mock wedding /

Spanish translation: simulacro de casamiento/boda

14:06 Aug 24, 2002

English to Spanish translations [PRO]

English term or phrase: mock wedding /

Entiendo que simularon la ceremonia porque el padre estaba en el hospital, pero los calificativos que se me ocurren hacen que parezca un engaño.

Por otro lado traduje "poignant" por "intenso" pero me parece que es más fuerte aún. ¿Se les ocurre algo?
Gracias.

his widow remembers many poignant moments: the day her husband donned a tuxedo for their son's mock wedding in the hospital...

Claudia Iglesias KudoZ activity Questions: 1399 (4 open) (6 without valid answers) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 2876 Chile
Local time: 20:03

Spanish translation:simulacro de casamiento/boda

Explanation:
espero que te sirva

Selected response from:

Amanda Tozer
Local time: 02:03

Grading comment

Me quedo con simulacro y conmovedor. Mucha gente se merecía puntos y de haber podido repartirlos hubiera necesitado más de cuatro.
Gracias a todos
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +12

boda simulada / momentos conmovedores

Refugio

4 +9

simulado

P Forgas

5 +5

simulacro de casamiento/boda

Amanda Tozer

4 +3

simulacro de boda, conmovedor

Clarisa Moraña

mordaz

Mec1g

...boda de mentirillas / emotivo / conmovedor...

Ramón Solá

boda de mentiras

Herman Vilella

para "mock wedding" se me ocurre "ensayo de casamiento"

Leonardo Parachú

Answers

4 mins confidence:

para "mock wedding" se me ocurre "ensayo de casamiento"

Explanation:
Suerte Claudia.

Leonardo Parachú
Local time: 21:03
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 688

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

simulado

Explanation:
y
conmovedores o pungentes

felicidades, P.

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ceremonia de casamiento simulada

P Forgas
Brazil
Local time: 21:03
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 2269

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +12

boda simulada / momentos conmovedores

Explanation:
The English word "mock" also carries that ambiguity of implying either a "simulacion" or a "burla." So if you think "simulada" can suggest some kind of "engano," it is not too different from the usage in the original text. The word "poignant," on the other hand, in this context means "conmovedor" rather than "intenso," despite its etymology.

Refugio
Local time: 17:03
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 2313

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

simulacro de casamiento/boda

Explanation:
espero que te sirva

Amanda Tozer
Local time: 02:03
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 352

Grading comment

Me quedo con simulacro y conmovedor. Mucha gente se merecía puntos y de haber podido repartirlos hubiera necesitado más de cuatro.
Gracias a todos

44 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

simulacro de boda, conmovedor

Explanation:
Estuve viendo varios sitios en Internet con "mock wedding". En algunos casos eran un ensayo previo a la boda y en otros, era una farsa...

Pienso que si se emplea "simulacro de boda" se transmite cualquiera de ambas ideas. (Si bien es tu caso en particular, intuyo que es un ensayo de la celebración formal).

Un abrazo,
Clarisa Moraña

Clarisa Moraña
United States
Local time: 19:03
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 869

3 hrs confidence:

mordaz

Explanation:
"poignant" also means "mordaz" (Cuyas Dictionary English/Spanish-Spanish/English ). Para mi falta contexto. "Mock" no siempre tiene connotación negativa: en metodología los alumnos escriben "mock plans" que son "planes de ensayo/ planes de práctica". De todas formas,¿que tipo de literatura es?

Mec1g
PRO pts in pair: 21

16 hrs confidence:

...boda de mentirillas / emotivo / conmovedor...

Explanation:
mostrar formato DRAE
mentirillas. (Del dim. de mentira).
de ~. 1. loc. adv. De burlas.
Real Academia Española © Todos los derechos reservados

HTH...

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No sé por qué, pero tengo el \"hunch\" de que se trata de una burla más que de una simulación...

Ramón Solá
Local time: 19:03
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 3952

21 hrs confidence:

boda de mentiras

Explanation:
It seems to me that it was the sort non-standard wedding that paralells those done by formerly famous entertainment personaities now on the wane in order to get their pictures in the (paying) magazines. Those are currently known as "bodas de mentiras". For example, "officiated by the High Priestess of the Koogamoratxi tribe in Lower Slobbovia"

Herman Vilella
Local time: 02:03
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 531

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