Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
a cause to be collectively decided at the ‘thing’
Spanish translation:
Causa/Cosa - Thing
Added to glossary by
Paula Alvarez (X)
Jan 14, 2007 18:03
17 yrs ago
English term
Paula Alvarez (X)
a cause to be collectively decided at the ‘thing’
English to Spanish
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One way to summarize this argument is to remind oneself that in both Old English and Old German the word for ‘thing’ meant a case, a controversy, a cause to be collectively decided at the ‘thing’, the assembly or forum.
Proposed translations
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| 4 | Causa/Cosa - Thing |
Matthias Quaschning-Kirsch
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| 5 | asunto, objeto, cuestión |
Walter Landesman
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Proposed translations
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Matthias Quaschning-Kirsch
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Causa/Cosa - Thing
Thing is a terminus technicus which is still used when describing historical jurisdictional institutions.
E.g. you could write: "... la palabra "thing" (cosa o causa) significaba un caso, una controversia, una causa de que todos decidieron juntos en el "Thing"...
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Note added at 41 Min. (2007-01-14 18:44:53 GMT) Post-grading
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Como es una forma de institución histórica y occurre entre comillas en el texto inglés para distinguirlo de la palabra inglesa "thing", deberías dejarlo como es (pero con mayúscula). Cf. mi referencia a Wikipedia más arriba.
E.g. you could write: "... la palabra "thing" (cosa o causa) significaba un caso, una controversia, una causa de que todos decidieron juntos en el "Thing"...
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Note added at 41 Min. (2007-01-14 18:44:53 GMT) Post-grading
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Como es una forma de institución histórica y occurre entre comillas en el texto inglés para distinguirlo de la palabra inglesa "thing", deberías dejarlo como es (pero con mayúscula). Cf. mi referencia a Wikipedia más arriba.
Note from asker:
| 'Thing' parece referirse a una institución juridiscional histórica -más tarde en el texto se refiere al parlamento de Islandia llamado 'Althing', pero ¿se traduciría al castellano o se dejaría en inglés añadiendo nota? Gracias!! |
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Comment: "Muchas gracias, ha sido de gran ayuda"
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Walter Landesman
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English term (edited):
thing
asunto, objeto, cuestión
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Note added at 31 mins (2007-01-14 18:34:56 GMT)
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Note added at 31 mins (2007-01-14 18:34:56 GMT)
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Note from asker:
| gracias! |
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