Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
así fué
English translation:
How It Happened / The Full Story
Added to glossary by
Marsha Wilkie
Aug 5, 2009 13:23
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Colombia
True meaning, right feeling
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
así fué
Spanish to English
Other
Journalism
Headlines
Así fue el secuestro de xxx
I only have the headline. Natural to suppose a description follows.
Thus was xxx's kidnapping
Not sure it's correct. Any better ideas? My thx to all.
I only have the headline. Natural to suppose a description follows.
Thus was xxx's kidnapping
Not sure it's correct. Any better ideas? My thx to all.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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10 mins
David Ronder
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Linguistic flair and an eye for detail
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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28
Selected
How It Happened / The Full Story
Declined
You'd be most unlikely to see "Thus" in a modern English-language headline. Much more likely would be:
XXX Kidnapping - How It Happened
- The Full Story
- In Full
or similar.
I don't think they'd necessarily use the possessive in a headline either - i.e. XXX's kidnapping; they'd probably just use the name as a kind of adjective - (the) XXX kidnapping.
Hope that helps.
XXX Kidnapping - How It Happened
- The Full Story
- In Full
or similar.
I don't think they'd necessarily use the possessive in a headline either - i.e. XXX's kidnapping; they'd probably just use the name as a kind of adjective - (the) XXX kidnapping.
Hope that helps.
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Comment: "Thanks, David. I liked them all, but this is the one I used."
10 mins
That is the story of...or: That is how the kidnapping (happened, occurred, ended, etc.)
Declined
Thus was is very antiquated (I you like that effect, it is correct)
+1
15 mins
Henry Hinds
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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40
That's how
Declined
That's how xxx's kidnapping happened
Sounds much more natural.
Sounds much more natural.
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Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
I read the Alethiometer
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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72
How XXX was kidnapped
Declined
If the title includes the name (XXX), that is what I would say in English, using the verb rather then the noun.
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