que agotaba ya públicos antiguos

English translation: Traditional readers of the daily press were quickly superseded

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Spanish term or phrase:La prensa diaria que agotaba ya públicos antiguos
English translation:Traditional readers of the daily press were quickly superseded
Entered by: James A. Walsh

16:47 Jun 10, 2011
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Spanish term or phrase: que agotaba ya públicos antiguos
La prensa masiva y popular solo fue posible en el Perú luego de la histórica migración andina que cambió el rostro de Lima. La prensa diaria *que agotaba ya públicos antiguos* encontró en las nuevas masas un gran mercado de lectores que preferían nuevas formas de expresión y modelos de identificación.
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Traditional readers [...] were quickly superseded
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I find any sort of literal rendering too awkward and clumsy in English, so would suggest paraphrasing it along these lines...

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James A. Walsh
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1which had exhausted the potential of its traditional readership
patinba
4Traditional readers [...] were quickly superseded
James A. Walsh
4was reaching a saturation point with its traditional readership base
Jenni Lukac (X)
3which was already meeting the needs of its readers
Robert Forstag


  

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which had exhausted the potential of its traditional readership


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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 23:11
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which was already meeting the needs of its readers


Explanation:
I think that this works better than using "exhausted." I also think that "traditional" can be dispensed with.

Suerte.

Robert Forstag
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Traditional readers [...] were quickly superseded


Explanation:

I find any sort of literal rendering too awkward and clumsy in English, so would suggest paraphrasing it along these lines...



Example sentence(s):
  • La prensa diaria <u>que agotaba ya públicos antiguos</u> encontró en las nuevas masas un gran mercado de lectores que preferían nuevas formas de expresión y modelos de identificación.
  • <u>Traditional readers</u> of the daily press <u>were quickly superseded</u> by a large market of readers in the new masses that preferred new forms of expression and role models.
James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 04:11
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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was reaching a saturation point with its traditional readership base


Explanation:
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Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 04:11
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