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LOS HAY QUE NO SE CONFORMAN CON EL CAMINO DE SIEMPRE

English translation: Some people prefer to go/explore off the beaten track

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Spanish term or phrase:	LOS HAY QUE NO SE CONFORMAN CON EL CAMINO DE SIEMPRE
English translation:	Some people prefer to go/explore off the beaten track
Entered by:	SIMON DAVIS

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09:40 Oct 21, 2005

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Tourism & Travel / frase hecha...

Spanish term or phrase: LOS HAY QUE NO SE CONFORMAN CON EL CAMINO DE SIEMPRE

Ya se que es una petición rara, jajaa. Y que no tiene traducción literal con sentido en inglés, pero algo que se le parezca?...

Silvia Blanco KudoZ activity Questions: 367 (none open) (7 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 146
Local time: 21:06

Some people prefer to go/explore off the beaten track

Explanation:
I agree with Sheila that more context is needed to fine-tune the translation

An alternative would be along the lines of "not content to tread the same well-worn path"

Selected response from:

SIMON DAVIS
Spain
Local time: 21:06

Grading comment

Thanks! i'll choose the beaten "path"...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +10

Some people prefer to go/explore off the beaten track

SIMON DAVIS

There are those who do not like to follow other people´s footsteps

Giovanni Rengifo

4 +1

Some people are not happy to follow the usual road

Arcoiris

there are some who like/wish to take a different route/some like to take a different route

Rachel Fell

There are those who go their own sweet way

Neil Crockford

non-conformists

Sheila Hardie

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Some people are not happy to follow the usual road

Explanation:
There are many ways of saying this, my suggestion is just one of them

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Note added at 10 mins (2005-10-21 09:50:09 GMT)
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It could be put in a positive way:
Some people prefer to follow their own path

Arcoiris
Local time: 20:06
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

Some people prefer to go/explore off the beaten track

Explanation:
I agree with Sheila that more context is needed to fine-tune the translation

An alternative would be along the lines of "not content to tread the same well-worn path"

SIMON DAVIS
Spain
Local time: 21:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thanks! i'll choose the beaten "path"...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Michael Rose: me parece bien, tambien hay un libro que se llama "the road less travelled"

13 mins

agree

MJ Barber

23 mins

agree

Paul Lambert: I think this is the best option without further context - it seems fitting given the "travel and tourism" context

44 mins

agree

Rachel Fell: more info. e.g. about the sort of hoidays, etc. would help

1 hr

agree

duchess: Yep, I'd go with too this since there's no more context than travel and tourism

1 hr

agree

Susan Andrew

1 hr

agree

Chris Williams: I think the beaten track phrase is so typical of tourism brochures as to make it "imprescindible" in this context!

3 hrs

agree

reubenius: That's what I was going to say!

3 hrs

-> Great minds think alike!

agree

Kyle Burk: yes, but off the beaten "path" not "track" is the phrase.

3 hrs

agree

mar52: Sí, especialmente para turismo aventura.

12 hrs

15 mins confidence:

There are those who go their own sweet way

Explanation:
..

Neil Crockford
Local time: 20:06
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

12 mins confidence:

non-conformists

Explanation:
That's one possibility. However, it would be good to have more context.

HTH

Sheila

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Note added at 16 mins (2005-10-21 09:56:34 GMT)
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Or 'people who think outside the box' perhaps?

Self-Reliance: An Essay by Alisha Morgan on The Worlds Favourite ...
Non-conformists have the gift of being able to "think outside the box." These people
think about history, philosophy, literature, and the information being ...
www.writers-voice.com/ABCDE/A/Alisha_Morgan_self-reliance_a... - 13k - 19 oct. 2005 - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants

Sheila Hardie
Local time: 21:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

There are those who do not like to follow other people´s footsteps

Explanation:
Here´s another option.

Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 14:06
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

there are some who like/wish to take a different route/some like to take a different route

Explanation:
some like to go their own way

lots of other possibilities

Rachel Fell
Local time: 20:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 31

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