JPablo
August 17, 2010, 03:09 PM
Oxford Superlex gives,
halcyon adj (poet) (before n) ‹ weather › paradisíaco (liter); in those halcyon days = en aquellos idílicos tiempos (liter)
Translating it for this context, "the halcyon days of American Pulp Fiction" I'd go with "idílicos", as in "los idílicos tiempos de la ficción popular americana" or "la época idílica de la ficción 'pulp' americana".
Anyone have a better idea? :?:
(Random House defines the term as follows,
halcyon adj. Also, hal·cy·o·ni·an, hal·cy·on·ic
1. calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
2. rich; wealthy; prosperous: halcyon times of peace.
3. happy; joyful; carefree: halcyon days of youth.
4. of or pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
–n.
5. a mythical bird, usually identified with the kingfisher, said to breed about the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea, and to have the power of charming winds and waves into calmness.
6. any of various kingfishers, esp. of the genus Halcyon.
7. (cap.) Class. Myth. Alcyone (def. 2).
[1350–1400; < L < Gk halky€n, pseudo-etymological var. of ALKY€N kingfisher; r. ME alceon, alicion < L alcy$n < Gk]
—Syn. 1. serene, placid, pacific, untroubled.
halcyon adj (poet) (before n) ‹ weather › paradisíaco (liter); in those halcyon days = en aquellos idílicos tiempos (liter)
Translating it for this context, "the halcyon days of American Pulp Fiction" I'd go with "idílicos", as in "los idílicos tiempos de la ficción popular americana" or "la época idílica de la ficción 'pulp' americana".
Anyone have a better idea? :?:
(Random House defines the term as follows,
halcyon adj. Also, hal·cy·o·ni·an, hal·cy·on·ic
1. calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
2. rich; wealthy; prosperous: halcyon times of peace.
3. happy; joyful; carefree: halcyon days of youth.
4. of or pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
–n.
5. a mythical bird, usually identified with the kingfisher, said to breed about the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea, and to have the power of charming winds and waves into calmness.
6. any of various kingfishers, esp. of the genus Halcyon.
7. (cap.) Class. Myth. Alcyone (def. 2).
[1350–1400; < L < Gk halky€n, pseudo-etymological var. of ALKY€N kingfisher; r. ME alceon, alicion < L alcy$n < Gk]
—Syn. 1. serene, placid, pacific, untroubled.