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más de cirios que del crepúsculo que ya empieza, sobre una tapia....

English translation: projected on a stonewall...coming not from the nigh twilight, but ...

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Spanish term or phrase:más de cirios que del crepúsculo que ya empieza, sobre una tapia....
English translation:projected on a stonewall...coming not from the nigh twilight, but ...
Entered by: garci

23:37 Mar 22, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Holy Week
Spanish term or phrase: más de cirios que del crepúsculo que ya empieza, sobre una tapia....
Tengo un texto que se trata de una procesion durante Semana Santa, y esta expresion me ha liado:

Dice que Jesus "adelanta su sombra parpadeante, más de cirios que del crepúsculo que ya empieza, sobre una tapia de las Cuestas del Casino" ... Jesus' flickering shadow comes forward, y ¿luego?

Cualquier ayuda estaria muy agradecida..

Gracias de antemano...
kamenecka (X)
Local time: 02:10
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Explanation:
Jesus' quivering shadow, projected on a fence/stonewall of The Cuestas del Casino (Casino hills), coming not from the nigh twilight, but from the candlelights...

Estoy suponiendo que Cuestas del Casino es nombre propio (en Torrelodones, maybe?), por lo que sugiero se deje en el español original y posiblemente su traducción entre paréntesis.

Suerte, kamenecka !
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4 +3Ver explicación
garci
4 +2more from the light of the many candles than from the waning daylight, moves forward over a wall
tazdog (X)
3 +2flickering, not in the approaching twilight but in candlelight, on a rampart ...
Patricia Rosas


  

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flickering, not in the approaching twilight but in candlelight, on a rampart ...


Explanation:
the shadow moves forward, flickering, not in the approaching twilight but in candlelight, on a rampart of Cuestas ...

Patricia Rosas
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agree  Marsha Way: That sounds really good.
1 hr
  -> thank you!
agree  xxxgrant lar (X)
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Explanation:
Jesus' quivering shadow, projected on a fence/stonewall of The Cuestas del Casino (Casino hills), coming not from the nigh twilight, but from the candlelights...

Estoy suponiendo que Cuestas del Casino es nombre propio (en Torrelodones, maybe?), por lo que sugiero se deje en el español original y posiblemente su traducción entre paréntesis.

Suerte, kamenecka !

garci
Local time: 18:10
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agree  Nicholas Ferreira: This sounds great, Garci.
2 hrs
  -> Gracias Nicholas !
agree  Swatchka
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  -> Gracias Swatchka !
agree  Victoria Frazier: Ahora sí me apantallaste......
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  -> Que amable, Vicky. Saludos !!
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more from the light of the many candles than from the waning daylight, moves forward over a wall


Explanation:
Your text is saying that the shadow is CAST because it’s blocking the light from the candles rather than sunlight. Here’s a possible translation:

The flickering shadow cast by the figure of Jesus, more from the light of the many candles than from the waning daylight, moves forward over a wall in the street known as “Las Cuestas del Casino”, Casino Hill.

(I know this wasn’t your question, but curiosity led me to look…I only found one ref. to Cuestas del Casino - http://revista.destinosur.com/pdf36/caminosdepasion.pdf - and it is apparently a nickname for a street, c/Luis de Molina in Osuna, which does have a casino. I would leave it in Spanish and provide a translation, as in the example.)


tazdog (X)
Spain
Local time: 02:10
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

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agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: *Against* rather than *over*? Rest great.
3 hrs
  -> yes, that would work nicely
agree  Patricia Rosas: either "moves over" or "moves forward against" -- I much prefer your version to mine ;-)
8 hrs
  -> thanks, Patricia, very kind of you
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