Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jun 30, 2004 17:08
22 yrs ago
Catalan term
Spain
passion des mots
Native in: English
Works in: Catalan to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
passant per un forat molt petit
5 Ara és un bon moment per tornar a néixer!
6 Un bon moment per a la definitiva revolució interior;
7 de redescobrir els nous temps, els temps de les persones;
8 de recordar que les coses importants continuen ***passant per un forat molt petit***;
9 que la terra és meravellosa;
10 que la terra és gran, gran com nosaltres mateixos, gran perquè hi capiguem tots;
This is a marketing text - for a supermarket :-) Anyway, I am not 100% sure what they mean here. Are they referring to the camel passing through the eye of a needle? And do they mean something like 'everything is possible'???
Many thanks in advance for any ideas!!!
Sheila
6 Un bon moment per a la definitiva revolució interior;
7 de redescobrir els nous temps, els temps de les persones;
8 de recordar que les coses importants continuen ***passant per un forat molt petit***;
9 que la terra és meravellosa;
10 que la terra és gran, gran com nosaltres mateixos, gran perquè hi capiguem tots;
This is a marketing text - for a supermarket :-) Anyway, I am not 100% sure what they mean here. Are they referring to the camel passing through the eye of a needle? And do they mean something like 'everything is possible'???
Many thanks in advance for any ideas!!!
Sheila
Proposed translations
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Susana Galilea
United States
United States
Works in field
United States
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Native in: Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, US, Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
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...to remember that the things that really matter are still the smallest
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...to remember that the things that really matter can still be held in one's hand
I would have said "can still fit in one's hand", but that would have sounded like a cell phone commercial ;)
There is probably a better way to put it in English, but from the context I would assume they mean the most important things are the most intimate in a person's life (not the big cars/homes/salaries, etc.)
I would refrain from mentioning camels, though :)
or
...to remember that the things that really matter can still be held in one's hand
I would have said "can still fit in one's hand", but that would have sounded like a cell phone commercial ;)
There is probably a better way to put it in English, but from the context I would assume they mean the most important things are the most intimate in a person's life (not the big cars/homes/salaries, etc.)
I would refrain from mentioning camels, though :)
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Comment: "Thanks for all your comments. I am still not 100% sure of what they meant - despite trying to get extra information from the client. Susana's explanation sounds very plausible in any case, so I will go along with it for the meantime.
Thanks to everyone for your help:-) Sheila"
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perhaps a little help below
below (maybe?)
Jesus then said to his disciples, "I assure
you: it will be very hard for rich people to
enter the Kingdom of heaven. I repeat:
it is much harder for a rich person to enter
the Kingdom of God than for a camel
to go through the eye of a needle"
(Matt. 19:23-23).
Jesus then said to his disciples, "I assure
you: it will be very hard for rich people to
enter the Kingdom of heaven. I repeat:
it is much harder for a rich person to enter
the Kingdom of God than for a camel
to go through the eye of a needle"
(Matt. 19:23-23).
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Alicia Jordá
Specializes in field
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
happen miraculously/despite difficulties
literally: go through the smallest hole"
important things happen miraculously
important things happen miraculously
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Eduardo Olivera Hernández
Specializes in field
Tech & Financial Experience Eng/Spa
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 3 more.
see explanation
It says:
Now is a good time to be born again!
A good time for the definitive internal revolution;
to redescover our times, the time of the people;
to remember that important things still *** pass through a very samll hole *** (it is making a parallel with Jesus words but it is not quoting him)
that the land (or may be earth) is wonderful,
that the land (idem) is great,
great as ourselves,
great because we all fit (this last word I am not completely sure)
Now is a good time to be born again!
A good time for the definitive internal revolution;
to redescover our times, the time of the people;
to remember that important things still *** pass through a very samll hole *** (it is making a parallel with Jesus words but it is not quoting him)
that the land (or may be earth) is wonderful,
that the land (idem) is great,
great as ourselves,
great because we all fit (this last word I am not completely sure)
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margaret caulfield
Native in English
Specializes in field
Accurate, natural and very hard-working
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 3 more.
to remember that small things still mean a lot
This is what I think this is all about. Good Luck, Sheila!!
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