Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Los otros individuos y la naturaleza transformada son la condición necesaria para ser lo que es
English translation:
Other human beings and the transformation of nature are necessary conditions to turn man into
Spanish term
para ser lo que es
Cómo traducen esto?
Proposed translations
Argentina
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Other human beings and the transformation of nature are necessary conditions to turn man into
That is how I would translate it, and I definitely like "to delineate..." better than the first option I'm giving you. I think it's more literary
Spain
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...in order for him to be what he is.
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jmf (X)
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Gracias
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Lilla (X)
: you should change the your picture, this makes you a strange face
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Thank you for your comment
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Jason Summers
: sencillo y literal
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Gracias
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United States
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for being what he is
Hope it helps.
Ciencias Sociales y Latinoam
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to be
Argentina
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Man could not be what he is...
Just another way of saying it.
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Note added at 2002-02-21 02:00:12 (GMT)
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OR
In order to be what he is, man needs of other people and of the transformed nature.
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Felipe Castillo Ruiz
: I like it, it seem to me this save the problem how to say it
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Gracias, escrutador.
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