May 14, 2009 02:31
15 yrs ago
English term
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Guarani to Spanish
the unplumbed and plumbing-less depths!
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Mrs. Krebs: You're gonna need a room
Hornbeck: I have a reservation at the Mansion House
Mrs. Krebs: Oh? That's all right, I suppose, for them as likes havin' a privy pactically in the bedroom!
Hornbeck: The unplumbed and plumbing-less depths! Ahh! Hillsboro!
Hornbeck: I have a reservation at the Mansion House
Mrs. Krebs: Oh? That's all right, I suppose, for them as likes havin' a privy pactically in the bedroom!
Hornbeck: The unplumbed and plumbing-less depths! Ahh! Hillsboro!
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 3 +3 | las insondables profundidades desprovistas de cañerías |
rubytranslation
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| 3 | las profundidades de la falta de servicios de drenaje |
Alejandro Ramirez
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References
| es una broma satírica sobre la ciudad de Hillsboro y su falta de sofisticacíon |
Bubo Coroman (X)
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Proposed translations
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rubytranslation
Native in Spanish
Meticulous Proficient in English Spanish
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish
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las insondables profundidades desprovistas de cañerías
unplumbed depths: es una tipica collocation traducida como insondables profundidades
plumbing: cañerías
la traducción provista es la más aproximada acorde a la información provista, pero puede no ser del todo correcta. en literatura, al no ser una fixed expression hay que evaluar el total del contexto. De todas maneras espero haber podido ayudarte. saludos!
plumbing: cañerías
la traducción provista es la más aproximada acorde a la información provista, pero puede no ser del todo correcta. en literatura, al no ser una fixed expression hay que evaluar el total del contexto. De todas maneras espero haber podido ayudarte. saludos!
Peer comment(s):
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Christine Walsh
: Muy bueno!
25 mins
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muchas gracias chriswa! saludos! :)
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
5 hrs
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muchas gracias Beatriz! saludos! :)
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Alejandro Ramirez
: ¡Claro! ¡Cañerías! Mucho mejor... :)
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muchas gracias, alejandro! saludos :)
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
1 hr
Alejandro Ramirez
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
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Spanish
Specializes in field
Mexico
English/Spanish Translation
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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7
las profundidades de la falta de servicios de drenaje
It's a strange expression, and in Spanish we have the inconvenience of not being able to construct words as easily as in English. I would sum up "unplumbed and plumbing-less" as "la falta de servicios de drenaje", although there might be a more poetic-sounding way.
Another idea might be, "Las profundidades de las letrinas y los retretes", or something likewise disgusting.
Another idea might be, "Las profundidades de las letrinas y los retretes", or something likewise disgusting.
Reference comments
7 hrs
Reference:
es una broma satírica sobre la ciudad de Hillsboro y su falta de sofisticacíon
hay varios comentarios sobre esta obra en línea, tal como éste:
Hornbeck is amused at the lack of sophistication and narrow-mindedness he observes in Hillsboro. He mocks Hillsboro, the residents, their fundamentalist beliefs, and their leader, Brady, throughout the play. In Act I, Scene 1, he comments to a community member:
“The unplumbed and plumbing-less depths!
Ahhhh, Hillsboro -- Heavenly Hillsboro.
The buckle on the Bible Belt.”
He tells Rachel that there are “A few ignorance bushes (in Hillsboro). . .(but) No Tree of Knowledge.”
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Inherit-the-Wind...
Hornbeck is amused at the lack of sophistication and narrow-mindedness he observes in Hillsboro. He mocks Hillsboro, the residents, their fundamentalist beliefs, and their leader, Brady, throughout the play. In Act I, Scene 1, he comments to a community member:
“The unplumbed and plumbing-less depths!
Ahhhh, Hillsboro -- Heavenly Hillsboro.
The buckle on the Bible Belt.”
He tells Rachel that there are “A few ignorance bushes (in Hillsboro). . .(but) No Tree of Knowledge.”
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Inherit-the-Wind...
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