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anuncio del futuro

English translation: glimpse of the future

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Spanish term or phrase:anuncio del futuro
English translation:glimpse of the future
Entered by: Lorena Zuniga

17:32 Feb 7, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: anuncio del futuro
Así pues que premiar con el Nobel de Literatura a un cantante, más que un anuncio del futuro, parece más bien un regreso al pasado, a los orígenes populares y juglarescos de la poesía.
Lorena Zuniga
Costa Rica
Local time: 18:32
glimpse of the future
Explanation:
I think this would work quite nicely.
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:32
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6glimpse of the future
Simon Bruni
3 +2a sign of things to come / a sign of the future / an omen of the future
JohnMcDove
4a harbinger of things to come
Robert Forstag
3more than portending what might happen in the future
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3the beginning of a new trend
Sophie Cherel


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
glimpse of the future


Explanation:
I think this would work quite nicely.

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 151

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cecilia Gowar: Nice option!
16 mins
agree  neilmac: Neat :)
47 mins
agree  Francisco Herrerias: Me too, this works just fine...
48 mins
agree  Marian Vieyra
49 mins
agree  philgoddard: Or setting a precedent.
1 hr
agree  lugoben
9 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
more than portending what might happen in the future


Explanation:
A bit more literal than the previous response, although I think this is what it actually means.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 20:32
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a sign of things to come / a sign of the future / an omen of the future


Explanation:
Some additional options.

a sign of things to come--

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a sign of things to come

JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 17:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Carter: Or even "a sign of the times". Not an omen though, John, that would put a sinister slant on it.//Interesting, I've never thought of it in that sense - my understanding was always that of "ominous". Thanks, John.
1 hr
  -> Thank you very much, Robert. :-) Thank you for the "omen" nuance, but Oxford also gives a good connotation to it, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/omen
agree  Marie Wilson: I prefer your first option.
12 hrs
  -> Thank you very much, Marie. :-) Yes, it seems more natural and simple.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
un anuncio del futuro
a harbinger of things to come


Explanation:
Seems to be more in keeping with the tone of the original.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 20:32
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 195
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the beginning of a new trend


Explanation:
"That a singer should receive the Nobel Prize for literature does not seem to be the beginning of a new trend so much as a return to the past..."

Just another option.

Sophie Cherel
Spain
Local time: 01:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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