Que és com vesteix. (sentence)

English translation: que = bon gust

08:22 Oct 4, 2004

Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics

Catalan term or phrase: Que és com vesteix. (sentence)

I find this sentence a little ambiguous given context and would appreciate some other opinions as to what you all think this might mean:

Julie té un punt d’aristòcrata, o potser de persona que s’ha educat en el bon gust. Que és com vesteix. Com parla, sense estridències.

I can't tell if he means here, "She is the way she dresses", which would then sound strange given the next sentence (and this is literary, so it must have the author's style), or "It's in the way she dresses".

Thanks...

Casey Butterfield
United States

English translation:que = bon gust

Explanation:
La traducció te la deixo a tu o a algú altre que vulgui respondre, però aquets 'que' és relatiu i es refereix a "amb bon gust". La Júlia, l'han educada en el bon gust, que és com vesteix [=la Júlia vesteis amb bon gust].

Salutacions,
Maria

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Maria Rosich Andreu
Spain
Local time: 18:04

Grading comment

Thanks everybody, and sorry for the long grading wait! Maria answered my question the most quickly, and in this case a clarification was all I was looking for, so moltes gràcies Maria!
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Summary of answers provided

5 +1

which is how she dresses

Berni Armstrong

que = bon gust

Maria Rosich Andreu

It's in the way she dresses, she speaks

Bernadette Mora

You can see it in the way she dresses...

Veronica Lambert Hall

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24 mins confidence:

Que és com vesteix. (sentence)

que = bon gust

Maria Rosich Andreu
Spain
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 2

Grading comment

Thanks everybody, and sorry for the long grading wait! Maria answered my question the most quickly, and in this case a clarification was all I was looking for, so moltes gràcies Maria!

33 mins confidence:

Que és com vesteix. (sentence) It's in the way she dresses, she speaks

Explanation:
Good luck!

Bernadette Mora

Bernadette Mora
Spain
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of: Spanish

43 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Que és com vesteix. (sentence) which is how she dresses

Explanation:
Literally - but I'd go for something like:

"Julie had something of the aristocrat about her, or perhaps an air of someone accustomed to good taste. You could tell it in the way she dressed, or in the gentle way she spoke."

The somewhat formal language used here is a deliberate echo of the content.

Berni Armstrong
Spain
Local time: 18:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

54 mins confidence:

Que és com vesteix. (sentence) You can see it in the way she dresses...

Explanation:
I'd go for something like "You can see it in the way she dresses, in the way she speaks..."

Veronica Lambert Hall
Spain
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of:

English

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