(filtrar) avaramente

English translation: faintly filtered

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Spanish term or phrase:(filtrar) avaramente
English translation:faintly filtered
Entered by: Kerry Taylor

11:22 Mar 25, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: (filtrar) avaramente
Hi, I wonder could anyone help me with the following sentence. The "allí" here refers to outside in a courtyard...
"Allí apenas se escuchaba la música que se filtraba avaramente del salón"
I had "filtered sparingly" but that sounds a bit strange. I'm even wondering whether we would use "to filter" in this context when it's not filtering "through" anything explicit?
Thank you very much!
Kerry Taylor
Spain
Local time: 12:52
faintly filtered
Explanation:
...that faintly filtered from...
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margaret caulfield
Local time: 12:52
Grading comment
Thank you so much and I'm so sorry for the delay in awarding points!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1faintly filtered
margaret caulfield
4quietly drifting out
Fiona Kirton
4seeping thinly/weakly out
Simon Bruni
4that barely filtered (from the room)
Evans (X)
3stealthily stole out of
patricia scott
3filtering reluctantly out of
Gwenydd Jones
3faint strains of music wafting out of....
ormiston


  

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quietly drifting out


Explanation:
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Fiona Kirton
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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.

Simon Bruni
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stealthily stole out of


Explanation:
(of the room/hall/living room)


patricia scott
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
faintly filtered


Explanation:
...that faintly filtered from...

margaret caulfield
Local time: 12:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Thank you so much and I'm so sorry for the delay in awarding points!

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agree  franglish
4 mins
  -> Thanks, franglish.
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that barely filtered (from the room)


Explanation:
I think filtered is fine in this context.

Evans (X)
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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"

Gwenydd Jones
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faint strains of music wafting out of....


Explanation:
this might fit the notion of being barely audible sounds

ormiston
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Native speaker of: English
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