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Spanish term or phrase:
el caprichoso trazado por el que discurre
English translation:
its winding/sinuous course
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Lisa Roberts
Oct 3, 2007 15:41
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el caprichoso trazado por el que discurre
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Taken from a text about luxury rail travel for tourists:
La anchura de vía de un metro de los antiguos Ferrocarriles Económicos hace posible el caprichoso trazado por el que discurre y el original punto de vista que ofrece sobre un entorno de por si espectacular.
Struggling to render this sentence in English, any help much appreciated.
Many thanks :)
La anchura de vía de un metro de los antiguos Ferrocarriles Económicos hace posible el caprichoso trazado por el que discurre y el original punto de vista que ofrece sobre un entorno de por si espectacular.
Struggling to render this sentence in English, any help much appreciated.
Many thanks :)
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its winding/sinuous course
Hi Lisa,
The idea is that, as the rail-width is so narrow, it follows a route standard raliways can't.
You can always go for the 'capricious' idea - terms such as fanciful, unpredictable, temperamental - but I'm not sure that awarding the railway a 'personality' would work in English.
Good luck!
Álvaro :O) :O)
The idea is that, as the rail-width is so narrow, it follows a route standard raliways can't.
You can always go for the 'capricious' idea - terms such as fanciful, unpredictable, temperamental - but I'm not sure that awarding the railway a 'personality' would work in English.
Good luck!
Álvaro :O) :O)
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David Russi
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the haphazard route it follows
One possible way to express this
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the several twists of its path or the winding/twisting path
Caprichoso means it's not lineal. Hope it helps!
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Daniel Greuel
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(...allows it to) casually/leisurely meander...
meander |mēˈandər|
verb [ intrans. ] (of a river or road) follow a winding course : a river that meandered gently through a meadow
• [in sing. ] a circuitous journey, esp. an aimless one : a leisurely meander around the twisting coastline road.
verb [ intrans. ] (of a river or road) follow a winding course : a river that meandered gently through a meadow
• [in sing. ] a circuitous journey, esp. an aimless one : a leisurely meander around the twisting coastline road.
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Patricia Rosas
: I like meander; in defense of Alvaro, in this case anchura = breadth (which happens to be narrow)
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"hace posible" > gives it a good grip on the rugged terrain it travels through and original views ..
:-)
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