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sensible fallecimiento

English translation: Untimely death

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Spanish term or phrase:sensible fallecimiento
English translation:Untimely death
Entered by: Alex Zelkind (X)

05:00 Jan 20, 2004
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
/ condolencias
Spanish term or phrase: sensible fallecimiento
condolencias:
damos nuestras condolencias a .... por el sensible fallecimiento de su hermano
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Untimely death
Explanation:
Usual variant

Accept our condolences for the untimely death of your brother
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Alex Zelkind (X)
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Summary of answers provided
4Condolence for the lost of your brother
luzba
5 -5Untimely death
Alex Zelkind (X)


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -5
Untimely death


Explanation:
Usual variant

Accept our condolences for the untimely death of your brother

Alex Zelkind (X)
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 58

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Refugio: Untimely means prematuro or inoportuno. Sensible would be translated as 'regrettable.'
1 hr
  -> Don't make it personal, Ruth :)
disagree  Andy Watkinson: Nothing personal. Ruth is simply right. How do you know he was "cut off in his prime"?
6 hrs
disagree  louisajay: Ruth's right. It would be "sad loss of" not "untimely death" - untimely death is what you read in the papers.
7 hrs
disagree  Sandra OLIVER: i have to 'agree' with all the 'disagree's.
1 day 15 hrs
disagree  Robert Forstag: Important for all those checking the glossaries that the phrase has nothing to do with "untimely." It is a formula used in death notices written in Spanish and could, in my view, simply be translated as "recent passing." A literal trans. won't work.
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Condolence for the lost of your brother


Explanation:
Another option

luzba
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sandra OLIVER: not the nest option in my mind-plus, the "loss" of your brother, not'lost'.
1 day 22 mins
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