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Law/Patents - Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs | | Spanish term or phrase: deformar | This appears at the bottom of a short-form birth certificate (Colombian) issued "para demostrar parentesco"
"PADRES: No deforméis vuestros hijos; ellos son la esperanza de la Patria."
I'm interested in what you think this really means and how one could express that in English without sounding utterly bizarre--not just a dictionary definition. |
| | | English translation:upstanding / upright... | Explanation:
Raise your children to be upstanding / upright / principled / incorruptible...
They are the assets of our/the nation/country.
La verdad es que no encuentro el adjetivo que dé la idea contrario a "deformar", es decir, que tenga un carácter o mente no deformadas, sino recias, fuertes. Esa es la idea, creo. |
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  Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Local time: 08:43
| Grading comment Based on everyone else's input as well, I think this is the closest "positive" formulation.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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5 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 Parents: Don't corrupt/mislead your children
Explanation:
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Note added at 6 mins (2009-05-07 13:23:26 GMT)
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Or if expressed in an opposite fashion....
Parents: Raise your children well/with good morals/values/etc...: they are the ....
| Robert Copeland
United States
Local time: 02:43
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Native speaker of:  English, Spanish
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