rio adentro

English translation: Upstream/Downstream

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Spanish term or phrase:	rio adentro
English translation:	Upstream/Downstream
Entered by:	Gad Kohenov

05:23 Jun 16, 2008

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Geography / general, idiomatic expression

Spanish term or phrase: rio adentro

a destination to teachers that sail 6 hours a day to teach somewhere far into the river

how does "somewhere far into the river' sound? does it give the idea of "rio adentro"? or does it give the idea that they go deep into the river?

i know for the sea, "out to sea" is used but... what about rivers?

carovars KudoZ activity Questions: 16 (2 open) Answers: 8
Local time: 01:05

Upstream/Downstream

Explanation:
Tierra adentro means inland and appears in dictionary. For example rel camino real de tierra adentro. The famous road from mexico City leading all the way to Northern contemporary New Mexico, USA.
For rio adentro, you can use upstream/downstream.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2008-06-16 12:30:18 GMT)
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Forgas is right rio abajo is down stream in the direction of the sea. And your teachers go inland away from the sea. So they go upstream.

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Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 07:05

Grading comment

thank you, desertfox!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

deep into the river

Lydia De Jorge

to teach in a distant community reached by river

Bubo Coroman (X)

Upstream/Downstream

Gad Kohenov

far along the river

DLyons

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

15 mins confidence:

deep into the river

Explanation:
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 23:05
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for your help, Lydia! I'm not too sure about this. ... most of the examples I've found on "deep into the river" refer to deepness, which is not the case here. "...scanned the battle spotting his sinking deep into the river" "Her body plunged deep into the river, like a knife through soft flesh" "went down to some 70 feet deep into the river" "ideal for diving deep into the river " "He went chest deep into the river and stood still looking at me as the water kept rushing around him" well, here is an example to support this expression: I would like to warn you people that the current of the river is very high, so kindly take care of yourself & your family, do not venture too deep into the river, there are chances of finding few crocodiles & wild elephants, so do not venture deep into the jungle or river

4 hrs confidence:

to teach in a distant community reached by river

Explanation:
this might be vague enough as it does not specify whether they travel "across", "up" or "down" the river.

In future it would help if you could please also give the sentence in Spanish so that answerers can see what the possibilities are for adapting the translation to the context.

Bubo Coroman (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 58

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks, Deborah, I'm not too sure about this. ... most of the examples I've found on "deep into the river" refer to deepness, which is not the case here. "...scanned the battle spotting his sinking deep into the river" "Her body plunged deep into the river, like a knife through soft flesh" "went down to some 70 feet deep into the river" "ideal for diving deep into the river " "He went chest deep into the river and stood still looking at me as the water kept rushing around him" well, here is an example to support this expression: I would like to warn you people that the current of the river is very high, so kindly take care of yourself & your family, do not venture too deep into the river, there are chances of finding few crocodiles & wild elephants, so do not venture deep into the jungle or river

Asker: Sorry! the posted note was for Lydia! thank you for your help, Deborah!

23 mins confidence:

Upstream/Downstream

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 07:05
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

thank you, desertfox!

Notes to answerer

Asker: I thought of these options. but, as far as I know, "upstream" means "aguas arriba" and "downstream" "aguas abajo". in this case, I don't know to which direction the teachers sail

14 hrs confidence:

far along the river

Explanation:
This is clearly not related to depth and avoids the unknown upstream/downstream question.

"aguas adentro" would usually be "out to sea" so "aguas adentro" might be translated as "out on the river" except that 6 hrs sailing seems excessive unless it's along the river.

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 05:05
Native speaker of: English

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