Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
tirar por medio del barbecho
English translation:
to head straight for the fallow land
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Natalia Pedrosa
Mar 20, 2019 22:22
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Spanish term
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tirar por medio del barbecho
Spanish to English
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Architecture
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Hola colegas:
Estoy traduciendo un artículo sobre arquitectos y me sale esta expresión que no sé ni lo que significa en español:
La Arquitectura española ha conseguido una unidad total o casi total de criterio. Esto es alcanzar un jalón importante; pero también es cierto –no diremos que innegable, porque algunos no querrán reconocerlo- que el camino por el que hoy marcha nuestra Arquitectura no va a ninguna parte. Y antes de ***tirar por medio del barbecho*** sería conveniente analizar las causas que han producido este resultado.
Toda ayuda será bienvenida. Gracias.
Saludos,
Natalia
Estoy traduciendo un artículo sobre arquitectos y me sale esta expresión que no sé ni lo que significa en español:
La Arquitectura española ha conseguido una unidad total o casi total de criterio. Esto es alcanzar un jalón importante; pero también es cierto –no diremos que innegable, porque algunos no querrán reconocerlo- que el camino por el que hoy marcha nuestra Arquitectura no va a ninguna parte. Y antes de ***tirar por medio del barbecho*** sería conveniente analizar las causas que han producido este resultado.
Toda ayuda será bienvenida. Gracias.
Saludos,
Natalia
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Mar 22, 2019 06:23: Natalia Pedrosa Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
11 hrs
Noni Gilbert Riley
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Spain
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to head straight for the fallow land
Not a particularly inspired translation, but it does seem to make some sense in the context.
Or perhaps "heading definitively for nowhere"
Or perhaps "heading definitively for nowhere"
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| Thank you Noni for posting your answer. When the system allows me, I will award you the points. Regards, Natalia |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Noni and all that have participated. I wish you all a great weekend!"
46 mins
throwing it away by letting it lie fallow
Noni's ideas in the discussion are helpful, but I think the word "tirar" also has to be taken into account in the translation.
"And before throwing it away by letting it lie fallow, it would be convenient to analyze the causes that have produced this result."
"And before throwing it away by letting it lie fallow, it would be convenient to analyze the causes that have produced this result."
Note from asker:
| Thank you Tom. I will repost the question so I can give you the points. |
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
United States
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United States
Each translation a gem!
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Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
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allowing it to lapse into oblivion/letting it lapse into oblivion
I'm not familiar with the Spanish expression, but based on Noni's explanation, this might be a possibility.
Examples:
Martin Heidegger: In Europe and America
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9401019819
E.G. Ballard, C.E. Scott - 2012 - Philosophy
... in our concern for the particularities of daily existence, the more comprehensive sense that we have of what it means to be can **easily lapse into oblivion.** In fact ...
https://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idforum=2&i...
Feb 11, 2007 - Another reason why even the most deservedly famous films of the golden age of cinema **have lapsed into temporary oblivion** is that the ...
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Popular_Science_Monthly_...
Aug 25, 2018 - ... as no end in itself, but as a means to preserve a connected history of a series of interesting events, **otherwise liable to lapse into oblivion**
Examples:
Martin Heidegger: In Europe and America
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9401019819
E.G. Ballard, C.E. Scott - 2012 - Philosophy
... in our concern for the particularities of daily existence, the more comprehensive sense that we have of what it means to be can **easily lapse into oblivion.** In fact ...
https://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idforum=2&i...
Feb 11, 2007 - Another reason why even the most deservedly famous films of the golden age of cinema **have lapsed into temporary oblivion** is that the ...
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Popular_Science_Monthly_...
Aug 25, 2018 - ... as no end in itself, but as a means to preserve a connected history of a series of interesting events, **otherwise liable to lapse into oblivion**
Note from asker:
| Thank you Muriel. It makes sense. |
11 hrs
letting it all go to waste
I think this is the general thrust of the expression in the context. In this case, "it" might refer to all the efforts made previously.
Example sentence:
I had been through so much, achieved so much, learned so much, and I was letting it all go to waste.
Note from asker:
| Thank you neilmac. |
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Have a good night.
Natalia