Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
dejar sus mejores ratos al cuidado de
English translation:
grown up playing beneath the benevolent gaze of
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Mar 19, 2014 17:03
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Spanish term
20yrs experience. Style & fluidity.
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
dejar sus mejores ratos al cuidado de
Spanish to English
Marketing
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Website - fashion
GRAN CANARIA. REFLEJO DE LA CATEDRAL
LLueve poco en el paraíso. De repente unas gotas sorprenden y la catedral muestra su solera en el reflejo de las baldosas de cantería de la Plaza de Santa Ana, casi corazón del barrio histórico de Vegueta, en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, donde tantos niños han dejado sus mejores ratos al cuidado de esta construcción de fachada neoclásica, considerada como el monumento más importante de la arquitectura canaria.
Looking for a nice wording here... it's a marketing piece...
...where so many children have ****spent the best days of their lives in the ???*** of this building with its neo-classical façade.....
LLueve poco en el paraíso. De repente unas gotas sorprenden y la catedral muestra su solera en el reflejo de las baldosas de cantería de la Plaza de Santa Ana, casi corazón del barrio histórico de Vegueta, en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, donde tantos niños han dejado sus mejores ratos al cuidado de esta construcción de fachada neoclásica, considerada como el monumento más importante de la arquitectura canaria.
Looking for a nice wording here... it's a marketing piece...
...where so many children have ****spent the best days of their lives in the ???*** of this building with its neo-classical façade.....
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Proposed translations
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philgoddard
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
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grown up playing beneath the benevolent gaze of
See the discussion entries. I don't think "care" works here - the sense is more like "watch".
Peer comment(s):
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Judith Armele
: Like it :)// told you, very nice image!! :)
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Charles Davis
: I like it too, and it's the only one of the five that is convincing English (and, not coincidentally, the only one from a native English speaker).
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lorenab23
: Bravo Phil, very nice!
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franglish
: agree with all that has been said above
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Rebecca Hendry
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Phil. On reflection, your suggestion works best in the text..."
7 mins
Mario Freitas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
lived their best moments under the care of
Suggestion
21 mins
Luis Antezana
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Spain
Native Spanish translator (6 years exp.)
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish
lived their best moments to the care of
Sugerencia.
49 mins
María González, M.A. English
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
EN/ES Senior Freelance Linguist
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Canarian, US, Standard-Spain, Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, English
where so many kids have had the time of their lives under the surveillance of this...
Just a suggestion, if it helps.
BTW, the wording of the source text is quite pompous - I pity you!
Thanks for marketing my city :-)
Regards, -MG
BTW, the wording of the source text is quite pompous - I pity you!
Thanks for marketing my city :-)
Regards, -MG
Note from asker:
| Thanks Maria... always happy to sell Las Palmas... I lived there for a few years and visit from time to time... I love Las Canteras... la puntilla ... la vasca.. ;-) |
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Rosario Meriles
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
University translator
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
have left their best/most enjoyable life moments under the care of this...
What I interpret is that children's moments or experiences are like valuable objetcs to be guarded by the building in order not to be forgotten and persist throughout time. So, in my opinion the verb "leave" highlights this idea and should be in the text.
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