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English term or phrase:	sheer
Spanish translation:	puro / total /absoluto
Entered by:	Walter Blass

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03:08 Aug 4, 2011

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Journalism

English term or phrase: sheer

I think, is recognizing the two mysteries as twin expressions of a single, primal, human fallibility: the need to attribute success to one's own moral substance, failure to sheer misfortune.

xxxtranslatortr

puro / total /absoluto

Explanation:
Para este caso: pura/ total /absoluta / mucha mala suerte, o desgracia.

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Walter Blass
Argentina
Local time: 06:56

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4 +3

puro / total /absoluto

Walter Blass

exclusiva

Enrique F Granados-González

mera/simple

cgowar

inadulterada

Carl Stoll

verdadera

Adela Richter

Discussion entries: 3

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

puro / total /absoluto

Explanation:
Para este caso: pura/ total /absoluta / mucha mala suerte, o desgracia.

Walter Blass
Argentina
Local time: 06:56
Native speaker of:

German,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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Notes to answerer

Asker: la falta de pura mala fortuna?

1 hr confidence:

verdadera

Explanation:
Verdadera desgracia o mala suerte, otra opci'on

Adela Richter
Argentina
Local time: 06:56
Native speaker of:

Spanish

2 hrs confidence:

inadulterada

Explanation:
xx

Carl Stoll
United States
Local time: 04:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

3 hrs confidence:

mera/simple

Explanation:
o mera desgracia/desdicha
Entiendo que aquí está usado en el sentido de "ni más ni menos".

cgowar
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 48

2 hrs confidence:

exclusiva

Explanation:
...atribuir el fracaso en exclusiva a la mala suerte.

Aunque como bien dicen Walter y Adela el significado primario es el que ellos señalan, en este contexto quedaría tal vez mejor esta expresión.

Saludos

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Note added at 3 horas (2011-08-04 06:58:54 GMT)
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Translatortrad, esa traducción parece bastante apropiada. Ese es el sentido.

Enrique F Granados-González
Local time: 11:56
Native speaker of:

Spanish

Notes to answerer

Asker: La clave, creo, es reconocer a los dos misterios como expresiones gemelas de una única, primordial, falibilidad humana: la necesidad de atribuir el éxito a la propia esencia moral, y el fracaso a la pura mala fortuna.

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Non-PRO (2): David Hollywood, Tomás Cano Binder, CT

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Aug 18, 2011 - Changes made by Walter Blass:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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