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MUY APARTE DEL TIEMPO EXTERIOR

English translation: cocooned from the outside world


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Spanish term or phrase:MUY APARTE DEL TIEMPO EXTERIOR
English translation:cocooned from the outside world
Entered by: patyjs
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17:10 Oct 2, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Tourism & Travel
Spanish term or phrase: MUY APARTE DEL TIEMPO EXTERIOR
Hi everyone.....I have about 30 minutes to come up with a suitable translation. Here's the whole bit:

ESPACIOS ÍNTIMOS CON PERSONALIDAD PROPIA.
LUGARES DONDE LA ENERGÍA FLUYE HACIA TI Y CONTIGO, ESPACIOS DE REFLEXIÓN Y DESCANSO, MUY APARTE DEL TIEMPO EXTERIOR.

It's for an apartment complex at a beach resort. TIA
patyjs
Mexico
Local time: 03:02
cocooned from the outside world
Explanation:
away from it all

far from the madding crowd
Selected response from:

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:02
Grading comment
This is lovely. Thank you Carol, and everyone else for your creativity and time!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3a timeless lagoon of peace
Deborah Lockett
3 +4cocooned from the outside world
Carol Gullidge
5very much isolated from time
Cesar Serrano
5removed from the hectic pace outside
Sandra Rodriguez
4so far from the external time
Lia Barros
4Away/free/far from the passage of timeElizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
3loose track of time
Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
2time away from reality/a real break from realityliz askew


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
time away from reality/a real break from reality


Explanation:
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
very much isolated from time


Explanation:
very much isolated from time

Cesar Serrano
United States
Local time: 03:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
loose track of time


Explanation:
Otra opción

para mí que esta expresión tiene que ver con relajarse, perderse en el tiempo, etc.

Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
Ecuador
Local time: 03:02
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
so far from the external time


Explanation:
Yo lo diría así incluso para darle una idea más "romántica" a la propaganda...


Lia Barros
Argentina
Local time: 05:02
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Away/free/far from the passage of time


Explanation:
A quick suggestion!

:-)

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Note added at 33 mins (2007-10-02 17:43:43 GMT)
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Another thought: Where time stands still

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Note added at 51 mins (2007-10-02 18:01:57 GMT)
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Untouched by the passage of time...

My mind is just going a mile a minute with this

Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Local time: 10:02
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a timeless lagoon of peace


Explanation:
:-)

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 09:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 155

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pilar Díez: Very poetic, I love it!
2 mins
  -> thank you Pilar, hugs :-) Deborah

agree  MDI-IDM
2 hrs
  -> muchas gracias, que tengas un buen día :-) Deborah

agree  Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales: Lovely!
12 hrs
  -> thank you Elizabeth, have a nice day :-) Deborah
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
cocooned from the outside world


Explanation:
away from it all

far from the madding crowd

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 168
Grading comment
This is lovely. Thank you Carol, and everyone else for your creativity and time!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deborah Lockett: this one is really lovely
9 hrs
  -> thankyou, Deborah!

agree  John Rawlins: sounds like the place I live!
11 hrs
  -> thanks, John! (lucky you - not that I can complain, as we do live in the middle of nowhere!)

agree  Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales: Beautiful!
11 hrs
  -> thankyou, Elizabeth!

agree  Yolanda Broad: How about just plain old "cocooning"?
16 hrs
  -> thanks, Yolanda! Yes, another possibility...
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
removed from the hectic pace outside


Explanation:
Entiendo que "tiempo" en este caso se refiere al ritmo de vida fuera de este lugar

Sandra Rodriguez
Puerto Rico
Local time: 04:02
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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