Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

dejándose el espacio que tienen las notas para poder sonar bien (context: wedding speech)

English translation:

leaving each other space in which to be themselves

Added to glossary by Carol Gullidge
Nov 1, 2006 14:08
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term

dejándose el espacio que tienen las notas para poder sonar bien

Spanish to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Marriage speech
Formar una familia juntos, crecer juntos y caminar por el mismo camino siempre, pero dejándose el espacio que tienen las notas para poder sonar bien.

It is a speech made by the brother of the bride (talking about his sister). I want to keep it poetic but natural in English...

Thanks a lot!

Proposed translations

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7 mins
Selected

leaving each other space in which to be themselves

the last part is not a literal translation, but is a commonly used expression
Peer comment(s):

agree Patricia Rosas : sounds natural even though it loses the metaphor (which may be good since it seems a bit forced)
6 mins
thanks, Patricia! Couldn't come up with a suitable metaphor, so went for idiomacy instead..
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks everyone!"
4 mins

keeping each other space as punctuation in a good sense

una sugerencia
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+2
7 mins

allowing the individual musical notes to come through for an optimal sound

una manera de decirlo...
suerte

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allowing the individual musical notes to come through for a perfect harmony
Peer comment(s):

agree Patricia Rosas : I like the second choice (perhaps: leaving space for the individual notes to blend in perfect harmony?)
7 mins
thanks Patricia... I like your suggestion too!
agree Juan Viloria
10 hrs
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14 mins

keeping in tune, the notes of harmony

Just a random suggestion. Hope it's not too poetic or too musical.
The construction of the sentence is slightly spanish in style but valid in poetic english.
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14 mins

leaving each other the space notes need to sound good

... por qué no?
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18 mins

and not to allow their own individual annotations to infuse to the extent of creating disharmony/..

discord/discordant notes-
to complete the musical analogy of hoping they dont stunt each others development,get on each others nerves,etc
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22 mins

giving each other space, just like spaces between musical notes so as to sound good

suggestion
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