Echarse a temblar

Jane · #1 December 08, 2009, 04:23 AM

Hola a todos,
Hace mucho que no he entrado aquí, durante cual os he echado muchisimo a menos como comenté a Lou Ann el otro día. A David, Rusty, Poli, Sosia, Elaina y los demás (perdonadme por no incluir vuestros nombres, que soís muchos)

Para repartir entre todos. Bueno, estoy de vuelta y espero participar más...

Ahora bien, ¿como traduciraís esto a ingles?; Cuando la sociedad se estupidiza, hay que echarse a temblar.
Un cordial saludo y por favor, corrijeíd mis errores, seguro que abundan.

poli · #2 December 08, 2009, 05:43 AM

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Escrito originalmente por Jane

Hola a todos,
Hace mucho que no he entrado aquí, durante cual os he echado muchisimo a menos como comenté a Lou Ann el otro día. A David, Rusty, Poli, Sosia, Elaina y los demás (perdonadme por no incluir vuestros nombres, que soís muchos)

Para repartir entre todos. Bueno, estoy de vuelta y espero participar más...

Ahora bien, ¿como traduciraís esto a ingles?; Cuando la sociedad se estupidiza, hay que echarse a temblar.
Un cordial saludo y por favor, corrijeíd mis errores, seguro que abundan.

Welcome back.
I would say: When society shows signs of increased stupidity, it's time to worry. (I use increased signs because society always seems kind of stupid--but it's true that when it gets noticeably stupider, it gets worrisome.)

laepelba · #3 December 08, 2009, 06:38 AM

Hey, Jane!! I just happened to stumble upon this under the "new threads", and the mouse-over showed me my name. LOL!!

GREAT to see you back here. Can't wait to get you back into all of the discussions that we have.........

**AngelicaDeAlquezar** · #4 December 08, 2009, 10:22 AM

The sentence means that one has to fear that society lacks education.

My proposal:

When society becomes idiotic, one has to start trembling.

laepelba · #5 December 08, 2009, 11:22 AM

Cita:

Escrito originalmente por Jane

Cuando la sociedad se estupidiza, hay que echarse a temblar.

Cita:

Escrito originalmente por AngelicaDeAlquezar

The sentence means that one has to fear that society lacks education.

My proposal:

When society becomes idiotic, one has to start trembling.

Ooooh - you had to know that this one would grab my attention. I need to remember this, because I totally believe it!!

Jane, where did you see this? If it's in an article or something, is the rest just as interesting?

Elaina · #6 December 08, 2009, 11:57 AM

Welcome back Jane........you have been missed indeed!

I agree with all the translations that have been presented. And I also agree that none is more truer (bad English)

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chileno · #7 December 08, 2009, 12:33 PM

Cita:

Escrito originalmente por AngelicaDeAlquezar

The sentence means that one has to fear that society lacks education.

My proposal:

When society becomes idiotic, one has to start trembling.

Nah...you don't have to fear that. you see, education can be remedied...

laepelba · #8 December 08, 2009, 03:57 PM

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Escrito originalmente por chileno

Nah...you don't have to fear that. you see, education can be remedied...

Yeah, one just needs to hang out for awhile where Hernán does............

Jane · #9 December 08, 2009, 05:27 PM

Thanks all for your quick response as always.
Lou Ann, it´s an article in El mundo that I´m commenting on and yes, it´s very interesting, it´s about inteligencia social. Poli and Elaina, thanks for the warm welcome, Hernán as wtty as ever...

CrOtALiTo · #10 December 08, 2009, 05:56 PM

Hello Jane, you've been a lot time out of the forums, only just I wanted to telling you Salute, and I wishing you good luck and fortune.

I know that perhaps you could be a lucky person.

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