Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Cómo has podido fijarte en mi humilde persona?
English translation:
How is it that you have taken notice of my humble self?
Added to glossary by
Milagros Díaz
Sep 26, 2006 21:00
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.
Cómo has podido fijarte en mi humilde persona?
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Short stories
Soy El Dios. mi padre y yo te hemos escogido para que cumplas una misión en la tierra.
PADRE MÍO, ¿CÓMO HAS PODIDO FIJARTE EN MI HUMILDE PERSONA?
PADRE MÍO, ¿CÓMO HAS PODIDO FIJARTE EN MI HUMILDE PERSONA?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | How is it that you have taken notice of my humble self? |
Nicholas Ferreira
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| 4 | Why would you be interested in little me? |
patyjs
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| 3 | how could you pay attention to my humble person? |
swisstell
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Proposed translations
+2
2 hrs
Nicholas Ferreira
Canada
Canada
Native in Spanish
&
English
Specializes in field
Canada
Conference interpreter anywhere, anytime
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, Latin to English, French to English, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
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How is it that you have taken notice of my humble self?
I'm not entirely convinced by that "humble self"...
Maybe someone else can help with out here with a better suggestion to improve upon this...
A more colloquial free translation would be: "How did you take notice of little ol' me?"
Maybe someone else can help with out here with a better suggestion to improve upon this...
A more colloquial free translation would be: "How did you take notice of little ol' me?"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Nicholas! and thanks Cinnamon for your contribution!!"
9 mins
how could you pay attention to my humble person?
how could you even think of my humble person?
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Note added at 9 mins (2006-09-26 21:09:56 GMT)
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or: .... to my humble being.
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Note added at 9 mins (2006-09-26 21:09:56 GMT)
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or: .... to my humble being.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Lydia De Jorge
: Why would you cast your sight on my humble being?
10 mins
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| neutral |
Kim Metzger
: "Pay attention" doesn't do justice to "fijar" by a long shot.
2 hrs
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6 hrs
Why would you be interested in little me?
Little in this context means unimportant...
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