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a cada paso salen al encuentro del visitante

English translation: round every corner the visitor is met/faced/

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Spanish term or phrase:a cada paso salen al encuentro del visitante
English translation:round every corner the visitor is met/faced/
Entered by: Adam Burman

17:28 Jan 28, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel / Cuenca province
Spanish term or phrase: a cada paso salen al encuentro del visitante
Se trata de núcleos poblacionales dispersos, de tamaños variables, en los que a cada paso salen al encuentro del visitante vestigios de un rico pasado histórico.

Can anyone help with this part of the sentence? Thanks!
Adam Burman
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:58
round every corner the visitor is met/faced/
Explanation:
If you use every step, I think the visitor would come across...

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Note added at 34 mins (2007-01-28 18:02:31 GMT)
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or everywhere he walks, the visitor...

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Note added at 3 days20 hrs (2007-02-01 14:23:22 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you Adam.
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patricia scott
Spain
Local time: 01:58
Grading comment
Thanks Patricia!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6round every corner the visitor is met/faced/
patricia scott
4 +2at each step, [the traces of a rich historical past] ...
Patricia Rosas
4 +1at each/every step,....catches the visitor's eye
Edward Tully
4 +1with every step the visitor comes face to face with..
Lydia De Jorge
4at every step the visitor is met...
EC Translations
4with every step the visitor comes across
David Cahill
3at each step visitors (/we) meet ....
Margarita M. Martínez


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
at each/every step,....catches the visitor's eye


Explanation:
need to change the sentence around a little and put the object in the middle, but this is one idea!

Edward Tully
Local time: 01:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 110

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MikeGarcia: Or maybe "at each/every step the visitor is confronted with...another idea!
5 mins
  -> thanks Miguel!
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
at each step, [the traces of a rich historical past] ...


Explanation:
unfolds before the visitor.

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-01-28 17:34:57 GMT)
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oops. "traces ... unfold"

Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 16:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sp-EnTranslator
10 hrs
  -> thank you, Claudia...
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley
16 hrs
  -> thanks, too, aceavila!
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
at each step visitors (/we) meet ....


Explanation:
... vestiges of a rich historic past.

An option, mmm

Margarita M. Martínez
Local time: 20:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
at every step the visitor is met...


Explanation:
Hi Adam, I hope this helps. Good luck!

EC Translations
Local time: 18:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
with every step the visitor comes across


Explanation:
.

David Cahill
Local time: 01:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
with every step the visitor comes face to face with..


Explanation:
.

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 18:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge
9 mins
  -> thanks Carol!
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
round every corner the visitor is met/faced/


Explanation:
If you use every step, I think the visitor would come across...

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Note added at 34 mins (2007-01-28 18:02:31 GMT)
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or everywhere he walks, the visitor...

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Note added at 3 days20 hrs (2007-02-01 14:23:22 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you Adam.

patricia scott
Spain
Local time: 01:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
Thanks Patricia!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Annissa 7ar
23 mins
  -> Thank you Annissa!
agree  Aïda Garcia Pons: a cada paso=everywhere the visitor goes. I like your idea of using corner in English.
25 mins
  -> Thank you Aida!
agree  bigedsenior: Corner! yes.
5 hrs
  -> Thank you biged.
agree  Nivia Martínez
8 hrs
  -> Thank you Nivia.
agree  Patricia Rosas: this sounds very natural!
21 hrs
  -> Thank you Patricia.
agree  Gacela20
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thank you Gacela.
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