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English term or phrase:	cut in twain
Spanish translation:	dividido en dos
Entered by:	Francesca Samuel

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15:40 Aug 15, 2006

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Social Sciences - History / American Civil War

English term or phrase: cut in twain

No tengo idea de lo que significa esta expresión idiomatica. A continuación, la oración por completo.

"Here at Vicksburg," said Lee, "over a hundred thousand gallant soldiers and a powerful fleet of gunboats and ironclads in great earnestness... fought to decide whether the new Confederate States should be cut in twain."

Gracias de antemano.

Francesca Samuel KudoZ activity Questions: 516 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 341 United States
Local time: 08:27

divididos en dos

Explanation:
"divididos" es más adecuado al tipo de texto.

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María Susana Hernández
Local time: 12:27

Grading comment

Gracias María Susana.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

cortado en dos (partes)

Сергей Лузан

5 +1

Partir en dos

Mike Fuentes

divididos en dos

María Susana Hernández

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3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

cortado en dos (partes)

Explanation:
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-08-15 18:14:09 GMT)
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Kansas and Kansans Ch. 4By an act of Congress passed March 26th, 1804, this French Louisiana was cut in twain. The territory of Orleans was established. ...
skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/v1/ch4p1.html

India's National Magazine From the publishers of THE HINDU Vol. 14 ...Was it that India was cut in twain, forming two enemy states out of a formerly united India? He had declared earlier that "the vivisection of India is like ...
www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1416/14160180.htm

Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=%22corta...

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 19:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Partir en dos

Explanation:
I liked your question so much! This is steam boat pilot's jargon from the Mississippi river in the 1800s. Suggest you read "life in the mississippi", from Samuel Langhorn Clemens... i.e. Mark Twain. He got his writer name from the river jargon. When pilots were probing for the river depth and sand banks in the night, they dropped a rope probe with knots or clips marking the depth and many mark numbers had their particular slang names: instead of "mark two", the boy would shout "mark twain"

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-08-15 20:49:36 GMT)
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You may also refer to a serious transaltion of "Huckeberry Finn", choose one with transaltion notes, like Aguilar. There you may find good slang translations into spanish (Spain)

Example sentence(s):

Read Life in the Mississippi... you will get the taste of slang for your job
The first answer (my colleague's) is also adequate.

Mike Fuentes
Mexico
Local time: 10:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

23 hrs confidence:

divididos en dos

Explanation:
"divididos" es más adecuado al tipo de texto.

María Susana Hernández
Local time: 12:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Gracias María Susana.

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