Great wildbeest migration.

Spanish translation: la gran migración de los ñus

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English term or phrase:	Great wildbeest migration.
Spanish translation:	la gran migración de los ñus
Entered by:	Andrés Martínez

07:01 Sep 23, 2010

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English term or phrase: Great wildbeest migration.

I would like to know what will be the best way to translate this phrase from American English into Latin american Spanish.

Especially Ecuadorian and Bolivian.

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la gran migración de los ñus

Explanation:
Wildbeest es un antílope de nombre ñu en español.

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Animales Serengeti Photo Gallery by Antonio Alomar at pbase.com
Ñu corriendo en la pradera - Wildebeest running in the praire, Ñus corriendo en la pradera - Wildebeest running in the praire, Migracion de los Ñus ...
www.pbase.com/alomar/tanzaniaanimals - En caché - Similares
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La migracion de Ñus cruza el rio Mara - Migration of the ...
La migracion de Ñus cruza el rio Mara - Migration of the Wildebeest crossing the Mara river. Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II 1/320s f/8.0 at 800.0mm iso200 full exif ...
www.pbase.com/alomar/image/10354741

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La espectacular migracion del Ñu (africa)
1 Dic 2008 ... La gran migración de los ñus. Un largo peregrinaje en el filo entre la vida y la muerte. Lo llevan haciendo desde tiempos inmemoriales. ...
www.elbrollo.com/.../203748-la-espectacular-migracion-del-u
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El viaje del Ñu | Ecología – Naturaleza
18 Mar 2010 ... Lo más peligroso de la gran migración de los ñus es cruzar el río Mara, que divide en dos la sabana de Masai Mara y puede ser un rabioso ...
motor.tuentorno.net/?p=144

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Andrés Martínez
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la gran migración de los ñus

Andrés Martínez

la gran migración de los ñúes

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Spelt "wildEbeest" in English.

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great wildbeest migration.

la gran migración de los ñus

Andrés Martínez
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Local time: 01:11
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great wildbeest migration. la gran migración de los ñúes

Explanation:
En mi opinión, al menos en Argentina, Chile y Uruguay, la forma culta habitual del plural de las palabras terminadas en u tónica, tal el caso de ñu, es "úes", como en "ñúes", aunque es cierto que la terminación "us" también puede encontrarse (especialmente en España) y está aceptada por el DRAE.
En todo caso, si la expresión a traducir viene de un texto "culto", una enciclopedia, por ejemplo, o incluso un documental, me parece que es preferible decir "ñúes".

Example sentence(s):

Con el cambio de estación, la llanura parece ponerse en movimiento: es la gran migración de los ñúes.

Reference: http://buscon.rae.es/dpdI/SrvltConsulta?lema=plural

Rafael González del Solar
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Reference: Spelt "wildEbeest" in English.

Reference information:
The ungainly gnu earned the Afrikaans name wildebeest, or "wild beast," for the menacing appearance presented by its large head, shaggy mane, pointed beard, and sharp, curved horns. In fact, the wildebeest is better described as a reliable source of food for the truly menacing predators of the African savanna: lions, cheetahs, wild dogs, and hyenas.

The gnu (pronounced "g-new" or simply "new") is a member of the antelope family ...

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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/mammals/wildebeest

Jenny Westwell
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: English

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