Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
A pesar de ser italiana, su historia es de manual, la de un maletilla español de
English translation:
Although Italian, her story is the classic tale of a poor Spanish aspiring bullfighter
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Sep 25, 2008 19:38
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
A pesar de ser italiana, su historia es de manual, la de un maletilla español de
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Tourism & Travel
Captuo bien esa idea al expresarla con:
Despite being Italian, her story is from a handbook, a handbook of a poor, aspiring Spanish bullfighter from the 70’s
Despite being Italian, her story is from a handbook, a handbook of a poor, aspiring Spanish bullfighter from the 70’s
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Oct 9, 2008 08:37: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro Created KOG entry
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Spain
Golf, Literature and Religion Specialist
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
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Although Italian, her story is the classic tale of a poor Spanish aspiring bullfighter
Or "Despite being Italian, her story is the classic tale of a poor Spanish aspiring bullfighter
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: If the style were a bit different I would use "it is a textbook case of..." but for this text I think this is the best option.
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Daniel Coria
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
Premium English Spanish Translations
Native in: Spanish (Variants: US, Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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Although she is/was Italian, her story seems to come from a handbook; the story of a poor...
My 2 cents...
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-09-25 19:44:51 GMT)
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Sorry, I misread the first part:
"Although/though Italian, his story seems to come from a handbook; the story of a poor..."
HIS story is Italian; however, it looks like taken from a (probably history) handbook; the story of a....
Saludos!
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-09-25 19:44:51 GMT)
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Sorry, I misread the first part:
"Although/though Italian, his story seems to come from a handbook; the story of a poor..."
HIS story is Italian; however, it looks like taken from a (probably history) handbook; the story of a....
Saludos!
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Donald Scott Alexander
Native in English
Fast, Professional and Accurate!
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, German to English, and 1 more.
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