Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

un partriotismo que no odiara al extranjero

English translation:

a patriotism that purports to abhor xenophobia

Added to glossary by Jenni Lukac (X)
Jan 14, 2012 12:41
12 yrs ago
Spanish term

un partriotismo que no odiara al extranjero

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Hola

Sigo con mis citas ( què dificil!

La oración dice así: Un patriotismo que no odiara al extranjero sería amor; un amor que se detiene en la frontera, no es más que odio"

Gracias
SQ
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Jan 19, 2012 09:41: Jenni Lukac (X) Created KOG entry

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a patriotism that purports to abhor xenophobia

I know that this is not a literal translation, but it is based on an interpretation of the entire statement.
www.vtjp.org/articles/articlesarchives091102.htm -
... Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance will assemble in Durban, ... sin of omission it will tacitly condone the very kind racism it purports to abhor. .... I don't want to be whipped into a patriotic frenzy; www.cassiopaea.org/cass/pearl.htm -
Nevertheless, having been raised on patriotism and apple pie, I was ..... Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance will assemble in ... By this willful sin of omission it will tacitly condone the very kind racism it purports to abhor.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Yvonne Gallagher : precise translation, but perhaps too much so? "Xenophobic" while the correct word for a report is not matching poetic register of the ST citation
1 day 4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot1"
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Patriotism that abstained from hating what is alien

Patriotism that abstained from hating what is alien would be love; love which ceases at a border line is nothing more than hate

otro aporte, ¡suerte!
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17 mins

patriotism that would not / hate / reject / foreign countries /foreigners/

HOtpe it will help!
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a patriotism which is not xenophobic against foreigners

***a patriotism which is not be xenophobic against foreigners*** would be affection, an affection that stops at the border would be nothing more than xenophobia

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could also ***at the borders***:

***a patriotism which is not be xenophobic against foreigners*** would be affection, an affection that stops ***at the borders*** would be nothing more than xenophobia
Peer comment(s):

neutral Yvonne Gallagher : precise translation, but perhaps too much so? "Xenophobic" while the correct word for a report is not matching poetic register of the ST citation. Also don't like "amor" translated as "affection"
1 day 4 hrs
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Patriotism that didn't hate what is foreign

another option

... would be love; love that stopped at the border would be /is nothing more than hatred...



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or could be switched around

Love is patriotism that does not hate what is foreign while hate is love that stops at the border
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a non-xenophobic patriotism

would be love

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-01-14 13:48:01 GMT)
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or perhaps better:

non-xenophobe patriotism
Peer comment(s):

agree Isabelle17
3 mins
Thanks Isabelle
agree Barbara L Pavlik
8 mins
Thanks, Barbara
agree franglish
2 hrs
Many thanks, franglish
agree Richard Hill
5 hrs
Thanks, Rich.
agree anademahomar
1 day 4 hrs
Thanks Ana
neutral Yvonne Gallagher : precise translation, but perhaps too much so? "Xenophobic" while the correct word for a report is not matching poetic register of the ST citation
1 day 4 hrs
On the whole I don't think this is a particularly poetic document, but I get your point. Thanks
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a patriotism without xenophobia

"a patriotism without xenophobia would be love".
translates well the original without being too clunky.
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