16:18 Feb 20, 2011 |
Catalan to English translations [PRO] Marketing - Tourism & Travel / | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz Spain Local time: 14:27 | ||||||
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4 +1 | diversity |
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4 +1 | beauty |
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3 | adaptability/versatility |
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3 | multi-faceted (nature) |
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adaptability/versatility Explanation: not sure what "seva" means here, but I understand this noun to be describing the people... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2011-02-20 16:24:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- oh does seva = his/her/their -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2011-02-20 16:30:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WngmCwp... plasticity Synonyms: adaptability, adjustability, agreeability, agreeableness, alterability, amenability, aptitude, aptness, bendability, biddability, brightness, changeability, changeableness, changefulness, cleverness, compliableness, docility, ductibility, ductility, educability, elasticity, extendibility, extensibility, facility, fictility, flexibility, flexility, flexuousness, fluidity, formativeness, give, impermanence, impressionability, intelligence, limberness, litheness, malleability, mobility, modifiability, moldability, motivation, movability, mutability, nonuniformity, permutability, pliability, pliancy, quickness, readiness, receptiveness, receptivity, resilience, responsiveness, rubberiness, sensibility, sensitiveness, sequacity, servility, springiness, submissiveness, subservience, suppleness, susceptibility, teachability, teachableness, tensileness, tensility, tractability, tractility, trainableness, transience, transitoriness, willingness, willowiness, yieldingness |
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diversity Explanation: From the point of view of a Catalan native speaker, it appears to refer to the many different things one can see during these celebration and the many different shapes it can assume. |
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beauty Explanation: in this context it means the way the event comes together is well-done, smooth running and beautifully executed. |
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multi-faceted (nature) Explanation: I agree with Alistair that this is about the multiple forms Setmana Santa takes and the many different ways that people celebrate it. Personally, I'd probably use the word "multi-faceted" to express this, either by saying "the multi-faceted nature of the festival" or by flipping the order of the sentence and saying something like "the multi-faceted festival is considered to be..." |
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