Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
pedestrian
Spanish translation:
sencillo/simple
English term
South Africa
Pedestrian
Thank you
Jul 12, 2017 08:43: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jul 14, 2017 12:50: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro Created KOG entry
PRO (3): JohnMcDove, Robert Forstag, Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Proposed translations
Spain
Golf, Literature and Religion Specialist
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
sencillo/simple
Creo que "sencillo" o "simple" recoge bien la idea, por ejemplo:
- "Doy gracias por algo bastante simple"
- "Estoy agradecido por algo muy sencillo"
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
de todos los días/típico
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Note added at 12 mins (2017-07-12 00:05:14 GMT)
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"pedestrian" in this case means "nothing out of the ordinary"
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Note added at 13 mins (2017-07-12 00:05:49 GMT)
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"run of the mll"
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Note added at 20 mins (2017-07-12 00:12:41 GMT)
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here you have the respective definition but I think we have to be a bit more upbeat on this:
adjective
1.
lacking inspiration or excitement; dull.
"disenchantment with their pedestrian lives"
sinónimos: dull, plodding, boring, tedious, monotonous, uneventful, unremarkable, tiresome, wearisome, uninspired, uncreative, unimaginative, unexciting, uninteresting, lifeless, dry;
United States
común y corriente / simple y trivial
Por algo que no llama demasiado la atención.
Algunas opciones más.
Saludos cordiales.
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Martin Harvey
: "simple", algo tan simple como caminar.
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Muchas gracias, Martin. :-)
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MarinaM
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Muchas gracias, Marina. :-)
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United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Estoy agradecido por algo que no es nada fuera de común
Estoy agradecido por algo casi no digno de comentarse.
banal
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JohnMcDove
: ¡Muy buena opción, Lorenita! :-)
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Gracias Johnillo cara de pillo!
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Martin Harvey
: Banal no tiene un sentido positivo. Y me parece que en texto el sentido de pedestrian es positivo
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Manuel Martín-Iguacel
: de acuerdo con Martin
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Mónica Algazi
13 hrs
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United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
pedestre/prosaico
Argentina
Obsession for quality is a pleasure.
Native in: English , Spanish (Variant: Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Estoy agradecido por lo que camino y vivo día a día.
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JohnMcDove
: "Pedestrian" es algo "unremarkable". "Agradezco algo tan banal, tan trivial, como no ver la TV". Estoy agradecido por algo como "el pan nuestro de cada día"... Algo cotidiano, que cualquiera tiene. /./ Yes. The "problem" is that "TV" comes right after.
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Okay John, but pedestrian also means of or relating to walking. I thought of a more poetic twist to it...
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United Kingdom
DipTrans IoLET graduate English-Spanish
Native in: Spanish , Catalan
Works in: English to Spanish, English to Catalan
Intrascendente
Spain
Specialized in subtitling & transcribing
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish to Catalan, and 1 more.
simple
Agradezco algo tan simple: la TV no me llama. De hecho, me aburre.
The translator opens you to the world
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Catalan to Spanish, and 1 more.
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