Nov 13, 2008 09:56
15 yrs ago
English term
Native in: Catalan 
Works in: Catalan to English, English to Catalan, English to Spanish, and 5 more.
lurched from one extreme to another
Non-PRO
English to Catalan
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
The sentence where it appears is:
X died in 1994 after a life which had lurched from one extreme to another.
It is talking about a woman who comes from a well-off family, which became dancer and married with a poet and took drugs and so on. Then she changed again her life and she had a more common one.
X died in 1994 after a life which had lurched from one extreme to another.
It is talking about a woman who comes from a well-off family, which became dancer and married with a poet and took drugs and so on. Then she changed again her life and she had a more common one.
Proposed translations
(Catalan)
| 4 +1 | fer tombs d'un extrem a l'altre |
Laura Calvo Valdivielso
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| 4 +1 | havent viscut sempre a batzegades, d'un extrem a l'altre |
gloria montserrat
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| 4 | balancejant-se d'un extrem a l'altre |
Aïda Garcia Pons
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Proposed translations
+1
7 mins
Laura Calvo Valdivielso
Spain
Spain
Native in Catalan
Specializes in field
Spain
+18y experience legal, financial & more
Native in: Spanish , Catalan
Works in: Italian to Spanish, English to Spanish, Catalan to Spanish, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
Selected
fer tombs d'un extrem a l'altre
La frase quedaria més o menys així:
"després d'una vida fent tombs d'un extrem a l'altre"
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"després d'una vida fent tombs d'un extrem a l'altre"
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1 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
14 mins
Aïda Garcia Pons
United States
United States
Native in Catalan
Specializes in field
United States
Translating Books since 2002
Native in: Catalan , Spanish
Works in: English to Catalan, Italian to Catalan, Spanish to Catalan, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
12
balancejant-se d'un extrem a l'altre
una altra opció podria ser amb el verb balancejar-se, per donar èmfasi a l'idea d'oscillació.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Eloi Castellví Alonso
: Hola, Aida. En aquest cas no faria servir aquest verb perquè sona massa físic, quan això és una metàfora del què li ha passat a la vida. Salutacions.
13 mins
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+1
3 hrs
gloria montserrat
Spain
Spain
Native in Catalan
Specializes in field
Spain
reliable, loyal to originals, serious
Native in: Catalan , Spanish
Works in: English to Catalan, English to Spanish, Catalan to Spanish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
havent viscut sempre a batzegades, d'un extrem a l'altre
lurch: stop and start again (a machine, for instance)
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