Apr 4, 2022 05:13
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Spanish term
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con los habitos blancos del sacrificio.
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Literature.
I would like to know the best translation of this phrase from Latin American Spanish into American English. Translator colleagues from Spain, feel free to send me your suggestions as well. This is a translation about Mythology.
It's about the story of Theseus and the Minotaur.
I hope that all of you are healthy and safe from Covid19.
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y había llegado el momento de que otros siete hijos y siete hijas suyas zarparan hacia Creta vestidos con los hábitos blancos del sacrificio. Al verlo, Teseo quito la toga a un joven y se la puso para partir él mismo, pronunciando las siguientes palabras:
It's about the story of Theseus and the Minotaur.
I hope that all of you are healthy and safe from Covid19.
Here is the full paragraph for your review:
y había llegado el momento de que otros siete hijos y siete hijas suyas zarparan hacia Creta vestidos con los hábitos blancos del sacrificio. Al verlo, Teseo quito la toga a un joven y se la puso para partir él mismo, pronunciando las siguientes palabras:
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | ,,,(dressed in their) white sacrificial robes... |
matt robinson
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| 4 | wearing the white robes of martyrdom/wearing white martyrs' robes. |
Andrew Bramhall
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Change log
Apr 22, 2022 13:20: Lucia Leszinsky changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Proposed translations
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,,,(dressed in their) white sacrificial robes...
A possibility.
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Note added at 1 hr (2022-04-04 06:26:05 GMT)
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White robes is what I would use.
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Note added at 1 hr (2022-04-04 06:26:05 GMT)
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White robes is what I would use.
Note from asker:
| Thanks Matt. Is white robes the best translation for habitos blancos? Yugoslavia |
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Andrew Bramhall
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wearing the white robes of martyrdom/wearing white martyrs' robes.
and the time had come for seven more of his sons and seven of his daughters to set sail for Crete dressed in their white robes of martyrdom. Seeing this, Theseus took off the toga of a young man and put it on himself before setting sail, while uttering the following words:
Note from asker:
| Thanks Andrew. |
Reference comments
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Reference:
Guía básica para distinguir a qué orden pertenece un monje por su hábito - https://es.aleteia.org/2017/07/13/guia-basica-para-distingui...
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your help Jose. |
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