Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
invita a pasear por sus valles, huertas y alamedas
English translation:
invites visitors to explore its valleys, orchards and groves
Spanish term
invita a pasear por sus huertas y alamedas
Context: "Su situación privilegiada en el cinturón verde de X, invita a pasear por sus valles, huertas y alamedas". I'm not sure about how to best translate the phrase above. Thank you for any suggestions.
Feb 18, 2012 21:37: BeatrizDR changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Feb 21, 2012 22:31: James A. Walsh Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Carol Gullidge, AllegroTrans, BeatrizDR
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Proposed translations
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invites visitors to explore its valleys, orchards and groves
“[…] invita a pasear por sus valles, huertas y alamedas.”
“[…] invites visitors to explore its valleys, orchards and groves.”
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It invites us to wander around its valleys, orchads and poplar groves
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invites you to wander through its open fields and avenues/tree groves/tree-lined avenues
"Your privileged location in X's green belt invites you to wander through its valleys, open fields, and avenues/tree groves."
Now, depending on the context (this is where you might want to do a little more research about X), "alameda" could mean any of the above three: literally, a "poplar grove" (do they have a lot of trees clumped together? Is the location a rural one?), an avenue or boulevard (though avenue doesn't necessarily have the size implied by a boulevard), or a "tree-lined avenue", ("alameda" in this case attempting to give an impression of rusticity).
If you wanted to go for the "safest" translation which would be least likely to be incorrect, I'd say go with "open fields" and "avenues". Though "huerta" implies an agricultural region, "open field" in English implies the same kind of cultivation and space--not necessarily heavily industrial field, but perhaps fields of agriculture or even undeveloped land.
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tempts you to take a stroll along past its kitchen gardens and groves of trees/ tree lined paths
Huerta is not that easy - allotment/vegetable patch are other possible translations, but not so good here, imo.
Would be nice to know where we are, but I think I can visualise the general picture.
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I haven't specified the poplars because a) not all readers will readily identify the tree, and b) there's a reasonable chance they won't be poplars anyway...
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Note added at 35 mins (2012-02-18 15:20:15 GMT)
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Pls read BrieucBerezo's comments - we are thinking very much along the same lines about the general picture I think.
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Charles Davis
: Can you squeeze the valleys in somewhere? I really like "tempts you to take a stroll". / Oh, I see, the valleys got missed out of the question.
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Thanks Charles
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Bubo Coroman (X)
: yes, it's not meant to be "an exhaustive list of the features of the surroundings", but just to whet the appetite of potential visitors. And "past" is important to respect private property.
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Thanks Deborah. Love to you all.
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Jessica Noyes
: I like it, but think you should split up "along" and "past"
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Inclined to agree! Thanks Jessica.
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neilmac
: Or "stroll through" as in comin' thru the rye...
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Yes, we definitely need to wax lyrical! Thanks Neil.
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Letredenoblesse
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Thanks Agnes.
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