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casual languor

Spanish translation: holgado letargo

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English term or phrase:casual languor
Spanish translation:holgado letargo
Entered by: Sandra Rodriguez

13:23 May 23, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / biografía
English term or phrase: casual languor
Four days later Edgar Allan Poe was on a coal vessel to Boston. He was on his way back to the place of his birth. It must have been a surprise, after the casual languor of Richmond, to find himself in a
city that prided itself on plain living and high thinking.

Ninguno de los significados que encuentro para "casual" me convencen aquí. ¿Me echáis una mano de nuevo?
Gracias
heliojorge
Local time: 12:51
holgado letargo
Explanation:
Pienso que “holgado” comunica la razón de ser del letargo en Richmond, donde la riqueza la producían los esclavos. La actitud “casual” presumo que sería de los amos.
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Sandra Rodriguez
Puerto Rico
Local time: 06:51
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7despreocupada languidez
Anabel Martínez
5 +1holgado letargo
Sandra Rodriguez
4 +1languidez informal / casual
Rafael Molina Pulgar
4languidez esporádica
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
4languidez espontánea/impensada
Cecilia Gowar
4desenvuelta languidez
Elizabeth Medina
4relajada languidez
Darío Giménez


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
languidez informal / casual


Explanation:
suerte.

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 04:51
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 198

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nelida Kreer: la casual languidez de ....sí, esto me parece lo más adecuado, Rafael.
8 hrs
  -> Gracias por tu comentario, Niki.
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
despreocupada languidez


Explanation:
Personalmente, me decantaría por esta opción.

Otras opciones podrían ser: "languidez indiferente/apática..." Todo depende del significado concreto que se le quiera dar, eso solo lo puede proporcionar el contexto.

Anabel Martínez
Spain
Local time: 12:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 348

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nora Escoms: :-)
15 mins
agree  Terry Burgess: Efectivamente.
30 mins
agree  Gabriela Mejías: Me gusta esta opción. Es bien literaria.
1 hr
agree  Eduardo Zarate
2 hrs
agree  Edna Lee Figueroa: me parece que sí
3 hrs
agree  hugogut: Buena opción.
4 hrs
agree  Refugio: Nice, Anabel.
6 hrs
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
languidez esporádica


Explanation:
Otra opción

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Note added at 22 minutos (2008-05-23 13:46:54 GMT)
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Más opciones:

languidez fortuita
languidez eventual

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 12:51
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 212
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
languidez espontánea/impensada


Explanation:
Es como que la imagen me lleva una u otra vez a la palabra "bucólico"..... ¿sería demasiado osado usar, por ejemplo, "el bucolistmo lánguido"????

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Note added at 28 mins (2008-05-23 13:52:21 GMT)
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¡bucolismo! No sé de dónde salió esa "t".... (fat fingers!)

Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 387
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
desenvuelta languidez


Explanation:
Casual languor I understand to mean that people were "laid back" and informally formal, which "languidez" does nail. "Informal" in Spanish though has a nuance of imperfect manners, so I prefer to use "desenvuelta".

Elizabeth Medina
Local time: 06:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
relajada languidez


Explanation:
Otra más... :-)

Darío Giménez
Spain
Local time: 12:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
PRO pts in category: 201
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
holgado letargo


Explanation:
Pienso que “holgado” comunica la razón de ser del letargo en Richmond, donde la riqueza la producían los esclavos. La actitud “casual” presumo que sería de los amos.


Sandra Rodriguez
Puerto Rico
Local time: 06:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 76

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elizabeth Medina: You nailed it Sandra, congrats. ;)
5 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias Elizabeth!
neutral  Refugio: The only problem is that lethargy has a negative connotation, while languor does not.
13 hrs
  -> Definición del DRAE para “languidez” es negativa, pero no lo es necesariamente la de “letargo”. Explicado arriba.
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