Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

support his sinking frame in their arms

Spanish translation:

acoger su cuerpo moribundo en sus brazos

Added to glossary by Ana Juliá
May 16, 2005 16:12
18 yrs ago
English term

support his sinking frame in their arms

English to Spanish Art/Literary Religion 19th century text
Relatives, loved friends, and servants, cannot comfort a man when he draws near death. They may minister affectionately to his bodily wants. They may watch by his bed-side tenderly, and anticipate his every wish. They may smooth down his dying pillow, and ***support his sinking frame in their arms***. But they cannot "minister to a mind diseased." They cannot stop the achings of a troubled heart. They cannot screen an uneasy conscience from the eye of God.

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acoger su cuerpo moribundo en sus brazos

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Peer comment(s):

agree cello : me gusta 8-)
3 hrs
muchas gracias y saludos cello
agree Leticia Klemetz, CT : creo que esto refleja el sentido. me gusta
4 hrs
muchas gracias y saludos leticia
agree carlie602 : gracias
9 hrs
muchas gracias carlie
agree Olga Alex : Yo pondría "sostener su cuerpo moribundo" y quitaría los de los brazos.
15 hrs
muchas gracias olga
agree JaneTranslates : Very nice.
2 days 11 hrs
muchas cracias jane
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gracias, Joaquim."
2 mins

y mantener en sus brazos su cuerpo que se está apagando

Saludos.
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53 mins

sostienen con sus brazos el marco que se hunde

Es sostener concretamente el marco de la cama que parece hundirse, no es metáfora del cuerpo del moribundo. Alisan la almohada, atienden sus necesidades; son todos actos que intentan ayudar en lo irreversible
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8 hrs

... amparar su marchita / agotada forma en sus brazos

Prefiero forma porque el original dice "frame" y no "body"...
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11 hrs

abrigar (proteger) con sus brazos su cuerpo ya indefenso

opción
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6 days

sostener en sus brazos su zozobrante estructura (en sentido de recipiente del alma)

ok
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