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English translation: Although Italian, her story is the classic tale of a poor Spanish aspiring bullfighter

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Spanish term or phrase:	A pesar de ser italiana, su historia es de manual, la de un maletilla español de
English translation:	Although Italian, her story is the classic tale of a poor Spanish aspiring bullfighter
Entered by:	Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

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19:38 Sep 25, 2008

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Spanish term or phrase: A pesar de ser italiana, su historia es de manual, la de un maletilla español de

Captuo bien esa idea al expresarla con:

Despite being Italian, her story is from a handbook, a handbook of a poor, aspiring Spanish bullfighter from the 70’s

srmoreno KudoZ activity Questions: 237 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 5 United States
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Although Italian, her story is the classic tale of a poor Spanish aspiring bullfighter

Explanation:
Or "Despite being Italian, her story is the classic tale of a poor Spanish aspiring bullfighter

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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 23:30

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Although Italian, her story is the classic tale of a poor Spanish aspiring bullfighter

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

Although she is/was Italian, her story seems to come from a handbook; the story of a poor...

Daniel Coria

Although Italian, her story is a classic: that of a poor, aspiring Spanish bullfighter from

Scott Alexander

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3 mins confidence:

Although she is/was Italian, her story seems to come from a handbook; the story of a poor...

Explanation:
My 2 cents...

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-09-25 19:44:51 GMT)
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Sorry, I misread the first part:

"Although/though Italian, his story seems to come from a handbook; the story of a poor..."

HIS story is Italian; however, it looks like taken from a (probably history) handbook; the story of a....

Saludos!

Daniel Coria
Argentina
Local time: 20:30
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 20

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +12

Although Italian, her story is the classic tale of a poor Spanish aspiring bullfighter

Explanation:
Or "Despite being Italian, her story is the classic tale of a poor Spanish aspiring bullfighter

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 23:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

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Carlos Segura

4 mins

-> Gracias, Carlos - Bea

agree

Mónica Sauza

4 mins

-> Gracias, Mónica - Bea

agree

Egmont

5 mins

-> Gracias, Egmony - Bea

agree

Cesar Serrano

10 mins

-> Gracias, César - Bea

agree

Barbara Compañy

12 mins

-> Gracias, Barbara - Bea

agree

Francesca Samuel

31 mins

-> Thanks, Francesca - Bea

agree

Romado

33 mins

-> Thanks, Romado - Bea

agree

Ilse Apestegui: If the style were a bit different I would use "it is a textbook case of..." but for this text I think this is the best option.

42 mins

-> Thanks, Ilse - Bea

agree

Zanne Sannestam

50 mins

-> Thanks, Zanne - Bea

agree

Marsha Wilkie

2 hrs

-> Thanks, Marsha - Bea

agree

franglish

11 hrs

-> Thanks, franglish - Bea

agree

Jürgen Lakhal De Muynck

15 hrs

-> Thanks, Jürgen - Bea

14 mins confidence:

Although Italian, her story is a classic: that of a poor, aspiring Spanish bullfighter from

Explanation:
"This elegant love story is a classic in literature, and it also gives us some interesting insights into the life of ancient Israel..."
http://www.khouseafrica.com/aticles org/2006/683/index.html

"'West Side Story' is a classic on too many levels to describe here. Everything from the music to the choreography to the actors to..."
http://www.amazon.com/review/R13UGT25QHZ2XA

"Horse story is a classic — and it’s all true..."
http://www.projo.com/movie_reviews//lb_lostinthefog_08-06-08...

"This true story is a CLASSIC…very unique..."
https://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=27...

"...great sound and look, the story is a classic..."
http://horrorfilm.epinions.com/mvie-review-3AE0-409135F-388F...

"The story is a classic, one that always haunted me..."
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/14390/analysis_of_t...

Scott Alexander
Brazil
Local time: 19:30
Works in field
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