Feb 10, 2017 20:59
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Spanish term
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
somos los que debemos si son gente respetamo
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Los Ninís
More from the anthem of the Ninís:
I think this means: 'we pay our debts if we respect you'. Is that the idea?
Tenemos finta de fresas
la verdad que no lo creo
si nos ven con la cerveza
el patrón brinda con ellos
tenemos los aparatos
tenemos buen presupuesto
cuantos somos somos varios
**somos los que debemos
si son gente respetamos**
y si no vamos por ellos...
I think this means: 'we pay our debts if we respect you'. Is that the idea?
Tenemos finta de fresas
la verdad que no lo creo
si nos ven con la cerveza
el patrón brinda con ellos
tenemos los aparatos
tenemos buen presupuesto
cuantos somos somos varios
**somos los que debemos
si son gente respetamos**
y si no vamos por ellos...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | we're as many as we need to be / if they're good people, we're respectful |
Robert Carter
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Proposed translations
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8 mins
Robert Carter
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
Translating full-time since 1998
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English
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Spanish term (edited):
somos los que debemos si son gente respetamos
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we're as many as we need to be / if they're good people, we're respectful
"...if they're not, we'll come after them."
That's how I understand it, or words to that effect, anyway.
Careful with the parsing, though.
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-02-10 22:00:43 GMT)
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No problem, Muriel, happy to help.
That's how I understand it, or words to that effect, anyway.
Careful with the parsing, though.
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-02-10 22:00:43 GMT)
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No problem, Muriel, happy to help.
Note from asker:
| Hi Robert, You are a life-saver. I'm under a tight deadline or I would express my appreciation more profusely. |
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I ended up phrasing it differently, but I used your idea. Up to this point I was trying to stick to the meter and the rhyme, but as the deadline approached I got more literal."
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