"en cuyos patios se alzaba el vapor del ordeño"

English translation: with steam from the milking rising up from their courtyards

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Spanish term or phrase:	"en cuyos patios se alzaba el vapor del ordeño"
English translation:	with steam from the milking rising up from their courtyards
Entered by:	Lisa McCarthy

17:28 Jul 21, 2009

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Spanish term or phrase: "en cuyos patios se alzaba el vapor del ordeño"

I am trying to translate this phrase into English. The context is a man that has walked in to an unfamiliar part of town. He sees abode houses with red roofs and then the following phrase. Any ideas? Thanks.

DonJuanColombia KudoZ activity Questions: 3 (none open) Answers: 0 United States
Local time: 17:58

with steam from the milking rising up from their courtyards

Explanation:
are these very large houses / farms???

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Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 00:58

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Thanks everyone for your input!!
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with steam from the milking rising up from their courtyards

Lisa McCarthy

4 +1

...from whose forecourts wafted the mist from the milking

pallavik

''raising from these yards one could smell sheep''

axies

with steam rising from the milking in the courtyards

Andrew Langdon-Davies (X)

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

with steam from the milking rising up from their courtyards

Explanation:
are these very large houses / farms???

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 00:58
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 104

Grading comment

Thanks everyone for your input!!

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

...from whose forecourts wafted the mist from the milking

Explanation:
Really artistic flavour is quite important here so we can just offer options I guess... All the best.

pallavik
Local time: 23:58
Native speaker of: Italian

12 hrs confidence:

\"en cuyos patios se alzaba el vapor del ordeño\" with steam rising from the milking in the courtyards

Explanation:
just an idea

Andrew Langdon-Davies (X)
Spain
Local time: 00:58
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

19 hrs confidence:

''raising from these yards one could smell sheep''

Explanation:
Or similar. But smell!
''ordeño'' is, besides the verb ''ordeñar'', or in English- to milk, also a noun such as ''rebaño'' or flock, for instance. Villagers use that term.
And the vapor is the smell it troughs out. Anyone who has witnessed this smell will never forget it!

axies
Australia
Local time: 08:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

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