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Old May 26, 2010, 10:58 AM
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El rey y la reina

There are a king and a queen in the story I'm translating into Spanish. I think in Spanish "los reyes" would sound better than "el rey y la reina" (there are severan sentences about "the king and the queen"). Would you say "the kings" in English or you'd use better "the king and the queen"?

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Edit: perdón, quería ponerlo en traducciones y me he equivocado de foro. Sorry.

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Would you say "the kings" in English
Only if they were gay. It is always "The King and the Queen".
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Old May 26, 2010, 11:20 AM
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"The monarchs" está correcto, aunque menos frecuente.
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There are a king and a queen in the story I'm translating into Spanish. I think in Spanish "los reyes" would sound better than "el rey y la reina" (there are severan sentences about "the king and the queen"). Would you say "the kings" in English or you'd use better "the king and the queen"?

Thanks.

Edit: perdón, quería ponerlo en traducciones y me he equivocado de foro. Sorry.
If you could to erase the word THE and it be left so.
Kind and the queen?

I think that in the begin the word THE isn't necessary.
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"The monarchs" está correcto, aunque menos frecuente.
I didn't know that. Only one of them is the monarch, unless they are William and Mary.

Edit: not wishing to be argumentative, the BNC has no hits of 'monarchs' in that sense.

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Yes you're right exist the monarch word to say Kind and queen.

It words is remotely old and well just it's of the medievals times.
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If you could to erase the word THE and it be left so.
Kind and the queen?

I think that in the begin the word THE isn't necessary.
In English you would not say "king and the queen" but you could say "The king and queen"
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Yes, you're right, I didn't realise (the king and queen, this king and queen, etc.). Many thanks. So I think I'm going to translate it into "los reyes", which is more common in Spanish.

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I didn't know that. Only one of them is the monarch, unless they are William and Mary.

Edit: not wishing to be argumentative, the BNC has no hits of 'monarchs' in that sense.
I'm sure I've seen it in the Times with reference to Juan Carlos I and Sofia, but I can't Google up a reference. Hmm.
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Could they be referenced as "The King and his queen"?
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