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Spanish term or phrase:
la oralidad es patrimonio inescatimable de todas las culturas escritas y ágrafas
English translation:
oral history is the true heritage of all cultures, both literate and non-literate
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Henry Hinds
Sep 28, 2008 21:04
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Spanish term
la oralidad es patrimonio inescatimable de todas las culturas escritas y ágrafas
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
..."en literatura oral no hay dogmas, ni legisladores, ni límites precisos, ni cánones preestablecidos; ni siquiera existe la escritura como pre-requisito. Además, la oralidad es patrimonio inescatimable de todas las culturas del mundo, escritas y ágrafas, ancestrales y modernas, circunscritas o no a un pequeño espacio geográfico." ..
..this is what i came out with:
In oral literature, there are no dogmas, nor legislators, nor definitive boundaries, nor preestablished rules; the writing as a prerequisite does not even exist. Besides, the oral narration is an invaluable patrimony of all world cultures: literate and illiterate, ancient and modern, restricted or not to a small geographic space.
..this is what i came out with:
In oral literature, there are no dogmas, nor legislators, nor definitive boundaries, nor preestablished rules; the writing as a prerequisite does not even exist. Besides, the oral narration is an invaluable patrimony of all world cultures: literate and illiterate, ancient and modern, restricted or not to a small geographic space.
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Oct 2, 2008 01:18: Henry Hinds Created KOG entry
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Henry Hinds
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oral history is the true heritage of all cultures, both literate and non-literate
la oralidad es patrimonio inescatimable de todas las culturas escritas y ágrafas = oral history is the true heritage of all cultures, both literate and non-literate
Creo que "non-literate" es más aplicable que "illiterate" en el caso.
Creo que "non-literate" es más aplicable que "illiterate" en el caso.
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Chris Bruton
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the oral tradition is an inestimable patrimony of all world cultures, literate and illiterate
In oral literature, there are no dogmas, nor rule-makers, nor definitive boundaries, nor pre-established canons; writing as a prerequisite does not even exist. Furthermore, the oral tradition is an inestimable patrimony of all world cultures, literate and illiterate, ancient and modern, restricted or not to a small geographic space.
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Ma. Alejandra Padilla-LaCour
: I really like your whole translation - except I would use non-literate (whole culture w/o written language) - Illiterate (non alfabetized in a culture that does have written language)
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orality is the inalienable patrimony of all cultures, both litterate and illiterate
http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~univ302/...n/orality.html
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Note added at 30 mins (2008-09-28 21:35:09 GMT)
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I mean "literate"
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Note added at 30 mins (2008-09-28 21:35:09 GMT)
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I mean "literate"
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the oral tradition is the pricelss tradition of all cultures... written and unwritten...
my suggestion
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priceless
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maybe written and non-written would be better
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Note added at 40 mins (2008-09-28 21:44:51 GMT)
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priceless
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Note added at 47 mins (2008-09-28 21:52:26 GMT)
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maybe written and non-written would be better
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Spanish term (edited):
la oralidad es patrimonio inescatimable de todas las culturas, escritas y ágrafas
orality is an unstinting patrimony of all cultures, both literate and non-literate...
la oralidad es patrimonio inescatimable de todas las culturas, escritas y ágrafas.
I like the use of "orality", which is different from "oral tradition" and "oral history", however closely related, of course.
http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/dept-pages/german/medglossary2...
And I like "unstinting" for "inescatimable" as well. I was tempted to use "illiterate", since according to DRAE "ágrafo" does mean "Que es incapaz de escribir o no sabe hacerlo"
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltGUIBusUsual?TIPO_HTML=2&TIPO...
but in this context, non-literate feels a better option.
Orality is an unstinting patrimony of all cultures, both literate and non-literate...
I like the use of "orality", which is different from "oral tradition" and "oral history", however closely related, of course.
http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/dept-pages/german/medglossary2...
And I like "unstinting" for "inescatimable" as well. I was tempted to use "illiterate", since according to DRAE "ágrafo" does mean "Que es incapaz de escribir o no sabe hacerlo"
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltGUIBusUsual?TIPO_HTML=2&TIPO...
but in this context, non-literate feels a better option.
Orality is an unstinting patrimony of all cultures, both literate and non-literate...
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orality
http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/dept-pages/german/medglossary2a.html&usg=AFQjCNEbMnZ63kuvFB
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