May 8, 2018 00:03
6 yrs ago
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English term
Penelope
\"now all paid off\"
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
This is part of a short novel. The paragraph says:
"The owner of this big house lived alone. There was a gardener and a daily, but no woman's hand was soothing the passage of his illness - he'd only ever had model girlfriends, mistresses, now all paid off."
"The owner of this big house lived alone. There was a gardener and a daily, but no woman's hand was soothing the passage of his illness - he'd only ever had model girlfriends, mistresses, now all paid off."
Proposed translations
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| 3 | cuyas deudas han sido ya liquidadas |
JohnMcDove
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| 4 +4 | todas pagadas y despedidas |
Charles Davis
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Proposed translations
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JohnMcDove
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cuyas deudas han sido ya liquidadas
Una de las muchas posibilidades de expresar que las facturas de estas personas ya se pagaron.
https://es.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/english-spanish/...
Saludos cordiales.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2018-05-08 17:27:29 GMT)
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Yo que siempre voy por ahí pidiendo más contexto, en esta casi ni lo he mirado, así que me he despistado como un tontuelo sobrado...
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Note added at 9 days (2018-05-17 00:57:44 GMT) Post-grading
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De nada, Penélope, pero me parece que la respuesta de Charles es la que mejor explica el tema...
https://es.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/english-spanish/...
Saludos cordiales.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2018-05-08 17:27:29 GMT)
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Yo que siempre voy por ahí pidiendo más contexto, en esta casi ni lo he mirado, así que me he despistado como un tontuelo sobrado...
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Note added at 9 days (2018-05-17 00:57:44 GMT) Post-grading
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De nada, Penélope, pero me parece que la respuesta de Charles es la que mejor explica el tema...
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6 hrs
todas pagadas y despedidas
Yo creo que este uso de "pay off" no se refiere precisamente a liquidar deudas, sino a deshacerse de estas novias y amantes como si hubieran sido empleadas. Es decir, que implica que las relaciones sentimentales de este hombre habían sido de carácter contractual: que ellas mantenían una relación con él a cambio de una compensación. Es un fenómeno bastante frecuente.
He aquí las definiciones pertinentes de "pay off"; yo creo que la segunda es la pertinente aquí:
"pay off
2. [transitive] to give someone all the money that you have borrowed from them to buy something
Only another six months and the house will be paid off.
3. [transitive] to stop employing a worker and give them any money that they are owed
Over 1,000 workers will be paid off if this factory closes."
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/pay-o...
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Note added at 6 hrs (2018-05-08 06:35:44 GMT)
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Es decir, que se trataba de "novias trofeo".
He aquí las definiciones pertinentes de "pay off"; yo creo que la segunda es la pertinente aquí:
"pay off
2. [transitive] to give someone all the money that you have borrowed from them to buy something
Only another six months and the house will be paid off.
3. [transitive] to stop employing a worker and give them any money that they are owed
Over 1,000 workers will be paid off if this factory closes."
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/pay-o...
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Note added at 6 hrs (2018-05-08 06:35:44 GMT)
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Es decir, que se trataba de "novias trofeo".
Peer comment(s):
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Sara Fairen
: Incluso podría decirse "...de las que ya se había deshecho". Tienes razón, otra opción: "dar por finiquitado" :-)
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Gracias, Sara :-) Pues sí... aunque tal vez convenga incluir explícitamente el aspecto económico. / ¡Buena idea!
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Robert Forstag
: The English seems to carry the strong connotation that these women have long since forgotten the man who once generously paid for their ministrations, but I do not see how to convey this in Spanish without undue wordiness.
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Thanks, Robert :-) Yes, very probably, but I think we'll have to leave it to the reader to draw the appropriate conclusions.
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JohnMcDove
: Uy, qué despiste el mío... "Devuélveme el rosario de mi madre, y quédate con todo lo demás..." que cantaba la Praderita (Mª Dolores... ;-)
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Muchas gracias, John ;-) (La Pradera es la que más me gusta de todas todas)
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Robert Carter
: Depending on the context here, it could even mean "remuneradas a cambio de su discreción", something that's quite topical in US politics right now.
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Thanks very much, Robert. You're right; that's an angle I hadn't considered.
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