Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
cada vez se unía más gente: hombres, mujeres, niños y ancianos
English translation:
were joined by growing numbers of men and women, young and old
Spanish term
Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK, Irish) 
, Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
cada vez se unía más gente: hombres, mujeres, niños y ancianos
The original sentence structure is giving me brain ache, and I can’t seem to come up with anything decent in English, so could use some suggestions.
Context:
“Ese día fue glorioso para el País, salimos temprano a organizar las marchas del triunfo. La toma de la Bastilla en la Revolución Francesa, la considerábamos un juego de nenes. Ese día estábamos construyendo la historia más grande de la humanidad, al menos así lo considerábamos los protagonistas del momento. Recorríamos triunfantes las calles y avenidas principales de la ciudad y cada vez se unía más gente: hombres, mujeres, niños y ancianos.”
“[…] We marched triumphantly through the streets and main avenues of the city, and…”
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Source: Colombian Spanish
Target: U.S. English
Thanks in advance for any suggestions :)
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
we were joined by ever increasing numbers of people - men and women, young and old
... by growing crowds of men and women, children and old people
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Interpreter, translator and journalist
Native in: English , German
Works in: German to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 3 more.
more and more people gathered: men, women, children and elderly people
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all the time more people came out to join us: men, women, young and old
while more and more people joined us: men, women, children and the old.
La palabra justa/The right word
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
joined by ever more people: men, women, young and old
A People's History of London p.138. books.google.com/books?isbn=1844678555 Lindsey German, John Rees - 2012 - History "But the funeral continued through the City where at every major meeting point such as St Paul's Cathedral, the march was joined by ever more people..."
We marched triumphantly down the main streets and avenues of the city, joined by ever more people: men, women, young and old...
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: Brevity is good, otherwise the sentence is lopsided. marched down...joined by more and more people:...
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Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
as more and more people joined the burgeoning crowd: men, women, young, and old:
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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-11-07 19:36:43 GMT)
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Also, I think it's "heavy" to introduce a new clause when a phrase would do.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-11-07 19:58:17 GMT)
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No colon at the end - that was a typo.
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