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Dominique de Izaguirre
5 hrs
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Hola Dominique, muchas gracias y cariños a la Madre Patria
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