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Spanish to English Linguistics Translation Glossary

Spanish term		English translation
la sorna cañí		gypsy irony/sarcasm
La traducción de las literaturas marginales:Problemática lingüística hispana en		Translation of marginal literatures: Spanish linguistic problems in
laberinto de arbustos		shrub maze
lalopatía		lalopathy,
las cosas caen por su peso.		The truth will out
Las prisas son malas consejeras		Haste makes waste / Make haste slowly	Jorge Rodrigues
Entered by: Jorge Rodrigues
las vueltas		bickering/squabbling/wrangling
lastrar para siempre la unión económica en ciernes		could permanently hamper the budding economic union
lekhita		lechitic
lengua actual		the contemporary language / the present-day language
lengua y lenguaje		language and speech
lenguaje, lengua y habla		language, langue and parole
letras redondas		Roman/non-italic letter	Wendy Gosselin
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin
levantar		stop the punishment
ley del talion		an eye for an eye
limitados no-fosilizados		limited suffixes, not-fossilized
lingüística comparada		comparative linguistics	Claudia Alvis
Entered by: Claudia Alvis
lingüística de la frase		sentence linguistics
llamada		callout
llevar a la realidad		brought into existence
lo abillaron de balas		he was riddled / peppered with bullets
lo que más convenía		what was best/most appropriate
lo vuelva inteligible respecto al otro		that is to say, metalanguage elements have to be defined in terms of other elements to be understood
locuciones conjuntivas		conjunctive phrases	maryblack
Entered by: maryblack
logros hilados con la coherencia de un fino estratega		achievements, all spun together with the consistency of a master strategist
Logros y limitaciones		Achievements and limitations
los criterios selectivos		selection criteria
Los escapartes medio pagados.		The shutters half closed.	Edward Tully
Entered by: Edward Tully
los japoneses		the Japanese (also "the Vietnamese," "the Chinese," etc.)
Los lunes, ni Gloria ni Elena (tiene, tienen) trabajo.		On Mondays, neither Gloria nor Elena has work
los que pueden hacerse o sucederse		[verbs of saying and] those of doing or happening
mal disimulando		ill disguising his feelings
malencarado		sour-faced
mantense y manabita		people from Manta and Manabi
marcadores de parentesco		relationship/kinship markers
marco de aprehensión		conceptual framework
margen de escasa prudencia		exercising poor judgment
material baremado		assessed/validated
Me dirijo a ustedes con la finalidad de...		I am addressing myself to you with the purpose of
me estoy perfeccionando		I'm improving (my ...)	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge

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