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11:22 Mar 25, 2010 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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| Selected response from: margaret caulfield Local time: 12:52 | ||||||
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quietly drifting out Explanation: . |
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seeping thinly/weakly out Explanation: "The music could just be heard seeping thinly/weakly out..." I think this preserves the literary quality of the original. |
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stealthily stole out of Explanation: (of the room/hall/living room) |
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faintly filtered Explanation: ...that faintly filtered from... |
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that barely filtered (from the room) Explanation: I think filtered is fine in this context. |
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filtering reluctantly out of Explanation: I understand this to mean that the people playing the music inside do not wish for it to be heard by anyone outside. I think that the speaker feels that the music itself is reluctant to leave the room where it is being played. Another option might be "escaping reluctantly from" |
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faint strains of music wafting out of.... Explanation: this might fit the notion of being barely audible sounds |
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