Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

just power men, laying the power lines into powerless lives

Spanish translation:

simples transmisores de energía/luz, encargados de llevarla a quienes carecen de ella

Added to glossary by Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Aug 13, 2009 13:48
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English term

just power men, laying the power lines into powerless lives

English to Spanish Art/Literary Religion Christian book on Evangelism
Our mission is to bring power. That is all we are – ***just power men, laying the power lines into powerless lives*** … The Great Commission has its own in-built power source. The Holy Spirit is bound to honour the Gospel. It burns with power. You can no more carry it out without power than carry fire without heat. The Great Commission and power are not loosely connected – they are mutually dependent. If we go, He goes. If we work, He works.
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simples transmisores de energía / luz, encargados de llevarla a quienes carrecen de ella

Hola, Ana: No sé cómo habrás traducido "power" pero éste es el sentido. La traducción literal me parece muy forzada.


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Note added at 25 mins (2009-08-13 14:13:47 GMT)
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Perdón: CARECEN
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agree Marjory Hord : por lo menos da mejor la idea del ingles, donde hay un doble sentido porque power se refiere tambien a la luz electrica
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Gracias, Marjory - Bea
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gracias"
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solamente hombres con poder/poderoso, facilitando las correas de transmisión de poder a la vida de .

...los que no lo tienen/carecen de él.
Una sugerencia. Suerte.
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sólo hombres con poder, colocando las líneas del poder sobre vidas sin poder

Simon & Schuster
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sencillos técnicos de energía, tendiendo las líneas de energía para llegar a vidas desprovistas...

... de ella

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"power men" es un término informal para los técnicos de las compañías de electricidad
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agree JaneTranslates : Yes, exactly!
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thanks Jane, greetings from Tenerife! :-) Deborah
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simples suplidores de energía encendiendo vidas apagadas

otra interpretación
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