LAY

Spanish translation: se escondía

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English term or phrase:	LAY
Spanish translation:	se escondía
Entered by:	Miriam Nieto

17:37 Mar 22, 2009

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / general

English term or phrase: LAY

Estoy traduciendo un texto sobre Alexander Solzhenitsyn (escritor ruso ya fallecido) y me he encontrado con un problema en una oración:

Behind his impassive kulak's face LAY intense self-scrutiny, adamantine moral and physical courage and a sometimes unsettling disregard for the smaller and softer things in the life.

No tengo ni la menor idea de qué puede significar aquí lay. A lo mejor me he atascado y por eso no lo veo. Pero agradecería su ayuda, porque la verdad, que sin ese significado no sé qué quiere decir la oración.

Aclaración: kulak es un término que usa el escritor en uno de sus libros (aquí no tiene importancia)

Gracias de antemano.

Miriam Nieto KudoZ activity Questions: 39 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0 Spain
Local time: 17:27

se escondía

Explanation:
En este contexto, podría traducirse así.

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Note added at 23 mins (2009-03-22 18:01:37 GMT)
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Otra posibilidad: su rostro ocultaba...

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David Russi
United States
Local time: 09:27

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Summary of answers provided

4 +4

se escondía

David Russi

4 +3

subyacen

MPGS

4 +2

ocultaba

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

pesan

Beta Cummins

subyacen

Darío Orlando Fernández

habían/se encontraban

bcsantos

Summary of reference entries provided

Beta Cummins

Discussion entries: 9

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

lay subyacen

Explanation:
... un autoescrutinio intenso, una moral férrea ...

:)

MPGS
Local time: 17:27
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 28

14 mins confidence:

lay pesan

Explanation:
otra sugerencia.

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Note added at 16 mins (2009-03-22 17:53:54 GMT)
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Entiendo que detras de su mirada impasible pesan todos los demas sentimientos.

Beta Cummins
United States
Local time: 11:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 10

18 mins confidence:

lay subyacen

Explanation:
Despues de mi pronto pedido de aclaración para verificar la posibilidad de traducir "lay" como "subyacen"... encontré la siguiente interesante explicación acerca del uso de "lay"

Usage: "lay" has been used intransitively in the sense of “lie” since the 14th century. The practice was unremarked until around 1770; attempts to correct it have been a fixture of schoolbooks ever since. Generations of teachers and critics have succeeded in taming most literary and learned writing, but intransitive lay persists in familiar speech and is a bit more common in general prose than one might suspect. Much of the problem lies in the confusing similarity of the principal parts of the two words. Another influence may be a folk belief that lie is for people and lay is for things. Some commentators are ready to abandon the distinction, suggesting that lay is on the rise socially. But if it does rise to respectability, it is sure to do so slowly: many people have invested effort in learning to keep lie and lay distinct. Remember that even though many people do use lay for lie, others will judge you unfavorably if you do.

Darío Orlando Fernández
Argentina
Local time: 12:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Notes to answerer

Asker: No quería abusar...jeje. Por eso no publicaba otra pregunta, pero lo haré. Gracias.

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

lay

se escondía

David Russi
United States
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 174

42 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

lay ocultaba

Explanation:
Me parece la forma más natural de decirlo: "Tras / bajo la impasibilidad de su rostro de kulak ocultaba etc..."

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 17:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 1556

Notes to answerer

Asker: Sí, a mí también me gusta ocultar para este contexto.

42 mins confidence:

lay habían/se encontraban

Explanation:
Simply put.

bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 17:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 95

Reference comments

8 mins

Reference

Reference information:
transitive verb1: to beat or strike down with force2 a: to put or set down <lay your books on the table> b: to place for rest or sleep ; especially : bury3: to bring forth and deposit (an egg)4: calm , allay <lay the dust>5: bet , wager6: to press down giving a smooth and even surface7 a: to dispose or spread over or on a surface <lay track> <lay plaster> b: to set in order or position <lay a table for dinner> <lay brick> c: to put (strands) in place and twist to form a rope, hawser, or cable ; also : to make by so doing <lay up rope>8 a: to impose as a duty, burden, or punishment <lay a tax> b: to put as a burden of reproach <laid the blame on her> c: to advance as an accusation : impute <the disaster was laid to faulty inspection>9: to place (something immaterial) on something <lay stress on grammar>10: prepare , contrive <a well-laid plan>11 a: to bring against or into contact with something : apply <laid the watch to his ear> b: to prepare or position for action or operation <lay a fire in the fireplace> ; also : to adjust (a gun) to the proper direction and elevation12: to bring to a specified condition <lay waste the land>13 a: assert , allege <lay claim to an estate> b: to submit for examination and judgment <laid her case before the commission>14often vulgar : to copulate with

Beta Cummins
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 10

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