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Spanish translation: el arquetipo del mal

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English term or phrase:the touchstones of all evil
Spanish translation:el arquetipo del mal
Entered by: Ana Juliá

14:47 May 4, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion / New Religious Movements (NRMs)
English term or phrase: the touchstones of all evil
While older Islamist groups targeted local governments, Al-Qaeda instead aimed for nothing less than the complete revolutionary transformation of the world, and thus attacked what they saw as ***the touchstones of all evil***: the United States, its international presence, and the system of world capitalism.
Ana Juliá
Spain
Local time: 03:06
epítomes del mal
Explanation:
ejemplos claros o representativos, que podrían seguirse por algo

AMERICAN HERITAGE
TOUCHSTONE: An excellent quality or example that is used to test the excellence or genuineness of others: “the qualities of courage and vision that are the touchstones of leadership

EPITOME: A representative or an example of a class or type: “He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-05-04 17:14:05 GMT)
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tal vez sería prudente utilizar la palabra ARQUETIPO en vez de EPÍTOME:

ARQUETIPO DEL MAL

OXFORD SUPERLEX BILINGUAL DICTIONARY = epitome - arquetipo
Selected response from:

Ivannia Garcia
Local time: 19:06
Grading comment
gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5epítomes del mal
Ivannia Garcia
4 +2la piedra angular de todos los males / el punto de referencia de todos los males
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
4los ejes del mal, los puntos centrales del mal
Silvia Brandon-Pérez
4las piedras de toque de todos los males
Refugio
3 +1la piedra de toque de todos los males
Fabio Descalzi
4las raíces (fuentes) de todos los males
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
3personificación de todo mal/ reencarnación del mal
Gretel Villegas


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
los ejes del mal, los puntos centrales del mal


Explanation:
touchstone en este caso como el punto central del mal

Silvia Brandon-Pérez
United States
Local time: 18:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Fabio Descalzi: "Eje del mal" es una expresión muy de moda hoy en día al hablar de las relaciones entre EEU y sus "enemigos", pero no sé si es exactamente lo que se adapta a este contexto
2 mins
  -> Gracias, Fabio, aunque no veo porque no.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
las piedras de toque de todos los males


Explanation:
otra posibilidad

Refugio
Local time: 18:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 79
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
la piedra de toque de todos los males


Explanation:
.

Fabio Descalzi
Uruguay
Local time: 22:06
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  patricia scott
1 hr
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
personificación de todo mal/ reencarnación del mal


Explanation:
Eso de la "reencarnación del mal" es muy usado por aquí aunque no se si la idea vaya por ahí.

Gretel Villegas
France
Local time: 03:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
la piedra angular de todos los males / el punto de referencia de todos los males


Explanation:
Suerte

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Note added at 16 minutos (2007-05-04 15:03:51 GMT)
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También:

- es la base o fundamento principal de todos los males


Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 03:06
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 181

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alicia Villegas
11 hrs
  -> Gracias Alicia
agree  Vanesa Camarasa (X): la base de todos los males, me gusta mas
19 hrs
  -> Gracias Olga
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
las raíces (fuentes) de todos los males


Explanation:
las raíces (fuentes) de todos los males... lo demás ("its international presence, and the system of world capitalism") serían sus ramificaciones (o afluentes). Así es como veo la estructura. Espero que te ayude.

ISLAM Y AL-ANDALUS: Sidi Faraz Rabbani (Sheikh de la Escuela Hanafi)
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La riqueza y la codicia son las raíces de todos los males. · La riqueza sin fe es la pobreza más grande. · El valor de un hombre depende de la nobleza de ...
www.islamyal-andalus.org/control/noticia.php?id=404 - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

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COMUNICACIÓN LIBRE para el congreso internacional: MUNDO DIGITAL ...
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ignorancia y la superstición, fuentes de todos los males que acusa la sociedad. Nuestro objetivo continúa siendo el de Kant, hacer que todo humano sea capaz ...
www.congresotic.org/MiguelAngelVelasco.pdf - Similar pages

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 19:06
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 104
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
epítomes del mal


Explanation:
ejemplos claros o representativos, que podrían seguirse por algo

AMERICAN HERITAGE
TOUCHSTONE: An excellent quality or example that is used to test the excellence or genuineness of others: “the qualities of courage and vision that are the touchstones of leadership

EPITOME: A representative or an example of a class or type: “He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-05-04 17:14:05 GMT)
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tal vez sería prudente utilizar la palabra ARQUETIPO en vez de EPÍTOME:

ARQUETIPO DEL MAL

OXFORD SUPERLEX BILINGUAL DICTIONARY = epitome - arquetipo

Ivannia Garcia
Local time: 19:06
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  glaster
1 hr
  -> Gracias!!
agree  patricia scott
1 hr
  -> Gracias!!
agree  Cándida Artime Peñeñori: Epítome: no (en inglés: sí). Arquetipo es perfecto, me parece. Y una vez más, el problema está en el original, que queriendo decir eso -me parece- utiliza "a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated". Saludos.
2 hrs
  -> creo que tenés razón, incluyo una corrección. Gracias!!
agree  trans4u
2 hrs
agree  Maria Rosich Andreu: de acuerdo con arquetipo
3 hrs
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