Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
anuncio del futuro
English translation:
glimpse of the future
Added to glossary by
Lorena Zuniga
Feb 7, 2017 17:32
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Costa Rica
anuncio del futuro
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Así pues que premiar con el Nobel de Literatura a un cantante, más que un anuncio del futuro, parece más bien un regreso al pasado, a los orígenes populares y juglarescos de la poesía.
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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glimpse of the future
I think this would work quite nicely.
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
United States
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United States
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more than portending what might happen in the future
A bit more literal than the previous response, although I think this is what it actually means.
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JohnMcDove
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United States
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a sign of things to come / a sign of the future / an omen of the future
Some additional options.
a sign of things to come--
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a sign of things to come
a sign of things to come--
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a sign of things to come
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Robert Carter
: Or even "a sign of the times". Not an omen though, John, that would put a sinister slant on it.//Interesting, I've never thought of it in that sense - my understanding was always that of "ominous". Thanks, John.
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Thank you very much, Robert. :-) Thank you for the "omen" nuance, but Oxford also gives a good connotation to it, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/omen
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Marie Wilson
: I prefer your first option.
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Thank you very much, Marie. :-) Yes, it seems more natural and simple.
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Robert Forstag
United States
United States
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United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
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Spanish term (edited):
un anuncio del futuro
a harbinger of things to come
Seems to be more in keeping with the tone of the original.
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Sophie Cherel
Spain
Spain
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Spain
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the beginning of a new trend
"That a singer should receive the Nobel Prize for literature does not seem to be the beginning of a new trend so much as a return to the past..."
Just another option.
Just another option.
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