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"The Powers That Be"

Spanish translation: "Los poderes que son"

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English term or phrase:"The powers that be"
Spanish translation:"Los poderes que son"
Entered by: Felipe Castillo Ruiz

01:21 Jan 14, 2002
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: "The Powers That Be"
Willow didn't know about the eternal battle between good and evil, not really; she didn't know there were Powers That Be that kept track of the rules.
Tercer Libro de la trilogía "Unseen" de Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Muchisimas gracias.
aurora
"Poderes que son"
Explanation:

(ella) no sabía que existieran los "Poderes que son"


Estuve buscando un sinónimos, tal vez se pueda decir los poderes que permanecen, los poderes permanentes; pero si se trata de una obra de ciencia ficción, el relato traducido debe inquietar al lector. El bein y el mal existen, a pesar de que Willow lo ignore.

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Felipe Castillo Ruiz
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2"Poderes que son"
Felipe Castillo Ruiz
5Dirigentes / Aquellos que detentan el poder / Poderosos
Atenea Acevedo (X)
5los poderes en las sombras
Monica Colangelo
5Poderes superiores
Carmen Valdebenito
4los poderes que existieran
Robert INGLEDEW
4Persona investida de autoridad, las autoridades constituidas
olv10siq
4poderes existentes
elenali
4Autoridades/ los que mandan
Anabel Gargallo
4las potestades eternas
Beatriz Vignoli
3...los poderes que sean...
Mónica Guzmán


  

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los poderes que existieran


Explanation:
Se refiere al mundo espiritual, y probablemente es un escéptico, como que dudara de la existencia de esos poderes.

Robert INGLEDEW
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Dirigentes / Aquellos que detentan el poder / Poderosos


Explanation:
It means that Willow had no idea about this, not that she was skeptical. This phrase actually appears in dictionaries like Oxford and Simon & Schuster's. I'd translate it as "desconocía la existencia de los Poderosos que vigilaban la observancia de las reglas."

Atenea Acevedo (X)
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Persona investida de autoridad, las autoridades constituidas


Explanation:
Hola Aurora, estas son las definiciones que da el Diccionario VOX, por lo tanto yo lo traduciría como: "Willow no sabía que existían autoridades que se ocupaban del cumplimiento de las reglas/leyes/normas..."
Espero que te sirva.
Saludos

olv10siq
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"Poderes que son"


Explanation:

(ella) no sabía que existieran los "Poderes que son"


Estuve buscando un sinónimos, tal vez se pueda decir los poderes que permanecen, los poderes permanentes; pero si se trata de una obra de ciencia ficción, el relato traducido debe inquietar al lector. El bein y el mal existen, a pesar de que Willow lo ignore.



Felipe Castillo Ruiz
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jesus Murillo
6 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Javier Bogarin, MD: i would have used this translation
16 hrs
  -> do you like fiction literature?
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poderes existentes


Explanation:
no sabía de los poderes existentes que..

elenali
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los poderes en las sombras


Explanation:
I just like it

Monica Colangelo
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Autoridades/ los que mandan


Explanation:
Según el diccionario Collins, "the powers that be" se traduce como "poderes fácticos, los que mandan, las autoridades". Me parece que esto encaja bien en este contexto, para referirse a alguien investido con el poder de procurar se cumplan las normas.

"No sabía que hubiese una Autoridad vigilante de las normas" (o algo así).
Espero esto ayude

Anabel Gargallo
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las potestades eternas


Explanation:
Me "suena" mítico, de cuento de hadas.

Beatriz Vignoli
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...los poderes que sean...


Explanation:
Yo optaría entre estas dos opciones:
(ella) no sabía que los poderes que sean...
(ella) no sabía que existieran poderes que...

Mónica Guzmán
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Poderes superiores


Explanation:
Willow realmente no sabía de la existencia de la batalla eterna entre el bien y el mal ni tampoco de los Poderes superiores que vigilan el cumplimiento de las reglas.


Carmen Valdebenito
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