Echarse a temblar

[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.

[poli]

Originally Posted by 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]

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]

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

My proposal:

When society becomes idiotic, one has to start trembling.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by Jane

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

Originally Posted by 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]

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).....

[chileno]

Originally Posted by 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]

Originally Posted by 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]

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]

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.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

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

Well, I am uneducated by choice!

[Jane]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

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.

Thanks Crotalito for the kind wishes.
I´m not sure I understand the last part of your post...