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Translation of a verse from Ángel Para un Final


Jonathan D. February 09, 2012 02:29 PM

Translation of a verse from Ángel Para un Final
 
Hola a todos,

The verse I am trying to translate goes like this:

...hubo tal silencio el día que nos tocaba olvidar
que de tal suerte, yo todavía, no terminé de callar.

Any ideas? I would like to know a little more about the canción and some of the over all opinions of the song.

Thanks

~ Jon athan D.

chileno February 09, 2012 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan D. (Post 121853)
Hola a todos,

The verse I am trying to translate goes like this:

...hubo tal silencio el día que nos tocaba olvidar
que de tal suerte, yo todavía, no terminé de callar.

Any ideas? I would like to know a little more about the canción and some of the over all opinions of the song.

Thanks

~ Jon athan D.

..there was such a silence the day we had to forget
that kind of sort, I still didn't end/finish to talk.

I'll come back later to touch up, if nobody else has contributed.

EDIT:

Thanks Perikles.

The last part, to me, it would be "...I still can't talk"

Perikles February 10, 2012 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan D. (Post 121853)
...hubo tal silencio el día que nos tocaba olvidar
que de tal suerte, yo todavía, no terminé de callar.

There was such a silence that day when we happened to forget such fortune (fate/luck), I haven't yet finished remaining quiet. :thinking:

Jonathan D. February 10, 2012 07:48 AM

Gracias Chileno y Perikles for the translations. That clears things up a bit for me.

Don José February 10, 2012 02:12 PM

I am not happy with the translations.:(

Besides, I have looked for the Spanish text in Google, and the position of the commas is not always the same. I would prefer:

Cuentan que cuando un silencio aparecía entre dos
era que pasaba un ángel que les robaba la voz.
Y hubo tal silencio el día que nos tocaba olvidar
que, de tal suerte, yo todavía no terminé de callar.

...hubo tal silencio el día que nos tocaba olvidar
que, de tal suerte, yo todavía no terminé de callar.

The direct object of "olvidar" is "que yo todavía no terminé de callar" and not "de tal suerte".

My try, copying Perikles´ end:

There was such a silence the/that day when we had to forget that, in such a way, I haven't yet finished remaining quiet*.

Or:

There was such a silence the/that day when it was our turn to forget that, in such a way, I haven't yet finished remaining quiet.

I´m not quite sure about the best translation for "tocar" here, but it implies an obligation that "to happen" doesn´t. Does it?

*Any reason for "haven´t yet finished" instead of "didn´t yet finished"?

Rusty February 10, 2012 09:25 PM

have finished
did finish

haven't finished
didn't finish

haven't yet finished
haven't finished yet

didn't yet finish
didn't finish yet
:)


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