English: Big AlSpanish translation: El Gran Beto 
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Social Sciences - Names (personal, company) / nickname / apodo, diminutivo | | English term or phrase: Big Al | The document I am translating is by a Dominican where he talks about different Dominican saints, and jokingly gives each of them a nickname, or short form. I have not found any "official" version for them, so I guess I am free to use whatever sounds best in Spanish.
The first one is Big Al. Here's the original sentence:
- There’s “Big Al” (St Albert the Great) who was one of the principal patrons of the last World Youth Day in Cologne.
I will be posting others. |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseNicholas Ferreira: 4:30pm May 23, 2007: More info - Here's the next sentence to give you a better sense of the text:
...He knew just about everything, but was not just a big brain: he had a big heart too. He worked his long life with university students. One of those students was nicknamed “the Dumb Ox”: he was St Thomas Aquinas, perhaps the greatest theologian of all time.
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| | El Gran Beto | Explanation:
Mantiene familiaridad y el sentido de ser un título |
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 Cristián Bianchi-Bruna
Costa Rica
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| big al Albertón, Albertazo
Explanation:
These are the types of nicknames my husband gives people. Alfonso is Alfonseca, Luis is Luisanga, León is Leonazo, etc.
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| big al El Gran Beto
Explanation:
Mantiene familiaridad y el sentido de ser un título
| | Note from asker to answerer| This fits the context very well! Great option. Thanks to all for participating! |
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The translation workplace 
