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English translation: reinforcing the point/making it clear once again

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Spanish term or phrase:	se concretaba a consignar
English translation:	reinforcing the point/making it clear once again

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12:12 Aug 16, 2011

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Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / novela

Spanish term or phrase: se concretaba a consignar

..."con la vieja tonteria de escribir el cuento del que escribe el cuento,mediante la cual se concretaba a consignar una vez mas que la vida era un cuento idiota contado por un idiota"

ekat KudoZ activity Questions: 8 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 08:21

reinforcing the point/making it clear once again

Explanation:
No creo que esto se pueda traducir literalmente

..reinforcing the point, once again, that life was an idiotic...
..making it clear, once again, that life...

Asi lo entiendo yo

Selected response from:

anademahomar
Honduras
Local time: 23:21

Grading comment

Thank you.I think the verb "concretarse" implies the idea of "force" of "crystallization" . Therefore I will try to translate it keeping this "internal meaning" in greek too.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

he confined himself to saying/stating

Peter Collins

reinforcing the point/making it clear once again

anademahomar

he limited himself to say / he didnt assert more than / he only remarked again

Salloz

he would just confirm

cgowar

Discussion entries: 2

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1 hr confidence:

he would just confirm

Explanation:
...once again...

Another option, but how you choose to translate these words will depend on how the whole fragment is translated.

cgowar
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 73

1 hr confidence:

he limited himself to say / he didnt assert more than / he only remarked again

Explanation:
Es lo que se me ocurre de momento.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-08-16 14:10:54 GMT)
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Desde luego, la oración contiene una referencia no muy exacta al conocido pasaje de Shakespeare: un cuento contado por un idiota, lleno de sonido y furia, pero sin ningún significado.
El uso del modificador would, que pone cgowar en su respuesta, puede resultar muy indicado. Por ejemplo: he would remark once again...

Salloz
Local time: 00:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

he confined himself to saying/stating

Explanation:
I think one could use a variety of translations for consignar but confine sounds good for the first part

Peter Collins
Local time: 07:21
Native speaker of:

English

8 hrs confidence:

reinforcing the point/making it clear once again

Explanation:
No creo que esto se pueda traducir literalmente

..reinforcing the point, once again, that life was an idiotic...
..making it clear, once again, that life...

Asi lo entiendo yo

anademahomar
Honduras
Local time: 23:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

Grading comment

Thank you.I think the verb "concretarse" implies the idea of "force" of "crystallization" . Therefore I will try to translate it keeping this "internal meaning" in greek too.

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