Mar 1, 2004 23:33
21 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Carolina
ojos rasgados
Non-PRO
Spanish to English
Other
Los orientales tienen los ojos rasgados.
Conozco el termo "slant-eyed". Me gustaría saber si puedo usarlo en ese contexto también.
Conozco el termo "slant-eyed". Me gustaría saber si puedo usarlo en ese contexto también.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +4 | slanted eyes |
Sol
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| 5 +13 | almond-shaped eyes |
SMLS
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| 5 -2 | slant-eyed |
George Rabel
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Proposed translations
+4
2 hrs
Selected
slanted eyes
No lo veo ni más ni menos peyorativo que "ojos rasgados".
Asia is Not Just Slanted Eyes
I’m Asian. But I don’t have slanted eyes and I’m not sure why,
all of a sudden, I’m part of this Asian group. Yes, I am ...
www.gsu.edu/~wwwcou/lifeshops/asian4.htm - 3k - Cached - Similar pages
Participating Centers
... beautiful. People alway compliment her beautiful slanted eyes. She
is diabetes insipidus and requires medication to regulate it. ...
www.stanford.edu/group/hpe/support/ data/file.00184.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
supersonicchica: NOVALEE is a Great Baby!!!
... well she was 7 pounds 7 oz and she looks just like Elijah.. not like me at all,
she has the most beautiful slanted eyes like her Daddy.. She is so great... ...
www.livejournal.com/users/supersonicchica/27886.html - 12k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
Asia is Not Just Slanted Eyes
I’m Asian. But I don’t have slanted eyes and I’m not sure why,
all of a sudden, I’m part of this Asian group. Yes, I am ...
www.gsu.edu/~wwwcou/lifeshops/asian4.htm - 3k - Cached - Similar pages
Participating Centers
... beautiful. People alway compliment her beautiful slanted eyes. She
is diabetes insipidus and requires medication to regulate it. ...
www.stanford.edu/group/hpe/support/ data/file.00184.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
supersonicchica: NOVALEE is a Great Baby!!!
... well she was 7 pounds 7 oz and she looks just like Elijah.. not like me at all,
she has the most beautiful slanted eyes like her Daddy.. She is so great... ...
www.livejournal.com/users/supersonicchica/27886.html - 12k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Henry Hinds
: Perhaps less sensitivity issues here.
2 mins
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| agree |
Ines Garcia Botana
: También "slanting eyes", y no entiendo por qué "peyorativo" así aparece en los libros británicos de mis alumnos :-)
56 mins
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| neutral |
Refugio
: The reason any variant of slant with eyes is considered pejorative dates back to anti-Japanese propaganda during World War II, when "slanty-eyed" was an adjective commonly used in dehumanizing or demonizing context.
14 hrs
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Thank-you very much for the information. Actually, I don't like the term "rasgados" myself, so I consider "slanted" a good translation for it. There are nicer ways to say it in Spanish.
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| agree |
Gabo Pena
: thank for the history lesson Ruth where you in Manzanar?
15 hrs
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| agree |
Hinara
1 day 6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Your examples were very helpful, Sol. By the way, all answers and comments were helpful and Ruth's information about the II World War was fantastic. My sentence was indeed a very neutral one, without any particular context. Thanks everybody!"
+13
6 mins
almond-shaped eyes
this is the more politically correct way of saying it. Good luck.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Edwin Lukens
1 min
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thanks
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| agree |
Berry Prinsen
4 mins
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thanks
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| agree |
Lesley Clarke
: nice too
4 mins
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thanks
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| neutral |
Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
: You better ask some guy from Taiwan...! I dont know... lol.
35 mins
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| agree |
Tom Bishop
43 mins
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| agree |
Refugio
: Yes. And those who don't know ... shouldn't answer.
1 hr
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| agree |
roneill
: This is how to say it
1 hr
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| agree |
TracyG (X)
1 hr
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| agree |
Ana Krämer
2 hrs
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| agree |
Patricia Baldwin
: most beautiful eyes!
2 hrs
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| neutral |
Sol
: eso sería "ojos almendrados" en castellano, estamos tratando de traducir "ojos rasgados"
2 hrs
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| agree |
Maria Lorenzo
14 hrs
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| agree |
BerylA
19 hrs
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| agree |
Hinara
1 day 8 hrs
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| agree |
Jason Hall
: A little after-the-fact, but I find myself translating the same term and feel this is the best suggestion. Both of the others sound somewhat offensive in English.
1266 days
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-2
7 mins
George Rabel
Native in Spanish
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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1608
slant-eyed
Puedes usarlo
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Note added at 5 hrs 27 mins (2004-03-02 05:01:04 GMT)
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Tom, Ruth and Ronald are correct regarding the use of the term. In the first Google hit I found, it was used pejoratively in all the instances. Carolina simply asked if she could used the expression in her context, and her context is a totally neutral sentence. Obviously, I should have provided the observation: \"Yes, but...\".
Sol offers some examples where it is not used pejoratively
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Note added at 5 hrs 27 mins (2004-03-02 05:01:04 GMT)
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Tom, Ruth and Ronald are correct regarding the use of the term. In the first Google hit I found, it was used pejoratively in all the instances. Carolina simply asked if she could used the expression in her context, and her context is a totally neutral sentence. Obviously, I should have provided the observation: \"Yes, but...\".
Sol offers some examples where it is not used pejoratively
Reference:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=slant-eyed+orientals&btnG=Google+Search
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tom Bishop
: But only pejoratively.
43 mins
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see my added comment above
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| disagree |
Refugio
: No, it is considered insulting
1 hr
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see my added comment above
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| disagree |
roneill
: I agree with Ruth
1 hr
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see my added comment above
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