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hacer que germinen sus sueños

English translation: make their dreams flourish

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Spanish term or phrase:	hacer que germinen sus sueños
English translation:	make their dreams flourish
Entered by:	Dave Pugh

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11:24 May 25, 2011

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel

Spanish term or phrase: hacer que germinen sus sueños

Ciudad renacentista, universitaria e ilustrada, concebida para albergar
a los hombres sabios y hacer que germinen sus sueños.

This is from a tourist brochure about Alcalá de Hernares. I've put "... make their dreams come true" but would like some other ideas.

Thanks in advance.

Dave Pugh KudoZ activity Questions: 263 (2 open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 80
Local time: 18:23

make their dreams flourish

Explanation:
or, depending on how you phrase it,

where dreams flourish

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Note added at 5 days (2011-05-30 20:48:56 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.

Selected response from:

patricia scott
Spain
Local time: 18:23

Grading comment

Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +9

make their dreams flourish

patricia scott

4 +2

inspire their dreams

Charles Davis

4 +1

helping them realise their dreams

Lisa McCarthy

4 +1

nurture their dreams

cgowar

allow/help them to develop their dreams

Cecilia Rey

make their dreams materialise

Isamar

Turn their dreams into realities

Muses Inc

allowing their dreams to develop and grow

Marian Vieyra

seeds their dreams

Laurie Price

help their dreams take root

peter jackson

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

4 mins confidence:

Turn their dreams into realities

Explanation:
A suggestion

Muses Inc
Netherlands
Local time: 18:23
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch

4 mins confidence:

make their dreams materialise

Explanation:
another option

Isamar
Local time: 18:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

helping them realise their dreams

Explanation:
An option

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Note added at 5 mins (2011-05-25 11:29:57 GMT)
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Correction -'..help them realise their dreams".

Jeonju: helping film-makers **realise their dreams** | Film | guardian ...
12 May 2008 ... Short films can barely exist these days outside the cloistered environment of a festival such as Jeonju.
www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/.../jeonjuhelpingfilmmaker... - Cached
#

**Helping People Realise Their Dreams**. Like. Interest. Source. Community Pages are not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic. ...
en-gb.facebook.com/pages/...Realise-Their-Dreams/386408602712 - Cached

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 18:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 108

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

inspire their dreams

Explanation:
I don't think it means "make their dreams come true". "Germinate" implies coming into existence where they didn't exist before. So it really means make them dream, set them dreaming, stimulate and give rise to their dreams. I think "inspire" strikes a suitable tone in the context.

Here's an example of this expression in an academic context:
"a liberal arts college experience designed to inspire their dreams of what is possible in higher education."
http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/haas/stanfordcollegeprep/...

Charles Davis
Local time: 18:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

15 mins confidence:

allow/help them to develop their dreams

Explanation:
Suggestion.

Cecilia Rey
Argentina
Local time: 13:23
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

21 mins confidence:

help their dreams take root

Explanation:
We couldn't make that commitment, and walked away. ... unpretentiously thirsty
for that secret recipe that will help their dreams take root. ...

theflack.blogspot.com/2011/04/pr-for-startups.html - Cached - Similar

And you sort of keep the original metaphor.

peter jackson
Spain
Local time: 18:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

nurture their dreams

Explanation:
Another option... more akin to the scholarly milieu the phrase suggests...

cgowar
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 28

4 hrs confidence:

seeds their dreams

Explanation:
just one more suggestion, perhaps more literal -- though I think this can work quite well in the context of the text.

Laurie Price
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

20 hrs confidence:

allowing their dreams to develop and grow

Explanation:
Germinating is about growth after roots have been set down, so the dreams were already there, the university just brought it all out.

From thesaurus.com:

Main Entry: germinate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grow
Synonyms: bud, develop, generate, live, originate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, swell, vegetate

Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

make their dreams flourish

patricia scott
Spain
Local time: 18:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 48

Grading comment

Thanks.

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

agree

Simon Bruni: very nice. Or perhaps something like "allow their dreams to flourish"?

3 mins

-> Very kind Simon. Thank you.

agree

Cecilia Rey

4 mins

-> Thank you Cecilia!

agree

Constantinos Faridis

5 mins

-> Thank you Constantinos.

agree

peter jackson: excellent

5 mins

-> Very kind, Peter. Thank you!

agree

matt robinson: Yes, but I prefer Simon's "allow their dreams to flourish"

19 mins

-> Yes, allow is probably a better option. Thank you.

agree

Damian Hosford: Yes, "flourish" is a nice touch.

26 mins

-> Thank you Damian.

agree

Lydia De Jorge: Perfect!

1 hr

-> Thank you Lydia! Saludos:)

agree

Mirtha Grotewold: Agree with Simon´s suggestion

3 hrs

-> Yes. Thank you Mirtha!

agree

bcsantos

9 hrs

-> Thank you!

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