Glossary entry (derived from question below)
español term or phrase:
agora (in this context)
inglés translation:
now
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español term
Contaré agora de lo quen Cuzco habia cuando en él entramos.
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Rafael Molina Pulgar
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| 3 +1 | Presently |
Gad Kohenov
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Bubo Coroman (X)
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Sep 2, 2010 18:00: Rafael Molina Pulgar changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/0">'s</a> old entry - "Contaré agora de lo quen Cuzco habia cuando en él entramos."" to ""now""
Proposed translations
México
30+ years in financial, business, legal
Native in: español (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: inglés al español, francés al español, portugués al español, and 1 more.
now
This is the etymology of the word "now":
now
O.E. nu, common Gmc. (cf. O.N. nu, Du. nu, O.Fris. nu, Ger. nun, Goth. nu "now"), from PIE *nu (cf. Skt., Avestan nu, O.Pers. nuram, Hittite nuwa, Gk. nu, nun, L. nunc, O.C.S. nyne, Lith. nu, O.Ir. nu-). Often merely emphatic; non-temporal usage (cf. Now, then) was in O.E. The adj. meaning "up to date" first recorded 1967.
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Constantinos Faridis (X)
: simple cuestión de vocabulario...
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Gracias, Constantinos.
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Lydia De Jorge
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Gracias, Lydia. Viniendo de usted.
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Carol Gullidge
: as you say, compensation elsewhere could be key here. Also, it would be risky to try to use "old English" without knowing just how "old" it should be. I would think "nu" probably dates back too far for the context
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Gracias; estoy de acuerdo contigo, Carol.
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delat
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Gracias, delat.
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Richard Boulter
: Agree, but thanks to both you and Deborah for the etymology, which can always come in handy on some future project, too. In this case, the writer could have meant 'right now/next sentence' or 'presently/ somewhere below'. The translator know.
7 horas
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Gracias por tu comentario, Richard.
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Mirtha Grotewold
8 horas
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Gracias, Mirtha.
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Margarita Gonzalez
: De acuerdo y saludos, Ragael.
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Gracias, Marga.
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nú
http://babaev.tripod.com/archive/grammar42.html
instead of a tilde other dictionaries etc. have a straight horizontal line
| Tanks Deborah |
| I meant thanks ... :) |
Israel
30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: francés 
, hebreo
Works in: inglés al hebreo, hebreo al inglés, francés al hebreo, and 8 more.
Presently
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Fiona Kirton
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Thanks a lot!!
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ormiston
: presently does not mean now (a common mistake even among English speakers). It means soon or in the near future.
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Richard Boulter
: Especially since the writer bothered to say 'agora', he/she may have meant 'presently/ somewhere below'. Depends on whether the next sentence begins the account or not. The translator will know. :-)
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Muchas gracias!
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Discussion
If you want to capture the somewhat archaic flavor of the Spanish chronicler's speech, I'd suggest using a Shakespearean sort of English, ideally with the non-standardized spelling that Shakespeare and other authors of the day used (for better or worse, spelling has been standardized in most modern texts.