English: Champla (sic!)Spanish translation: Eixample 
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Names (personal, company) | | English term or phrase: Champla (sic!) | Hope no one minds I'm posting this in the English>Spanish KudoZ.
I'm translating a short documentary on Barcelona. This is what the script says:
"Unlike other big European city congestion, an effective one way system guides traffic through the old city and onto the grand boulevards of *Champla*..."
And it's about how it sounds, too, but it's not "Champla", is it ? :)
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| | Clarification request(s) and responseValentin Alupoaie: 1:01pm Dec 3, 2006: Las Ramblas, got it. Forgot to mention I don't speak Sanish :)
Smartranslators: 1:03pm Dec 3, 2006: Sorry Valentin... I've also included several explanatory references in English
Valentin Alupoaie: 1:13pm Dec 3, 2006: No problemo. I already had a hint pointing to Las Ramblas, but what bothers me is how the narrator's says it... Perhaps it's the Catalan pronunciation? :P Something seems amiss.
Smartranslators: 1:22pm Dec 3, 2006: I guess it's just a typo... I've never heard this word before... and Las Ramblas in Catalan is "Les Rambles" Let's see what Catalonians have to say...
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| | Eixample | Explanation:
Valentin, your text is refering to El Eixample, a big extension of Barcelona, with wider streets and boulevards.
The translation can be The Extension, but I think the best is leave it in Catalonian. Everybody knows it as Eixample, and it sounds like echample, or champla.
My suggestion is don't translate it.
Carmen |
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Carmen Hernaiz
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| champla (sic!) Champla
Explanation:
Anyone venturing the 60 miles or so toward Sestriere, the skiing resort developed by the Agnellis, should make a detour for Ristorante Du Grand-pere in the quaint village of --Champlas --Jancier (note the French influence; the border's about 10 miles away). About 3 miles outside Sestriere, the 60-seat restaurant in what used to be a house has exposed wood beam ceilings and windows that provide spectacular views of the snow- and pine-dotted Alps.
I found this article, maybe it is no need of translation, if it is a place.
good luck
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| champla (sic!) Eixample
Explanation:
Valentin, your text is refering to El Eixample, a big extension of Barcelona, with wider streets and boulevards.
The translation can be The Extension, but I think the best is leave it in Catalonian. Everybody knows it as Eixample, and it sounds like echample, or champla.
My suggestion is don't translate it.
Carmen
| | Note from asker to answerer | Notes to answerer
Asker: It seems to be unclear that I don't want to translate it. I just need the correct spelling of the area, neighborhood or whatever, that would be pronounced by an English speaker as "Champla". Such as this "Exiample"... Thanks a lot.
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