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not becoming ignorantly exercised

Spanish translation: no inquietarse por ignorancia

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English term or phrase:not becoming ignorantly exercised
Spanish translation:no inquietarse por ignorancia
Entered by: Cecilia Della Croce

23:35 Nov 7, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics / traducci{on
English term or phrase: not becoming ignorantly exercised
The most appalling errors of translation are not the slips brought on by a misread word, but things like "gosh darn" in teh mouth of a drover. But this is the translator's responsibility to himself. As far as the critic is concerned, present circumstances might rather call for critic's responsibility to the translator, not expecting a bad book to be improved by the translation, not becoming ignorantly exercised when the translator has been as adventurous as the original author, not expecting something that is really twenty-first century to be nineteenth century, dutiful and plodding, albeit harmonious.
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no inquietarse por ignorancia
Explanation:
Oxford Superlex:
exercise2 vt : b (preoccupy) (frml) ‹ mind / conscience › preocupar,
inquietar; to be much/greatly exercised by o about sth
(liter) estar* muy/enormemente preocupado por algo
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Cecilia Della Croce
Argentina
Local time: 14:45
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1no perturbarse/desconcertarse por ignorancia/desconocimiento
Margaret Schroeder
4no inquietarse por ignorancia
Cecilia Della Croce
4no preocuparse/inquietarse sin fundamento/de manera infundada.
garci
3no volverse ignorantemente entrenado /ejercigtado
Sergio Gaymer


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
no perturbarse/desconcertarse por ignorancia/desconocimiento


Explanation:
Para el significado pertinente de "exercise" aquí, ver http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary > exercise[2,verb] 3b: "to cause anxiety, alarm, or indignation".

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-08 01:07:34 GMT)
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O bien, para "becoming [...] exercised" también "indignarse".

Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Local time: 11:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Burns (X): "Exercised" is occasionally used to mean angered, indignant, etc.
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no volverse ignorantemente entrenado /ejercigtado


Explanation:
:)

Sergio Gaymer
Chile
Local time: 11:45
Native speaker of: Spanish
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no inquietarse por ignorancia


Explanation:
Oxford Superlex:
exercise2 vt : b (preoccupy) (frml) ‹ mind / conscience › preocupar,
inquietar; to be much/greatly exercised by o about sth
(liter) estar* muy/enormemente preocupado por algo


Cecilia Della Croce
Argentina
Local time: 14:45
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 27
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no preocuparse/inquietarse sin fundamento/de manera infundada.


Explanation:
Una opción menos literal pero adecuada al texto.

Uso "sin fundamento" o "infundada", como sinónimo de "no informada", "lega"

lego(a): [persona] Que carece de experiencia o conocimientos en una determinada materia: soy lego en matemáticas.

garci
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