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El alma es el conjunto de las pasiones

English translation: Soul is the sum total of our passions


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Spanish term or phrase:El alma es el conjunto de las pasiones
English translation:Soul is the sum total of our passions
Entered by: Eileen Banks
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15:57 Sep 21, 2011
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Marketing - Poetry & Literature / marketing of delicatessen
Spanish term or phrase: El alma es el conjunto de las pasiones
This is a quote from Stendahl and is to be used on business cards, website, etc. for a Spanish company marketing spanish delicacies made by artisans in the most traditional way. I am looking for a nice translation. My first try is:

The soul is the sum of our passions
Ronnie McKee
Spain
Local time: 07:21
Soul is the sum total of our passions
Explanation:
Lessons from 'Conversations With God' Book 1, Neale Donald ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
www.poeticmind.co.uk › Creative Thoughts - En caché11 Sep 2011 – Our soul (subconscious, id, spirit, past) is the total sum of our feelings. .... We should not deny our passions but deny an attachment to the result. ...
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Eileen Banks
Argentina
Local time: 02:21
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Soul is the sum total of our passions
Eileen Banks
3 +2The soul is the concert of our passions
Pablo Julián Davis
4The soul is our cluster of passion
jack_speak
4The soul is a manifestation of all of our passions
Andres Fekete
3The soul is the gathering of all of our passions
claudia16
3The soul is where passions blend
patricia scott
Summary of reference entries provided
soul (the mass of our desires and passions)
Gilla Evans
Original French quotationCharles Davis

Discussion entries: 4





  

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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Soul is the sum total of our passions


Explanation:
Lessons from 'Conversations With God' Book 1, Neale Donald ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
www.poeticmind.co.uk › Creative Thoughts - En caché11 Sep 2011 – Our soul (subconscious, id, spirit, past) is the total sum of our feelings. .... We should not deny our passions but deny an attachment to the result. ...

Eileen Banks
Argentina
Local time: 02:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 28
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac
13 mins
  -> Thank you, Jenni :)
agree  Beatriz Candil Garcia
3 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Beatriz :) !
agree  eski: “The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.” eski :))
6 hrs
  -> Thank you Eski :) I love the quote :)
neutral  jack_speak: Your example uses "our" soul, which works in that case,, otherwise "the" soul works. But just plain "Soul" as the starting point of the sentence seems like youn are referring to soul music.
14 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
The soul is the concert of our passions


Explanation:
Since the source text is rather poetic, or lyrical, I thought the translation could be, too. (Interestingly, our source text here is not an original, but itself a translation from the French.)
I thought of 'assembly', 'gathering', 'gathering-place', or 'ensemble'.

Finally went with 'concert' in the sense of harmony, collaboration, gathering, unity. It also has the musical connotation, of course. And it just seemed a lovely word in a way that 'sum' isn't, quite. Though I like Eileen's translation!

Pablo Julián Davis
Local time: 00:21
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: I think this deserves an "agree". And since Stendhal's word is "ensemble", you could argue that "concert" is suitable!
59 mins
  -> Gracias tocayo... Yeah, me and Stendhal, that's how we roll... saludos! Pablo Julián
neutral  jack_speak: Pablo, I like the idea of a take-off from the musicality/enemble aspect of the meaning, though I'd use "symphony" instead of "concert."
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Jack, nice idea! - Pablo Julián
agree  Aisha Prigann: I like the musical connotation. Symphony might provide a nice bit of alliteration.
15 hrs
  -> Thanks Aisha. For me, 'concert' keeps the main meaning of sum or group, while having a musical connotation as secondary. That was my thought, anyway.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The soul is a manifestation of all of our passions


Explanation:
I believe this is the idea behind the words.
Good luck!

Andres Fekete
Uruguay
Local time: 02:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The soul is where passions blend


Explanation:
I like your own version and some suggestions, just got carried away....

patricia scott
Spain
Local time: 07:21
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  jack_speak: I like your approach - with the soul as being sort of a confluence of all our passions.
8 mins
  -> Thanks Jack.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The soul is our cluster of passion


Explanation:
Since it is a marketing slogan, it should be quick and catchy, maybe even make the reader pause and reflect.

Also:
The soul is the set of all passions.
Our passions are our soul. (if the client will let you switch it up).

I also like the ideas about symphony and confluence I suggested to others above, since those words conjure up sophistication, in my mind, anyway.

Best of luck!

jack_speak
Local time: 01:21
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The soul is the gathering of all of our passions


Explanation:
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claudia16
Local time: 06:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Reference comments


12 mins
Reference: soul (the mass of our desires and passions)

Reference information:
"What we call life, therefore, is this constant interaction of mind (conceptive power, memory, imagination) and soul (the mass of our desires and passions).

This appears in F. C . Green's book about Srendhal.



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Note added at 20 mins (2011-09-21 16:18:13 GMT)
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I meant Stendhal of course!

Gilla Evans
United Kingdom
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PRO pts in category: 68
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2 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Original French quotation

Reference information:
« La tête est absolument le valet de l'âme (ensemble de tous nos désirs et passions). L'âme fait obéir la tête comme le corps » (Stendhal's emphasis).

Henri Beyle (Stendhal), Pensées, Filosofia nova, ed. Martineau, 3 vols (Paris: Le Divan, 1931), II, p. 121; quoted in Victor Del Litto, La vie intellectuelle de Stendhal: genèse et évolution de ses idées (1802-1821) (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1962; repr. Slatkine, 1997), p. 152.
http://books.google.es/books?id=fpoVgDGuSHcC&pg=PA152&lpg=PA...

Charles Davis
Spain
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Pablo Julián Davis: Not just passions but désirs...!! Encore mieux!
38 mins
  -> Voilà! Merci, tocayo.
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