Nov 20, 2013 13:07
10 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Trans-Iberia (X)
limbo
Spanish to English
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Cemeteries - Funerary - Excavations
in this case I know the meaning of the term, but I have no idea how to translate it, despite a good online search. according to my client, in old cemeteries the "LIMBO" is the section where miscarried babies or very young babies that died without a name are buried, usually in unmarked and/or mass graves. the name in Spanish is somewhat poetic, if macabre, and I cannot find any equivalent in English other than an "explanatory" translation, ie "Cemetery section for burial of..." This is NOT convenient in this translation, because the word "limbo" is used many many times (it is an excavation site). thanks for any suggestions.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | infant burial ground/site |
Lisa McCarthy
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| 5 | unbaptized baby section |
Steven Hanley (X)
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| 4 +1 | limbo |
Al Zaid
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Proposed translations
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14 mins
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
Especialista de marketing
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
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infant burial ground/site
Arlington Memorial Park Cemetery - Main
www.arlingtonmemorialcemetery.com/
Several things make Arlington a unique cemetery. Very few cemeteries can claim ten acres of forested land. Arlington has an infant burial ground, a Muslim ...
TheGlasgowStory: Linn Cemetery
www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA05316
Linn Cemetery ... The entrance to the Linn Cemetery, photographed in 2004. ... and Neonatal Deaths Society) Memorial Garden and Infant Burial Ground.
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Note added at 26 minutos (2013-11-20 13:34:14 GMT)
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Historically, the unbaptised infant dead were considered polluted and dangerous, a common belief found across the globe. In the 1600s to 1800s in Scotland this gave rise to numerous infant burial grounds. The ambiguity of infant dead identities and resultant preoccupation with their eschatological fate is reflected in the inclusion of adults destined for limbo within infant burial grounds, such as suicides and murder victims, and the fact that disused holy grounds often serve as host sites.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/events/archaeologyev...
Or maybe 'Infant graveyard"
PATTON'S CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY | Welcome ...
tngenweb.org/.../cemeteries/cemeteries.../cemeteries.../pattons-chapel-met...
In March 1977, this small cemetery was located at the intersection of US Highways 11-E .... Several babies were also buried in an infant graveyard there which ...
www.arlingtonmemorialcemetery.com/
Several things make Arlington a unique cemetery. Very few cemeteries can claim ten acres of forested land. Arlington has an infant burial ground, a Muslim ...
TheGlasgowStory: Linn Cemetery
www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA05316
Linn Cemetery ... The entrance to the Linn Cemetery, photographed in 2004. ... and Neonatal Deaths Society) Memorial Garden and Infant Burial Ground.
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Note added at 26 minutos (2013-11-20 13:34:14 GMT)
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Historically, the unbaptised infant dead were considered polluted and dangerous, a common belief found across the globe. In the 1600s to 1800s in Scotland this gave rise to numerous infant burial grounds. The ambiguity of infant dead identities and resultant preoccupation with their eschatological fate is reflected in the inclusion of adults destined for limbo within infant burial grounds, such as suicides and murder victims, and the fact that disused holy grounds often serve as host sites.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/events/archaeologyev...
Or maybe 'Infant graveyard"
PATTON'S CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY | Welcome ...
tngenweb.org/.../cemeteries/cemeteries.../cemeteries.../pattons-chapel-met...
In March 1977, this small cemetery was located at the intersection of US Highways 11-E .... Several babies were also buried in an infant graveyard there which ...
Peer comment(s):
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neilmac
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Thanks, Neil :)
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Phoenix III
: What about unborn babies?
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Maybe that would be explained somewhere at the beginning. It wouldn't make sense to have to refer to 'infants and unborn babies' each time.
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks for all your effort. i added 'unbaptized' since this factor seemed important. in later references i just tried to avoid using the entire term, limiting it to 'burial site' or using the site name as shorthand."
4 mins
unbaptized baby section
See cemetery map, link below.
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12 mins
limbo
Limbo is also in a religious sense an afterlife place people to go before going to heaven, also babies.
The only way out of your predicament I see is leaving it at limbo the first time and defining that it's the "Cemetery section for burial of..." and then use it as limbo all the way.
That's common practice in translation if there's no cultural equivalent (or if we're not sure there is) in the target language.
The only way out of your predicament I see is leaving it at limbo the first time and defining that it's the "Cemetery section for burial of..." and then use it as limbo all the way.
That's common practice in translation if there's no cultural equivalent (or if we're not sure there is) in the target language.
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