Sep 19, 2006 18:47
17 yrs ago
Spanish term
Medical translation / Water & sanitation
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
Partir en su búsqueda
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Short stories
Me pueden ayudar con "partir en su búsqueda", debo darle un estilo literario:
Esa misma noche su padre partió en su búsqueda.
Esa misma noche su padre partió en su búsqueda.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+3
6 mins
Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
The right words in the right place.
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian)
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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20
Selected
to leave in search of him/her
That very night, his/her father left in search of him/her....como en los siguientes ejemplos, muchos de los cuales tienen bastantes calidades literarias: http://tinyurl.com/mklox http://tinyurl.com/m9nlc
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!!"
+2
21 mins
Jennifer Levey
Chile
Chile
Native in English
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
20
... went looking for her
go looking for ... - partir/andar buscando
3 mins
Francisco Rodriguez
Chile
Chile
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Chile
Translation and Subtitling
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
Related KudoZ points
:
8
went on his/her search
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Note added at 33 minutos (2006-09-19 19:20:51 GMT)
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google 76.200 results de "went on his search"
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Note added at 33 minutos (2006-09-19 19:20:51 GMT)
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google 76.200 results de "went on his search"
Peer comment(s):
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Jennifer Levey
: not at all idiomatic
18 mins
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| neutral |
Nicholas Ferreira
: When you do a Google search, it just finds pages containing the words specified, but not necessarily in a row or even in the order you put.
37 mins
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when you put " before annd after the sentence the search is different dear friend
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+1
19 hrs
Kaiser_Soze
Mexico
Mexico
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Mexico
Let me say it for you
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish, English to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Set out to find her/him
That very night, his/her father set out to find her/him.
I've always liked phrasal verbs better when it comes to literature. Hope it works for you too!
I've always liked phrasal verbs better when it comes to literature. Hope it works for you too!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Margaret Schroeder
: I like this best. Or a combination of this suggestion with mine: "...set out in search of him/her."
2 hrs
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It wasn't chosen but thanks anyway : )
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1 day 1 hr
Terry Cullen
Argentina
Argentina
Native in English
Specializes in field
Argentina
... more than 20 yrs in South America
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
set out in search of...
Perhaps the alliteration helps with the "literariness"
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