English: A new civilisation is always being madeSpanish translation: una nueva civilización está siempre en constante proceso de formación 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | A new civilisation is always being made | | Spanish translation: | una nueva civilización está siempre en constante proceso de formación | | Entered by: | Otilia Acosta |
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Art/Literary - Philosophy | | English term or phrase: A new civilisation is always being made | The text continues:
:the state of affairs that we enjoy today illustrates what happens to aspirations of each age for a better one.
The background to this sentence is that the text argues that civilisations are always evolving which is why it is difficult to find some kind of standard that allows us to compare civilisations.
Any good ideas on how this fragment could be translated? Thank you very much |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseSwantje Holtken (asker): 11:29am Mar 28, 2005: Martin: do you really think that civilisaciones has to be plural? The original text is in singular, does that not change the meaning?
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Otilia Acosta
Venezuela
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| a new civilisation is always being made las nuevas civilizaciones están siempre en constante formación
Explanation:
O: siempre hay una nueva civilización en formación
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-03-28 11:28:24 GMT)
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O: continuamente se está formando una civilización nueva.
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-03-28 11:33:25 GMT)
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I ignore the rest of the context. It all depends on how you\'ve \"spinned\" the target language text so far. But, no, it doesn\'t have to be plural. I chose plural to make it more general.
| Martin Harvey
Argentina
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Native speaker of:  English, Spanish
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| a new civilisation is always being made las civilizaciones están siempre en constante evolución
Explanation:
No creo que se refiera al surgimiento de nuevas civilizaciones sino, más bien, a la renovación y "re-creación" de las ya existentes, lo que hace imposible la comparación entre civilizaciones, pues las caracterÃsticas de unas y otras varÃan. Y sÃ, es necesario utilizar el plural, al menos en mi versión.
Eso del surgimiento de nuevas civilizaciones me suena a historia antigua. Hoy en dÃa, bastante impracticable.
Suerte.
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