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three-dimensional human beings

Spanish translation: seres humanos tridimensionales

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English term or phrase:	three-dimensional human beings
Spanish translation:	seres humanos tridimensionales
Entered by:	Yaotl Altan

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02:05 Nov 2, 2009

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English term or phrase: three-dimensional human beings

"I knew so many of these people. I had met them and found them ***three-dimensional human beings***. Some were articulate, some were very ordinary in their speech patterns, some were quite erudite, some were plain interesting people—but they were all reduced by the requirements of a racist society."

I am not sure that the author is referring to the fact that as human beings we are 3 dimensional, consisting of body, mind, and spirit. In this context, I would appreciate your ideas on how can these definitions be translated. Thank you!

LadyofArcadia KudoZ activity Questions: 128 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 105 United States
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seres humanos tridimensionales

Explanation:
Lo dejaría igual. Salu2 :)

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Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 01:56

Grading comment

Muchísimas gracias a todos.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +11

seres humanos tridimensionales

Yaotl Altan

seres humanos en todas sus dimensiones

Paula Meiss

3 +1

seres humanos en sus tres dimensiones

Mónica Algazi

Humanos de tres dimensiones

Lamarche

seres humanos tridimensionales

Andres Urdaneta

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

seres humanos tridimensionales

Explanation:
Lo dejaría igual. Salu2 :)

Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 01:56
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 28
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Grading comment

Muchísimas gracias a todos.

5 mins confidence:

seres humanos tridimensionales

Explanation:
three-dimensional /'θri:də'mentʃn̩əl/ , /-daɪ- / ||/ˌθri:daɪ'menʃənḷ/ , /-dɪ-/ adjetivo
tridimensional;

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Eng Definition: three-dimensional, third-dimensional, three-d: involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth; "lifelike three-dimensional characters"; "a three-dimensional account of conditions under the new government"; "they shot the movie in three-D"

Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=thr...

Andres Urdaneta
United States
Local time: 02:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

9 mins confidence:

Humanos de tres dimensiones

Explanation:
Yo sé que lo sabes y no estoy descubriendo nada. Pero creo que debes traducirlo como tal y si existe una intención ulterior del autor, pues la dirá más adelante. Creo que no debes preocuparte de eso en este momento.

Lamarche
United States
Local time: 03:26
Native speaker of:

Spanish

Notes to answerer

Asker: Gracias

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

seres humanos en sus tres dimensiones

Explanation:
(física, mental y espiritual)

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

1 day7 hrs confidence:

seres humanos en todas sus dimensiones

Explanation:
I think it sounds more natural in Spanish to refer to "all of their dimensions" rather than the "three of them". In any case, I think the contrast is between "flat" (2D) and "round" (3D) human beings, as the tendency of a racist society would be to level them up to stereotypes (2D).

Paula Meiss
Spain
Local time: 08:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish