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15:30 May 29, 2012 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Religion / Life of religious women during colonial times in south america | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Wendy Streitparth Germany Local time: 17:13 | ||||||
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4 +1 | What I could tell you, sister, of the secrets... |
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4 | The things I could tell you, sister, of the secrets... |
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2 | What things I could tell you, my lady, of the secrets |
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What I could tell you, sister, of the secrets... Explanation: As far as I am aware nuns address each other as 'sister' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 mins (2012-05-29 15:52:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Definitely not 'lady'. Ma'am or Madam, I suppose. But I would be cautious about assuming the 'señora' is of a higher rank, the formality of 'señora' might simply be because they do not know each other well. |
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The things I could tell you, sister, of the secrets... Explanation: Another suggestion perhaps. |
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What things I could tell you, my lady, of the secrets Explanation: An extract from Chaucer: http://books.google.de/books?id=zDDjpi81RrQC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA4... My lady, Prioresse, by your leve So that I wiste,I sholde you not greve -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 hrs (2012-05-30 07:14:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, no comma after lady |
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