Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

paper bag writer

Spanish translation:

Escritor de Bolsas de Papel

Added to glossary by David Hollywood
Jan 8, 2007 02:34
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English term

paper bag writer

English to Spanish Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
eso se traduce como escritor de bolsillo?

Discussion

claudia16 (X) Jan 8, 2007:
Damian, si esta es la canción de Radiohead (que parece por tu otra pregunta) entoces obviamente es paperbag writer que probablemente es un título inventado para la canción
Janet Ross Snyder Jan 8, 2007:
Is this possibly a misspelling of Paperback writer? (as in the Beatles song)

Proposed translations

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Escritor de Bolsas de Papel

Paperbag Writer (Escritor de Bolsas de Papel). Traducción: (por Leandro Fanzone) ... Blow into this paper bag, Soplá esta bolsa de papel ...
www.seikilos.com.ar/Paperbag.html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 7 mins (2007-01-08 02:41:47 GMT)
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song by Radiohead

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Note added at 14 mins (2007-01-08 02:49:05 GMT)
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Blow into this paper bag
Go home and stop grinning at everyone
Blow into this paper bag
Go home and stop grinning at everyone

It was nice when it lasted but now it's gone
It was nice when it lasted but now it's gone

Blow into this paper bag

Take your armor off, you're not under attack
Take your armor off, you're not under attack

Come on, come on

Blow into this paper bag
Go home and stop grinning at everyone
Blow into this paper bag
Go home and stop grinning at everyone

They were honeybees on a blade of grass
Take your armor off, you're not under attack

Blow into this paper bag

Blow into this paper bag


Peer comment(s):

agree garci
23 mins
gracias garci :)
agree claudia16 (X) : de bolsa de papel (en singular) si es que es posible una traduccón literal
1 hr
gracias claudia :)
agree Silvia Brandon-Pérez
4 hrs
gracias silviantonia :)
agree Gabi Ancarol (X) : claro es un termino que ha hecho su aparicion como forma ironica y contrastante del famoso paperback writer (que se hizo famoso tambien gracias a los Beatles!!)
8 hrs
gracias Maria Gabriela :)
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Paperback writer

¿No querrás decir Paperback writer?

Lo que es un escritor de literatura popular
Una suerte de escritor de lo que en inglés también se le llega a decir Pulp Fiction.
Example sentence:

"Paperback Writer" is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon and released by The Beatles

Peer comment(s):

agree claudia16 (X) : si, es lo contrario a libros de tapa dura que son mas caros
50 mins
agree Patricia Baldwin
1 hr
agree Annissa 7ar
1 day 18 hrs
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4 hrs

escritor en cartucho de papel

Otra posibilidad.
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+1
9 hrs

escritor de poca monta/poco ambicioso/efímero

Estoy de acuerdo con María Gabriela - es un pun on paper back (Primeros Penguin books) y con Claudia - Radiohead lo "inventa"
dos ideas - (total guessing) uniendo lo anterior a la expresión "wet paper bag"
efímero o de
poca monta: no se publica algo escrito en un paper bag
poco ambicioso:alguien que escribe en un paper bag no pretende que su obra trascienda/ Then again, pure guessing.
Peer comment(s):

agree Ana Maria Garcia-Dominguez (X) : Yo me decantaría por poca monta. Creo que "paper bag writer" intenta ser despectivo con respecto al trabajo del escritor.
23 hrs
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