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donde no llega el asfalto

English translation: where the roads aren't paved

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Spanish term or phrase:donde no llega el asfalto
English translation:where the roads aren't paved
Entered by: Henry Hinds

03:20 Sep 24, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
International Org/Dev/Coop
Spanish term or phrase: donde no llega el asfalto
Cada día vamos a tener más unidades en aquellos lugares donde no llega el asfalto, vamos a llegar hasta aquellos lugares donde haya necesidad de comunicación.
alebriones
where the roads aren't paved
Explanation:
Cada día vamos a tener más unidades en aquellos lugares donde no llega el asfalto = Every day we are going to have more units in places where the roads aren't paved
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Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 16:01
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3where there are no paved roads
Michele Fauble
5 +2[areas] beyond paved roads
Victor Hart
4 +2remote [places]
Sonja Zibin (X)
5 +1off the beaten path
Anne Grimes
5where the roads aren't paved
Henry Hinds
5at places where the pavement ends
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
3distant places
Patricia Colombera
3out past where the blacktop ends
Daniel Burns (X)


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
remote [places]


Explanation:
That is how I would say it. I dont' think a literal translation would work in this case.

Sonja Zibin (X)
Local time: 18:01
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  moken: I might consider using an itensifier "the most remote..." :O) :O)
4 hrs
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agree  Emilie
7 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
where the roads aren't paved


Explanation:
Cada día vamos a tener más unidades en aquellos lugares donde no llega el asfalto = Every day we are going to have more units in places where the roads aren't paved

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 16:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 92
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
off the beaten path


Explanation:
another way of saying it.

Anne Grimes
Canada
Local time: 18:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: or: off the beaten track
1 hr
neutral  Michele Fauble: There may very well be paved roads "off the beaten track". Commonly used in a travel context.
3 hrs
agree  Anna Kiff: yes, track sounds better to me
9 hrs
disagree  Victor Hart: this would be good in another context, but a more prosaic translation is needed here
9 hrs
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
distant places


Explanation:
I believe it may mean those places far away from big cities.

Patricia Colombera
Local time: 19:01
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
out past where the blacktop ends


Explanation:
Meaning "out in the boondocks".

Daniel Burns (X)
Local time: 17:01
Native speaker of: English
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
where there are no paved roads


Explanation:
... lack of good access in the rainy seasons where there are no paved roads ...
thisisajourney.org/topics/topics_print.asp?Item_CountryID=4&Item_TopicID=21

... in areas where there are no paved roads there ...

... places where there are no paved roads, ...
www.newsherald.com/archive/viewpoint/va061599.htm
www.technogas.ca/lacgec3.html

... large tracks of unfragmented land where there are no paved roads; ...
www.milford.nh.gov/~conservation/business/1998.html


Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 15:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Refugio
1 min
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agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): of course...this is what it says.unpaved is not remote necessarily
6 hrs
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agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal
11 hrs
  -> thanks
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
[areas] beyond paved roads


Explanation:
"beyond" communicates the idea of "donde no llega"
"where there are no paved roads" is also correct, but I would NOT go for one of the more creative or figurative translations suggested because this does not seem to be the intent of the original text


    historicaltextarchive.com/ sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=741
    www.self-catering-breaks.com/ Properties/United-States/Hawaii/Prop8592.htm
Victor Hart
Local time: 18:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  franglish
4 hrs
agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal
5 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
at places where the pavement ends


Explanation:
why not...not just paved roads

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Note added at 14 hrs 13 mins (2005-09-24 17:34:35 GMT)
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flows the best!!!

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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