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sifting listlessly

Spanish translation: repasando/revisando/corrigiendo con apatía/desgano/pereza/cansancio


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English term or phrase:sifting listlessly
Spanish translation:repasando/revisando/corrigiendo con apatía/desgano/pereza/cansancio
Entered by: Rosina Peixoto
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04:42 Mar 20, 2009
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Education / Pedagogy / Teaching
English term or phrase: sifting listlessly
It is the English teacher, weary-eyed, cramped of leg, hand, and brain, sifting listlessly, but doggedly through piles of themes, circling, marking, grading, commenting, guilt-ridden because the students were promised that the papers would be returned last week.

Sé lo que es "sift" y "listless", pero no se me ocurre algo que quede bien en el contexto.
Muy agradecida de antemano.
Rosina Peixoto
Uruguay
Local time: 01:45
repasando con apatía
Explanation:
Una maestra repasa los papeles de los estudiantes para ver lo que entienden de la leccion
Selected response from:

SRodrig185
Local time: 23:45
Grading comment
Muchas gracias a todos los que me ayudaron. Las cuatro trasmitieron esa edad que necesitaba, pero tengo que elegir una. Saludos.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2escudriñando fatigosamente/lánguidamente/con pereza o cansancio
Cristina Heraud-van Tol
5 +1repasando con apatía
SRodrig185
4revisando sin empeño pero con tenacidad
Cynthia Neme
3revisando / corrigiendo con desgana
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
escudriñando fatigosamente/lánguidamente/con pereza o cansancio


Explanation:
Word Magic:

listelssly:
lánguidamente; con fatiga. Synonyms: unhappily, sadly, languidly; In an unfortunate way. ; In an unpleasant way.

sifting:
Sifting through the sands...(Phrase) (empeñarse en) escudriñar el pasado

Cristina Heraud-van Tol
Peru
Local time: 23:45
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 185

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marjory Hord
23 mins

agree  Dario Ochoa Nuño: parace lo mas adecuado
23 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
repasando con apatía


Explanation:
Una maestra repasa los papeles de los estudiantes para ver lo que entienden de la leccion

SRodrig185
Local time: 23:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Muchas gracias a todos los que me ayudaron. Las cuatro trasmitieron esa edad que necesitaba, pero tengo que elegir una. Saludos.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yaotl Altan: Muy buena opción.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
revisando / corrigiendo con desgana


Explanation:
Yo diría algo natural como: "...revisando con desgana, pero con tenacidad / tenazmente, montañas de ejercicios etc..."

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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-03-20 10:01:01 GMT)
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Mejor: "revisando, con desgana pero con tesón, montañas de ejercicios..."

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 06:45
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 329
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
revisando sin empeño pero con tenacidad


Explanation:
podría ser una alternativa

Cynthia Neme
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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