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Spanish translation: Fueron de habitación en habitación con la exagerada parsimonia/circunspección/cautela de los ciegos

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English term or phrase: blind
Spanish translation:Fueron de habitación en habitación con la exagerada parsimonia/circunspección/cautela de los ciegos
Entered by: Andrea Botta

00:46 Oct 15, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / narratives
English term or phrase: blind
Hi!! I found the following phrase in a narrative text..."They went from room to room with the exaggerated deliberation of the blind"...how would you translate it??? Thanks!!
Andrea Botta
Spain
Local time: 14:05
Fueron de habitación en habitación con la exagerada parsimonia/circunspección/cautela de los ciegos
Explanation:
Los ciegos se mueven con mucho cuidado en ambientes que no le son absolutamente familiares
Selected response from:

Christine Walsh
Local time: 09:05
Grading comment
Thanks for your help!!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +12Fueron de habitación en habitación con la exagerada parsimonia/circunspección/cautela de los ciegos
Christine Walsh
3 +2con los movimientos exageradamente cuidadosos de los ciegos
Juliana Brown
4ciego (leer abajo)
María Estela Ruiz Paz
3con la resolución afectada de un ciego
Lucy Leite
3con la exagerada determinación/premeditación de los ciegos
Cecilia Gowar


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
con los movimientos exageradamente cuidadosos de los ciegos


Explanation:
PARA UNOS OJOS CIEGOS... DONDE TE ESCONDES ALMA VIAJERA? .... estudiaba sus movimientos cuidadosos, parecía que acariciaba las masas, trabajaba con una ...
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Juliana Brown
Israel
Local time: 08:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Verónica Ducrey
2 hrs
  -> gracias
agree  Mario Ramirez (X)
12 hrs
  -> gracias
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
con la resolución afectada de un ciego


Explanation:
Es una sugerencia...

Lucy Leite
Spain
Local time: 14:05
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +12
Fueron de habitación en habitación con la exagerada parsimonia/circunspección/cautela de los ciegos


Explanation:
Los ciegos se mueven con mucho cuidado en ambientes que no le son absolutamente familiares

Example sentence(s):
  • She did her usual tasks with deliberation; it was against her nature to be careless, no matter what the situation was.
Christine Walsh
Local time: 09:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 222
Grading comment
Thanks for your help!!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adán Cruz: Nice indeed; I go for cautela
2 hrs
agree  Marjory Hord: bien
3 hrs
agree  Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
4 hrs
agree  Cecilia Gowar
5 hrs
agree  Ramon Inglada
7 hrs
agree  Bárbara Oliver: Like adamo, I would go for "cautela".
8 hrs
agree  Traducendo Co. Ltd
8 hrs
agree  felipe_gordon: Like Adamo and Barbra I would go for "cautela"
10 hrs
agree  Alejandra Tolj
11 hrs
agree  Margarita Kilimik
11 hrs
agree  Daniel Coria
12 hrs
agree  Carla_am
1 day 2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ciego (leer abajo)


Explanation:
...con el cuidado exagerado de los ciegos

10). pero Jesús dice que son los peores guías, pues son ciegos (сотр. ... de la hipocresía de los fariseos y escribas: el cuidado exagerado para cumplir con ...






María Estela Ruiz Paz
Argentina
Local time: 09:05
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 7
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
con la exagerada determinación/premeditación de los ciegos


Explanation:
Otra opción...

Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 387
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