Oct 13, 2017 12:51
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English term
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the freedom of extravagance does a pratfall on the banana peel of shame
Homework / test
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
cine
As different as they are from one another, Lelia, Tony, and Hugh in Shadows; Maria, Billy Mae, Louise, and Richard in Faces; Archie and Harry in Husbands; Myrtle and Sarah Good in Opening Night; Sarah Lawson in Love Streams; and Mabel Longhetti here all walk a razor-edge where the freedom of extravagance does a pratfall on the banana peel of shame and public humiliation—even as The Killing of a Chinese Bookie inverts the issue by presenting a character, Cosmo Vitelli, who would rather die than look bad.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 3 | ... acaba convertida en una bochornosa caída de vergüenza |
Chema Nieto Castañón
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Proposed translations
4 hrs
Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Spain
Psychologist & Emergency Physician
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish
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... acaba convertida en una bochornosa caída de vergüenza
A pratfall on the banana peel of hace referencia a la imagen metafórica de una humillante / vergonzante caída sobre una monda de plátano.
walk a razor-edge where the freedom of extravagance does a pratfall on the banana peel of shame and public humiliation
(Estos personajes) transitan la fina línea que separa la libertad de la extravagancia de la humillación pública; transitan por un filo de navaja en el que la libertad de la extravagancia acaba convertida en una bochornosa caída en la vergüenza y humillación públicas.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2017-10-13 16:54:42 GMT)
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... bochornosa caída de vergüenza y humillación públicas
walk a razor-edge where the freedom of extravagance does a pratfall on the banana peel of shame and public humiliation
(Estos personajes) transitan la fina línea que separa la libertad de la extravagancia de la humillación pública; transitan por un filo de navaja en el que la libertad de la extravagancia acaba convertida en una bochornosa caída en la vergüenza y humillación públicas.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2017-10-13 16:54:42 GMT)
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... bochornosa caída de vergüenza y humillación públicas
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