Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
personalidades sin porvenir
English translation:
dead-enders/ dropouts / drifters
Added to glossary by
Lorena Zuniga
Mar 8, 2017 12:07
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Costa Rica
personalidades sin porvenir
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Y los anónimos: personalidades sin porvenir, modelos amnésicas, sementales de una sola noche, lúmpenes encantadores, profesionales de la impostura, rentistas de la fotogenia...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | dead-enders/ dropouts / drifters |
Robert Forstag
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| 4 | characters with no prospects / future |
Simon Bruni
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| 4 | no-hopers |
neilmac
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Proposed translations
+5
30 mins
Robert Forstag
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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195
Selected
dead-enders/ dropouts / drifters
All of thse are options that accurately and idiomatically reflect the original in a single word.
See:
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/dead-ender
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/drifter
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Note added at 41 mins (2017-03-08 12:48:12 GMT)
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Of the three, I think "dead-enders" would work best.
See:
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/dead-ender
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/drifter
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Note added at 41 mins (2017-03-08 12:48:12 GMT)
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Of the three, I think "dead-enders" would work best.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
13 mins
Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Related KudoZ points
:
151
characters with no prospects / future
From the Oxford Spanish:
porvenir masculino future; nadie sabe lo que nos depara el porvenir nobody knows what the future has in store for us o holds for us; de gran porvenir with excellent prospects; un joven sin porvenir a young man with no future o no prospects
porvenir masculino future; nadie sabe lo que nos depara el porvenir nobody knows what the future has in store for us o holds for us; de gran porvenir with excellent prospects; un joven sin porvenir a young man with no future o no prospects
3 hrs
no-hopers
Another option.
No-hoper (noun) -> A person who is not expected to be successful.
"they wasted their nominations on a no-hoper"
No-hoper (noun) -> A person who is not expected to be successful.
"they wasted their nominations on a no-hoper"
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