16:31 Jan 22, 2021 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / In An Autobiography | |||||||
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| Selected response from: David Hollywood Local time: 04:00 | ||||||
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with hatred/evil spread by words Explanation: Before every performance there is such an incredible energy that fills the dressing rooms, spread by words of encouragement, smiles, https://books.google.pt/books?id=6ASEtjwIMmYC&pg=PA438&lpg=P... Example sentence(s):
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when lips /words sow the wind Explanation: From 'sow the wind and reap the whirlwind'?? https://www.gotquestions.org/sow-wind-reap-whirlwind.html |
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when words make work for idle hands to do Explanation: This may be too far-fetched, but bear with me: The author seems to be playing with the idiom "quien siembra vientos, cosechará tempestades"; I'm suggesting to do something similar with a different idiom, "the devil makes work for idle hands to do," since the old revolutionary counterposes seeking freedom by working the land with your hands against doing it through political speech. So I would say something like: "Freedom through words! Where are you leading us, you fools? Freedom is born and nourished on free land nursed by hands; it perishes and vanishes when words make work for idle hands to do." |
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dissipates and fades away on the winds of our spoken words/the words out of our mouths Explanation: a few ideas on this |
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In winds sown/strewn with words Explanation: I think it's describing how freedom dissipates -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 heures (2021-01-23 08:33:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Lulling this over I now suggest with a milder metaphor Freedom crumbles away) under a barrage of words |
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