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stock instances

Spanish translation: ejemplos típicos/archiconocidos

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English term or phrase:stock instances
Spanish translation:ejemplos típicos/archiconocidos
Entered by: Ana Juliá

09:57 May 10, 2017
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion / Comments to the letter of James
English term or phrase: stock instances
The book of James belongs to an ancient Greek form of satire known as the diatribe, the traits of which include: imaginary dialogues (including question and answer constructions); apostrophe (direct address to absent people or things as though they are present and can hear); metaphors taken from nature and everyday life; allusions to famous people from the past (***stock instances***, or well-known representations of the qualities that are under discussion); harsh addresses to readers; and heightened contrasts.
Ana Juliá
Spain
Local time: 09:42
ejemplos/casos conocidos/típicos/usuales/habituales
Explanation:
Stock
ADJECTIVE
2
(response/criticism) típico
(character/figure) típico
a stock phrase — un cliché
https://es.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/english-spanish/...

Definition of stock
1
a : kept regularly in stock comes in stock sizes a stock model
b : commonly used or brought forward : standard the stock answer
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 09:42
Grading comment
Gracias a todos
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3ejemplos/casos conocidos/típicos/usuales/habituales
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
4casos/referencias acuñadas
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Summary of reference entries provided
Example
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ejemplos/casos conocidos/típicos/usuales/habituales


Explanation:
Stock
ADJECTIVE
2
(response/criticism) típico
(character/figure) típico
a stock phrase — un cliché
https://es.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/english-spanish/...

Definition of stock
1
a : kept regularly in stock comes in stock sizes a stock model
b : commonly used or brought forward : standard the stock answer
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 09:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 1286
Grading comment
Gracias a todos

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JaneTranslates: That's it. / I really like Robert Forstag's suggestion of "ejemplos archiconocidos."
4 hrs
  -> Me too. Saludos Jane - Bea
agree  Robert Forstag: O, quizá, “ejemplos/precedentes/antecedentes archiconocidos/arquetípicos”.
4 hrs
  -> Nice! Saludos Robert - Bea
agree  JohnMcDove: Oxford dixit! :-) Los ejemplos de toda la vida de Dios... :-)
10 hrs
  -> Mismamente. Saludos John - Bea
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
casos/referencias acuñadas


Explanation:
Casos o referencias que ya forman parte de la historia o la literatura.


    Reference: http://elpais.com/elpais/2007/07/24/actualidad/1185265028_85...
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 02:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Reference comments


5 hrs peer agreement (net): +3
Reference: Example

Reference information:
Deficient egotism is nearly as injurious to belief as exaggerated egotism. Everyone knows that those who have led the strictest lives — who have suppressed natural emotions the greatest — if they do go wrong, go with a force and irresistible swing which makes the habitual sinner stare. The **stock instance** is the sons of clergymen, who, brought up more stoically than other people, are said to be the most apt to succumb to the temptations of an uncontrolled life. Nuns, who have submitted for years to oppressive conditions in a convent, occasionally break loose and then fly to the utmost extreme of wickedness. A young man sowing his wild oats is one who has been brought up under restrictive methods, and has suddenly secured his freedom.

(Notice "Everyone knows" in the second sentence, and "stock instance" in the third.)


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Note added at 5 hrs (2017-05-10 15:47:04 GMT)
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I really like Robert Forstag's suggestion of "ejemplos archiconocidos."


    Reference: http://archive.org/stream/edinburghreviewo210londuoft/edinbu...
JaneTranslates
Puerto Rico
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 92

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Robert Forstag: Your example has the added merit of being written in the same register of English, and of dealing with the same subject matter, as the text posted by the Asker.
12 mins
  -> Thank you, Robert. It wasn't hard; I Googled "diatribe Greek rhetoric 'stock instance.'"
agree  JohnMcDove
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, John.
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro: Spot-on.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Bea. I'm glad such an apt reference popped up so quickly.
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