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Spanish translation: gran dama de la sociedad

16:36 Oct 8, 2010
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: society-matron mother
El texto hace alusión a una artista que explota en escena su problema de peso. De lo que no estoy segura es cuál sería la traducción de “society-matron mother”
“… since the near 300 pound XX was a pie addict and had herself staged performance art in which she battled on the phone with her society-matron mother, LL, so that everyone in the theater could hear LL’s outrage at XX lifestyle and weight.”
lorenabustos
Argentina
Local time: 22:45
Spanish translation:gran dama de la sociedad
Explanation:
Una expresión muy común en español.
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Electra Voulgari
Spain
Local time: 03:45
Grading comment
Muy atinado. Muchas gracias!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1su madre LL, dama de la sociedad
Susana Jeronimo
4madre matrona de la sociedad
Leonardo Lamarche
4gran dama de la sociedad
Electra Voulgari
3su madre LL, dama patrocinadora,
Bubo Coroman (X)


  

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madre matrona de la sociedad


Explanation:
Literal, pero es lo que sugiero sin más contexto.

Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Local time: 21:45
Native speaker of: Spanish
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su madre LL, dama patrocinadora,


Explanation:
Examples of MATRON

society matrons who organize benefits for charity
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matron

en francés:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1246443


Bubo Coroman (X)
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gran dama de la sociedad


Explanation:
Una expresión muy común en español.

Example sentence(s):
  • ...por el manejo del testamento y la fortuna de 200 millones de dólares de la gran dama de la sociedad neoyorquina.
  • Hará de gran dama de la sociedad inglesa bajo las órdenes del director...

    Reference: http://www.larazon.es/noticia/6081-mamen-sanchez-retrata-en-...
    Reference: http://www.medea.be/index.html?page=0&lang=en&idx=0&doc=1338
Electra Voulgari
Spain
Local time: 03:45
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 4
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Muy atinado. Muchas gracias!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
su madre LL, dama de la sociedad


Explanation:
Boniface is probably best known as a society matron foil for slapstick comedy trio the Three Stooges, in which she intercepted many a flying pie. ...
http://search.creativecommons.org/?q=sociedty-matron&sourcei...


the pompous Mrs. Abigail Uppington, a snooty society matron whom Fibber addressed as "Uppy", and whose pretensions Fibber delighted in deflating. ..
http://search.creativecommons.org/?q=sociedty-matron&sourcei...
Estos dos sitios te grafican el uso de "society-matron" expresión que es muy común en las comedias teatrales inglesas.

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Note added at 21 horas (2010-10-09 13:40:18 GMT)
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Christine, con todas las respuestas anteriores de "dama de la sociedad" quedé pegada con"la" que no corresponde. Gracias

Susana Jeronimo
Argentina
Local time: 22:45
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Walsh: O 'dama de sociedad'
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