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guiado por las estrellas recién delatadas por el sol poniente

English translation: steered by the stars just exposed by the setting sun

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Spanish term or phrase:guiado por las estrellas recién delatadas por el sol poniente
English translation:steered by the stars just exposed by the setting sun
Entered by: Yvonne Becker

20:54 Oct 15, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: guiado por las estrellas recién delatadas por el sol poniente
En una página web de una empresa de mejora de recursos humanos.

"En la búsqueda del logo e imagen que mejor nos define nos paseamos por símbolos de diversas índoles. Consideramos distintos paisajes, animales, artefactos y otra serie de conceptos que reflejaran nuestra permanente búsqueda de un propósito sólido y sustentable, que nos permita mejorar nuestro desempeño y el de nuestros clientes.

Sin embargo, no fue hasta que un día nuestro fundador, xxxxx, estuvo de vacaciones en la Isla xxx, y divisó en el horizonte playero, a horas del atardecer, un velero navegando hacia el este. De la misma manera que la embarcación buscaba su puerto **guiado por las estrellas recién delatadas por el sol poniente**, el ser humano está permanentemente en búsqueda de su estrella, es decir, ese gran propósito que le otorga sentido a la vida, a las personas, a las cosas y a todo lo que hacemos..."

No tengo problemas con que quede menos poético en inglés
Yvonne Becker
Local time: 15:55
led by the stars just exposed by the setting sun
Explanation:
a short pithy statement is best.
Selected response from:

Marina Herrera
Local time: 15:55
Grading comment
La verdad sea dicha, me encantaron todas sus sugerencias, cada una más poética que la anterior. Me decidí por la más corta y directa, porque es para una página web de descripción de una empresa. Saludos y un millón de gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3guided by the dimly visible stars of the twilight sky
Robert Forstag
5 +2steered by the stars just given away by the setting sun
Karin Kutscher
5 +2guided by the stars whose presence had just been betrayed by the setting sun
Barbara Cochran, MFA
4 +1guided by the stars, which had begun to shine as the Sun set in the West
David Russi
4 +1guided by the stars newly/freshly revealed/unmasked/unveiled/disclosed by the setting of the sun
Carol Gullidge
4 +1guided by the rising stars unveiled by the retreating sun
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
4led by the stars just exposed by the setting sun
Marina Herrera


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
steered by the stars just given away by the setting sun


Explanation:
given away, or denounced. se refiere a que a medida que el sol se pone, el cielo se hace oscuro y aparecen las estrellas.

el original debería decir guiada y no guiado, porque se refiere a la embarcación.

Karin Kutscher
Local time: 15:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarita Gonzalez: muy acertado y conserva el tono poético.
24 mins
agree  Robert Copeland
2 hrs
neutral  Robert Forstag: I'm having trouble understanding how stars can steer and how the sun can give away stars, even in a poetic sense....
3 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
guided by the stars, which had begun to shine as the Sun set in the West


Explanation:
Es algo así, a medida que se pone el Sol, las estrellas se vuelven visibles.

David Russi
United States
Local time: 13:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  esing (X): Most appropriate
10 hrs
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
guided by the stars newly/freshly revealed/unmasked/unveiled/disclosed by the setting of the sun


Explanation:
unmasked, revealed, and disclosed all have the additional sense of 'being given away'. Take your pick!

Strictly speaking, neither 'sunset' nor the 'setting sun' work, since it is not the sun itself but its disappearance that causes the stars to be revealed.

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 315

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Miguel Fuentes: Good. I like freshly unveiled, and the closing might sound a bit better if: "by the setting sun"
7 hrs
  -> thanks, Mike. There was a purpose in avoiding 'the setting sun' , and I opted for the rhythm of 'the setting of the sun'
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
led by the stars just exposed by the setting sun


Explanation:
a short pithy statement is best.

Marina Herrera
Local time: 15:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
La verdad sea dicha, me encantaron todas sus sugerencias, cada una más poética que la anterior. Me decidí por la más corta y directa, porque es para una página web de descripción de una empresa. Saludos y un millón de gracias
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
guided by the stars whose presence had just been betrayed by the setting sun


Explanation:
Like they had been hiding all day.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 15:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Silvia Brandon-Pérez: Me gusta más esta traducción, sobre todo el "betrayed."
5 hrs
  -> Muchisimas gracias, silviatonia! Estamos de acuerdo mas que una vez esta noche.
agree  David Brown: yo tambien, y usando la licencia poetica
13 hrs
  -> Mil gracias, David!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
guided by the rising stars unveiled by the retreating sun


Explanation:
Just another variation. Good luck

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 13:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: I particularly like 'rising stars', but still prefer my 'setting of the sun' (for both semantic and rhythmic reasons)
9 hrs
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
guided by the dimly visible stars of the twilight sky


Explanation:
Ya.

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Note added at 41 mins (2006-10-15 21:36:13 GMT)
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Better:

IN the twilight sky

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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-10-15 23:05:49 GMT)
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Perhaps better still:

in a twilight sky
OR
of a twilight sky

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 15:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 195

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolando Julio Arciniega: guided by the stars just unveiled by the setting sun. (This is right!)
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Orlando.
agree  Valeria Lagos Gordon Downie
8 hrs
  -> Gracias, Valeria.
agree  Silvia Hernandez (X): My favourite of the bunch; it does not sound like a "translation", but rather a poetic expression
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Thanks so much, Silvia.
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