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Old January 21, 2010, 06:50 AM
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Your life flashes before your eyes

Hi everyone,

I am unsure how to translate the following frase into Spanish.. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

'your life flashes before your eyes'
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Old January 21, 2010, 07:54 AM
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Tu vida pasa delante de tu ojos en un instante.
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Old January 21, 2010, 09:18 AM
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Old January 21, 2010, 10:43 AM
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Or ..."tu vida pasa frente a tus ojos".
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Old January 21, 2010, 01:22 PM
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Or ..."tu vida pasa frente a tus ojos".
Correcto, pero para mí la versión en inglés sería:

"your life flashes in front of your eyes"

Right?
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Old January 21, 2010, 01:25 PM
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Correcto, pero para mí la versión en inglés sería:

"your life flashes in front of your eyes"

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Wrong. Before.
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Old January 21, 2010, 01:27 PM
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Or ..."tu vida pasa frente a tus ojos".

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Correcto, pero para mí la versión en inglés sería:

"your life flashes in front of your eyes"

Right?
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Wrong. Before.
Are you pulling my chain?
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Old January 21, 2010, 01:44 PM
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Are you pulling my chain?
Not at all. The BNC records 15 instances of 'before your eyes' and none of 'in front of your eyes'. For reasons I can't explain (Spanish wine again) the former sounds normal and correct, and the latter sounds wrong.
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Hi everyone,

I am unsure how to translate the following frase into Spanish.. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

'your life flashes before your eyes'
Really the you are saying there is Tu vida destello antes de tus ojos, but this doesn't make sense, therefore you can say tu vida pasa frente mis ojos this phrase is most common than the last phrase.
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Old January 21, 2010, 08:40 PM
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Not at all. The BNC records 15 instances of 'before your eyes' and none of 'in front of your eyes'. For reasons I can't explain (Spanish wine again) the former sounds normal and correct, and the latter sounds wrong.
http://www.justthink.org/media-resou...t-of-your-eyes

I was born in Chile, so i wouldn't know any better.

By the way, have you tried Chilean wines?
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