Feb 3, 2007 19:57
17 yrs ago
Portuguese term

cristal

Portuguese to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature history of south africa
From the description of a book about the tragedy of apartheid in South Africa and the new hope for that country:

A lágrima que o título invoca não é a de uma derrubada tristeza. Há um convite a um pranto pressagiador, catártico, libertador. Afinal, XXXXX sugere a lágrima como um cristal de esperança.

Proposed translations

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hope crystal/ ray of hope

'hope crystal' if you want to be literal, but I think 'ray of hope' sounds less "translated". Hope this helps! :)
Peer comment(s):

agree claudia estanislau : i like ray of hope, great suggestion
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crystal (of hope)

A expressão é título de peça, veja:

: : www.LIFEBALL.org : : - city hall square
For the second year in succession, Swarovski presented the “Crystal of Hope" during the traditional opening of the annual Life Ball in front of Vienna’s ...
www.lifeball.org/lifeball/show_content.php?sid=153&language...

amfAR News and Features
TREAT Asia also received the Life Ball Crystal of Hope, which was presented to Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman on behalf of TREAT Asia by actress Liza Minnelli. ...
www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/feat/record.html?record=199

Outros exemplos:

Interview: Wish Fulfillment
Wish is also about loss and regret, but its center is a crystal of hope and even happiness. Bittersweet pop is what the Cure is after, and Smith succeeds ...
www.musicfanclubs.org/cure/press/wishfulfillment.html

FanFiction.Net : Blood ties
I’m sending you a Crystal of Hope that belonged to your mother. ... I feel calm and peace creeping in my veins, enhanced by Crystal of Hope. ...
www.fanfiction.net/s/1337064/1/



Peer comment(s):

agree Marcia Gascon : :) of course
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Thank you, Marcia. : ))
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prism

a prism of hope

History serves here a prism of hope; the future will reclaim a stained past.' An epilogue allows Fishbane and his reader to savor the eminently theological ...
www.amazon.com/Biblical-Text-Texture-Michael-Fishbane/dp/18...

Tianen views Iraq and Iraqis through a prism of hope and doubt. Hope rests with the young. “The kids are going to be the beneficiaries, not the adults,” she ...
www.spl.usace.army.mil/cms/index.php?option=com_content&tas... -

Eye on Education
"If you look for strengths and filter the world through the prism of hope, you will see and encourage the unexpected flowering of child life in the most ...
eyeoneducation.com/excerpts/7012-6.asp

Seeing Hamas Through Different L
They are viewing it through the prism of hope. Most in the United States are profoundly suspicious of Hamas’ ultimate intentions and see in its victory much ...
www.bsos.umd.edu/sadat/Seeing_Hamas_through_different_lense...
Peer comment(s):

agree Deborah Workman : Yes!
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Thank you Deborah!
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ray of hope

I think "ray of hope" sounds more natural.
The word "cristal" sounds artificial even in the Portuguese text, which seems to be a translation from another language. "Raio/fio/luz de esperança" would be a better Portuguese expression.
Peer comment(s):

agree Susy Ordaz : Sounds nice.
1 day 7 hrs
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