Sep 29, 2007 18:01
17 yrs ago
Spanish term
como nuestro y sea nuestro
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Mexico; identity politics
... hacer palpable nuestra realidad común, hacer que el riesgo que viven los migrantes, el sufrimiento del “otro”, se perciba y se sienta como nuestro y sea nuestro, con todo el compromiso que engendra asumir esa identificación.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +3 | be seen and felt as our [very] own--and that it [indeed] become our own... | Robert Forstag |
4 | like ours and is ours | Eileen Brophy |
Proposed translations
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Spanish term (edited):
se perciba y se sienta como nuestro y sea nuestro
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be seen and felt as our [very] own--and that it [indeed] become our own...
Inclusion of the words in brackets would lend the language a more formal tone. "Like ours and is ours" is simply impossible here.
Suerte.
Suerte.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Carol Gullidge
: becomes/is//OK : hacer que....sea nuestro - you win!
7 mins
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Ah, but you miss the subtlety of the use of the subjunctive. A [friendly] rap on the knunckles for you. :-) Thank you.
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Rocio Barrientos
1 day 11 hrs
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Pilar Díez
1 day 23 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Very nice, Robert. Thanks!"
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like ours and is ours
I would say "it feels like ours and it is ours or it becomes ours"
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