Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
más estrecheces
English translation:
the most limited / restricted resources
Added to glossary by
kironne
Mar 20, 2007 03:21
17 yrs ago
Spanish term
Puerto Rico
Quality and Integrity
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English, English to Spanish, and 1 more.
con más estrecheces
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
memoirs
Context:
Empresas fabriles que atizaron el fuego, que impartieron tibieza material y espiritualmente a los sueños menos holgados, **con más estrecheces,** pero tal vez con alas mejor fortalecidas para alcanzar estrellas...
The "empresas fabriles" are tobacco, sugarcane, and pottery, three industries that were very important in the life of a particular town in Puerto Rico in the early- and mid-20th century.
And yes, it's a sentence fragment in the original.
Thank you in advance.
Empresas fabriles que atizaron el fuego, que impartieron tibieza material y espiritualmente a los sueños menos holgados, **con más estrecheces,** pero tal vez con alas mejor fortalecidas para alcanzar estrellas...
The "empresas fabriles" are tobacco, sugarcane, and pottery, three industries that were very important in the life of a particular town in Puerto Rico in the early- and mid-20th century.
And yes, it's a sentence fragment in the original.
Thank you in advance.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
2 hrs
Selected
the most limited / restricted
following the other part of the sentence,
... the less-plentiful dreams, the most limited ...
... the less-ample dreams, the most restricted ...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I had to get the noun from Natalia, but I think your phrasing, "the most limited" works the best for me in this context. "The most modest dreams, with the most limited resources...". Thank you very much."
+1
4 mins
Andrea Quintana
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
Sworn Translator, experience since 1994
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
with more needs/ deprivation
Opción.
:)
:)
34 mins
weareaccurate
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Ready for new challenges
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Italian to Spanish, and 2 more.
resource shortaged
Just another option
Note from asker:
| Thank you for "resource(s)" which I will probably use in my final version. I wish I could have split up the points. |
3 hrs
humblest/simplest/most restrained
...reasoning in the "sueños menos holgados" question.
+1
4 hrs
financial difficulties
Espero que te ayude
5 hrs
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
315
with more (economic) hardship(s)
Or
more straitened circumstances
more straitened circumstances
6 hrs
Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
The translator people turn to
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
80
the hardest up / living closest to the edge
A couple more options
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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-03-20 09:55:02 GMT)
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I think it´s a superlative rather than comparative.
Following on Carol´s, another option might be *in the direst straits*
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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-03-20 09:55:02 GMT)
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I think it´s a superlative rather than comparative.
Following on Carol´s, another option might be *in the direst straits*
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