Spanish: nos ocupa y deleita por su desbordada sabiduríaEnglish translation: that holds our attention while it delights us with its profuse written and visual knowledge 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Spanish term or phrase: | nos ocupa y deleita por su desbordada sabiduría | | English translation: | that holds our attention while it delights us with its profuse written and visual knowledge | | Entered by: | Michael Powers (PhD) |
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Art/Literary - Anthropology | | Spanish term or phrase: nos ocupa y deleita por su desbordada sabiduría | ... a través de la edición del libro que nos ocupa y deleita por su desbordada sabiduría tanto escrita como visual.
I can't decide if I can afford to ignore the "que nos ocupa" part. This is what I have, but I'm not happy with it:
this book that you have in your hands, which delights as it bursts with both written and visual knowledge |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseDaniel Greuel: 11:21pm Oct 11, 2007: could you provide the whole sentence? i'm interested to see what the beginning says.
Patricia Rosas: 11:24pm Oct 11, 2007: Hi, Daniel: I had actually posted the rest in an earlier question, but here it is:
Un profundo agradecimiento va, sin cortapisas, para Editorial [nombre], por preservar este acervo abundante, esta memoria remota, a través de ...
Daniel Greuel: 11:25pm Oct 11, 2007: never mind, i found it in your other post :)
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| | that holds our attention while we enjoy it overwhelming wisdom | Explanation:
I had to translate "y" as "while" to make it flow - obviously I included "nos ocupa"
Mike : )
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Note added at 27 mins (2007-10-11 20:58:44 GMT)
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its overwhelming wisdom - with an "s" - itS
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Note added at 38 mins (2007-10-11 21:08:59 GMT)
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Yes, your suggestion sounds very nice, Patricia.
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Note added at 4 days (2007-10-16 03:58:55 GMT) Post-grading
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You're welcome, Patricia - Mike :) |
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 Michael Powers (PhD)
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| Note from asker to answererThanks for your help, Mike (and thanks everyone else, too!). I went with: "... that holds our attention while it delights us with its profuse written and visual knowledge" -- a tad flowery, but it'll have to do ;-)
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| it captures/engages and delights us with its richness of wisdom
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