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defensores del bien

English translation: defenders of what is right/good


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Spanish term or phrase:defensores del bien
English translation:defenders of what is right/good
Entered by: Alicia Orfalian
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21:58 Dec 4, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
Spanish term or phrase: defensores del bien
advocates of what is good? champions of righteousness? I'm at a loss and would appreciate your ideas.

Here is some context:
"Salvo excepcionales circunstancias, los considerados por la mayoría como representantes del mal se han impuesto sobre los defensores del bien."

Thanks in advance.
Alicia Orfalian
Argentina
Local time: 13:14
defenders of what is right/good
Explanation:
More context would help, to learn the tone and the tendency in word choice. The translation of "bien" is connected to your translation of "mal". The way I see it, you can either go with evil and good, or wrong and right.
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twiginbeak
Local time: 10:14
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5defenders of what is right/good
twiginbeak
4 +1guardians of the public good
Edward Tully
4advocates for the common good
Michelle Temple
3champions of all that is good
Rachel Spencer
3guardians of well-beingimcven
3the righteous ones
claudia16
2guardians of what is rightHereter
1good ones
Joel Desesquelles Senovilla


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
defenders of what is right/good


Explanation:
More context would help, to learn the tone and the tendency in word choice. The translation of "bien" is connected to your translation of "mal". The way I see it, you can either go with evil and good, or wrong and right.

twiginbeak
Local time: 10:14
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: maybe: defenders of what is right and good
1 hr
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agree  Nadja B Batdorf
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agree  LadyofArcadia
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agree  Thayenga
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agree  Richard Boulter
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
guardians of the public good


Explanation:
This seems to fit the duplicitous nature of their actions...
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Edward Tully
Local time: 18:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 50

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agree  David Ronder
13 hrs
  -> thank you David! ;-)
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advocates for the common good


Explanation:
I would use "the common good" for "el bien".
For defensores I think you could go with a wide variety of choices as already mentioned.... defenders, promotors, advocates, guardians, etc...

Michelle Temple
Canada
Local time: 10:14
Native speaker of: English
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guardians of well-being


Explanation:
Just a variation on Tully's proposal

imcven
Venezuela
Local time: 11:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
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the righteous ones


Explanation:
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claudia16
Local time: 17:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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good ones


Explanation:
Salvo excepcionales circunstancias, los considerados por la mayoría como representantes del mal se han impuesto sobre los defensores del bien

Overwhelmingly, those commonly described as "bad ones" prevailed over "good ones"

(you may use baddies/goodies, depending on tone of text)

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Note added at 14 horas (2009-12-05 12:25:03 GMT)
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B&Y, 1&0, Us&Them


    Reference: http://www.georgesbush.com
Joel Desesquelles Senovilla
Spain
Local time: 01:14
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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guardians of what is right


Explanation:
In counter position to the words of "those that promote evil" (representantes del mal) , I thien the appropiate term in this case "guardians of the right" or "good".

Hereter
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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champions of all that is good


Explanation:
It would depend very much on the overall context, perhaps it places too much emphasis on this group of people. But I thought I would suggest it anyway, it's good to have options!


Rachel Spencer
Spain
Local time: 18:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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