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aquel primer día que viniste a casa por primera vez

English translation: that day when you first came to this/my/our house/home

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Spanish term or phrase:	aquel primer día que viniste a casa por primera vez
English translation:	that day when you first came to this/my/our house/home
Entered by:	Noni Gilbert

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16:13 Apr 17, 2009

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Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel

Spanish term or phrase: aquel primer día que viniste a casa por primera vez

I am struggling with the most polished sounding translation of this phrase... it seems simple but it is harder than it looks.

It comes from a letter to a friend:

"Han pasado más de dos años y medio desde aquel primer día que viniste a casa por primera vez."

David Jessop
Spain

that day when you first came to this/my/our house/home

Explanation:
The repetition in the original of first is even more uncomfortable in English, so I've deleted one.
Alternatively you could go to the other extreme: *that very first day when you first came...*

Selected response from:

Noni Gilbert
Local time: 21:12

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +7

that day when you first came to this/my/our house/home

Noni Gilbert

5 +1

...the first time you came to the house

Denise De Pe�a

4 +2

that first day, when you came to my house for the very first time

Andrew Campbell

4 +2

since you came home/to this/our house for the first time

patricia scott

4 +2

since that first day when you came to the house for the first time

Michael Powers (PhD)

that day when you came to the house for the first time

Caroline Clarke

since the very first day that you showed up/appeared at my house

Barbara Cochran

that first day that you came home for the first time

Claudette Thomas

on that first day, you came home, for the first time.

manuel seixo

The fist time you came to my house

Lydia De Jorge

that initial day you came home for the first time

Andres Pacheco

since you first came home

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes

that very first day you came home for the first time

jairo payan

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

4 mins confidence:

that initial day you came home for the first time

Explanation:
Una opción...

Andres Pacheco
Local time: 16:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

since that first day when you came to the house for the first time

Explanation:
Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 15:12
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 115

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

that day when you first came to this/my/our house/home

Noni Gilbert
Local time: 21:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 124

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

9 mins confidence:

The fist time you came to my house

Explanation:
.

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 15:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 48

10 mins confidence:

that very first day you came home for the first time

Explanation:
Mi intento

jairo payan
Local time: 14:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

that first day, when you came to my house for the very first time

Explanation:
The key question is whether the repetition of first in the source plays a role in the text or it is simply poor writing. In the latter case you should cut it out and say it only once. As the text is a personal letter, I'd assume it's written well, but in a somewhat sentimental manner and my translation would be as written in my answer.

Andrew Campbell
Local time: 21:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

since you came home/to this/our house for the first time

Explanation:
unless primer día refers to the first time something else happened (e.g.a kiss), the sentence is redundant - I don't think you need to mention primer día:
(el primer día equivale a la primera vez)

patricia scott
Spain
Local time: 21:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 48

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

...the first time you came to the house

Explanation:
The phrase in Spanish is badly constructed.

Denise De Pe�a
Local time: 13:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

26 mins confidence:

since you first came home

Explanation:
Se pierde el "aquel" de lejanía, pero no suena mal.

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Local time: 21:12
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 45

1 hr confidence:

that first day that you came home for the first time

Explanation:
More than 2 years has passed and ever since that first day that you came home for the first time.

Claudette Thomas
United States
Local time: 15:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

3 hrs confidence:

since the very first day that you showed up/appeared at my house

Explanation:
No need to be overly literal. I think "showed up," or "appeared" are terms which would draw in the reader, much more than "came."

Barbara Cochran
Local time: 15:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

5 hrs confidence:

that day when you came to the house for the first time

Explanation:
"More than two and a half years have passed since that day when you came to the house for the first time."

Caroline Clarke
Local time: 20:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

20 hrs confidence:

on that first day, you came home, for the first time.

Explanation:
in my view.

manuel seixo
Australia
Local time: 04:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese

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May 1, 2009 - Changes made by Noni Gilbert:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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