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Feb 19, 2015 21:53
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Spanish term
entenados
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This is from text by an Argentine sociologist:
Siempre ha sido así: el príncipe, el sultán o quien presida se hace ostensible en el ápice en tanto sus diligentes burocracias recolectan y archivan información que apuntala y lubrica el mecanismo de la jerarquía. La policía secreta, más luego, a medida que se asentaron los estados totalitarios del siglo XX, se inmiscuiría por el resto de las rendijas, los dobles fondos y las cloacas también. Y tampoco los regímenes democráticos quedaron exentos de estos dobladillos y repulgues, consustanciales al principio de autoridad, con sus concomitantes beneficios para detentadores y entenados
Apparently, it means stepchild, but the use is clearly figurative here... but I am not sure what the equivalent would be. Usurpers?
Thanks
J
Siempre ha sido así: el príncipe, el sultán o quien presida se hace ostensible en el ápice en tanto sus diligentes burocracias recolectan y archivan información que apuntala y lubrica el mecanismo de la jerarquía. La policía secreta, más luego, a medida que se asentaron los estados totalitarios del siglo XX, se inmiscuiría por el resto de las rendijas, los dobles fondos y las cloacas también. Y tampoco los regímenes democráticos quedaron exentos de estos dobladillos y repulgues, consustanciales al principio de autoridad, con sus concomitantes beneficios para detentadores y entenados
Apparently, it means stepchild, but the use is clearly figurative here... but I am not sure what the equivalent would be. Usurpers?
Thanks
J
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +1 | cronies | TravellingTrans |
3 | those on the paylist | David Hollywood |
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cronies
synonyms for crony: friend, companion, bosom friend, intimate, confidant, confidante, familiar, associate, accomplice, comrade
it seems the most likely English language term for the idea of a figurative "relative" or "stepchild" who is receiving illicit benefits under the table
it seems the most likely English language term for the idea of a figurative "relative" or "stepchild" who is receiving illicit benefits under the table
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3 hrs
those on the paylist
I would say
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Reference:
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The Witness by Juan Jose Saer | Quarterly Conversation
quarterlyconversation.com/the-witness-by-juan-jose-saer
7 Dec 2009 - It is the narrative of a 16th-century cabin boy, an orphan (a more direct translation of the Spanish title, El entenado, also meaning bastard or ..
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Note added at 29 mins (2015-02-19 22:22:56 GMT)
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illicit descendants?
quarterlyconversation.com/the-witness-by-juan-jose-saer
7 Dec 2009 - It is the narrative of a 16th-century cabin boy, an orphan (a more direct translation of the Spanish title, El entenado, also meaning bastard or ..
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Note added at 29 mins (2015-02-19 22:22:56 GMT)
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illicit descendants?
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