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Spanish term
Argentina
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sobrevida
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Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
I am trying to capture the difference between sobrevida and sobrevivencia in this very literary text about an Argentine painter.
No existen muchos objetos que enhebren la historia de las relaciones humanas con el mundo de manera tan misteriosa como esta piedra: su nacimiento fantástico bajo tierra en una fábrica química que desde hace millones de años trabaja a temperaturas infernales y bajo una presión colosal con grandes tuberías volcánicas que eructan el material hacia la superficie y, siglos más tarde, su extracción de la mina y su inesperada sobrevida en la superficie terrestre facetada por las desigualdades, las avaricias, los amores y los sueños humanos
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No existen muchos objetos que enhebren la historia de las relaciones humanas con el mundo de manera tan misteriosa como esta piedra: su nacimiento fantástico bajo tierra en una fábrica química que desde hace millones de años trabaja a temperaturas infernales y bajo una presión colosal con grandes tuberías volcánicas que eructan el material hacia la superficie y, siglos más tarde, su extracción de la mina y su inesperada sobrevida en la superficie terrestre facetada por las desigualdades, las avaricias, los amores y los sueños humanos
SObrevida is not in the RAE.
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Continued existence
This could express the idea too.
continued existence Noun
continued existence, the ~ (survival)
continued existence Noun
continued existence, the ~ (survival)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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Katarina Peters
Canada
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revival
if you don't want to use survival
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or: resurgence
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or: resurgence
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
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unexpected survival
https://context.reverso.net/translation/spanish-english/sobr...
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"continues to survive"
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"even though it was not expected or foreseen that it would"
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"continues to survive"
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"even though it was not expected or foreseen that it would"
Peer comment(s):
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Yvonne Gallagher
: yes, that's the right idea though not what I'd use
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Carol Gullidge
: actually, Ithink "survival" is the simplest and most obvious solution here!
1 day 11 hrs
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Thanks.
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Orkoyen (X)
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Thank you, Orkoyen.
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David Hollywood
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permanence
might work
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permanence:
The state or quality of lasting or remaining unchanged indefinitely.
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"durability" might be another viable option
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although "durability" is generally used in an engineering construction context so....
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permanence:
The state or quality of lasting or remaining unchanged indefinitely.
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"durability" might be another viable option
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although "durability" is generally used in an engineering construction context so....
Peer comment(s):
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Carol Gullidge
: I think "durability" is perfect here, in the sense of anything (not necessarily connected with engineering!) long-lasting...
1 day 10 hrs
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thanks Carol
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Liliana Garfunkel
Argentina
Argentina
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Argentina
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8
continuity in life
...and its unexpected continuity in life on Earth...
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Adrian MM.
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Austria
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Austria
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self-perpetuation
- as an anodyne version of an 'existential resurrection'.
As students of macro- or micro-economics might grasp, the Scottish economist Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' is IMO an example of a 'self-perpetuating' mechanism of the economy.
As students of macro- or micro-economics might grasp, the Scottish economist Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' is IMO an example of a 'self-perpetuating' mechanism of the economy.
Example sentence:
Self-perpetuation, the capability of something to cause itself to continue to exist, is one of the main characteristics of life. Organisms' capability of reproduction leads to self-perpetuation of the species, if not to the individual.
Peer comment(s):
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Carol Gullidge
: I think this is reading too much into the term; this stone has survived over the centuries, but hasn't self perpetuated/Really? You jest of course!
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This asker usually chooses my answer, but possibly doesn't want to upset the other respondents.
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persistence
"Survival" doesn't seem to me to be quite le mot juste here, either in the context of the geologic history, or in terms of the references to life on earth. And I think "unexpected persistence" works pretty well for "su inesperada sobrevida" in the ST.
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afterlife
The metaphoric "afterlife" of the diamond or precious gemstone once above ground...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife
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"Diamonds are Forever"...
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"... ... in terms of some form of continued existence or afterlife"...
"..a belief in a religion that promises a continued existence, or afterlife."
"...but in a way that relates to a continued existence or afterlife."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife
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"Diamonds are Forever"...
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"... ... in terms of some form of continued existence or afterlife"...
"..a belief in a religion that promises a continued existence, or afterlife."
"...but in a way that relates to a continued existence or afterlife."
3 days 17 hrs
Amanda Foy
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second life
I initially thought "afterlife" as well, but "second life" is a common phrasing that would flow well in the text and avoid perhaps irrelevant connotations of "afterlife, revival," and other options - though the "Second Life" game is adding connotations, I suppose.
14 hrs
chance resurgence
Has come back out of the blue.
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Alternate answer: Reanimation
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Other suggestion: “new pulse”. I think this fits well with surreal description.
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This challenge has many lives! Could you perhaps try a different approach, like "defy oblivion"? That has the feel of having endured a cataclysmic struggle and revealed itself.
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Alternate answer: Reanimation
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Other suggestion: “new pulse”. I think this fits well with surreal description.
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This challenge has many lives! Could you perhaps try a different approach, like "defy oblivion"? That has the feel of having endured a cataclysmic struggle and revealed itself.
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