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Ven a escribir tu historia con ***

English translation: Come and make memories with ***

09:03 Jun 18, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
Spanish term or phrase: Ven a escribir tu historia con ***
I would appreciate any help you can give with this - It's a standalone line from promotional literature about events for the summer (music, markets, craft fairs etc) and I'm lacking inspiration. There must be an English equivalent...

Thanks in advance,
C.
Chris Ellison
Spain
Local time: 05:43
English translation:Come and make memories with ***
Explanation:
As mentioned in the discussion, is this for people taking part or visitors?
Another option.
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Marie Wilson
Spain
Local time: 05:43
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3Come and write/tell your story with***
Eileen Brophy
3 +4Come and make memories with ***
Marie Wilson
4 +3Be part of the experience at***
matt robinson
3 +2make a statement / leave your mark (at)
ormiston
4 +1(spend) a day to remember at/with
Lisa Jane
4Come, tell your tale
Jennifer Levey
Summary of reference entries provided
write your story/make your mark
Cecilia Gowar

Discussion entries: 10





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Come and write/tell your story with***


Explanation:
I think this is correct and you can choose write or tell, as both are applicable.

Eileen Brophy
Spain
Local time: 05:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: I like "tell your story" ...
40 mins
  -> Yes, I agree neilmac, thanks, just that some Spanish prefer literal translation :-0((
agree  philgoddard
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Phil
agree  AllegroTrans: Given we don't know much about the document, literal is really the only way to go, albeit it sounds a tad corny
5 hrs
  -> I agree but given the information.....
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
make a statement / leave your mark (at)


Explanation:
What follows 'con'? Perhaps no need to add 'come', allowing it to sound snappier. I totes with 'make waves' but am not sure what the attendees will actually be doing!

ormiston
Local time: 05:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: "Leave your mark" is good, or perhaps better "make your mark", as Cecilia suggests.
1 hr
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
4 hrs
neutral  philgoddard: I don't see how you arrive at this - it doesn't seem to bear any relation to what the Spanish says.
5 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Come and make memories with ***


Explanation:
As mentioned in the discussion, is this for people taking part or visitors?
Another option.

Example sentence(s):
  • Come and make memories with your family and friends in this beautiful vacation home
  • Come and make memories to cherish for a lifetime. Come to where the rides, games, attractions, and outstanding live performances always ...
Marie Wilson
Spain
Local time: 05:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Cochran, MFA
17 mins
  -> Many thanks, Barbara.
agree  Adoración Bodoque Martínez
1 hr
  -> Thanks a lot, Adoración.
neutral  philgoddard: This is not what the Spanish says.
2 hrs
  -> It's a slogan, and when I answered there was little context. I think if the asker is asking for inspiration, not a literal translation--no inspiration needed for that.
agree  Charles Davis: I think a literal translation is almost certainly wrong here, and this seems to me to be a way of expressing what the Spanish means (as opposed to what it "says").
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Charles. Yes, something catchy is needed, not literal, in my opinion.
agree  Robert Forstag: Or maybe something like: “XXX: A place where memories are made.” In any event, I completely agree with both Charles’ understanding and with his assertion that a literal translation does not work here.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Robert, yes and I agree with both of you.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Be part of the experience at***


Explanation:
Well, it would work in the context you suggested. 'Experience' seems to be a marketing buzzword at the moment, and 'Be' is in the moment and very "mindfulness', if you like that sort of thing!

matt robinson
Spain
Local time: 05:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Could work, I think.
57 mins
agree  AllegroTrans: This works and avoids the "corniness" of the source text
1 hr
agree  Monica Pence
52 days
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Come, tell your tale


Explanation:
It's just a "variation on a theme" - but without the unnecessary "and" found in other suggestions, and "tale" is snappier (fewer syllables than "story" and perhaps just a trifle more suggestive ...?)

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 23:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(spend) a day to remember at/with


Explanation:
Or in the plural: days to remember

This is how I understand it. You could also turn it around with the word forget:

Unforgettable days with/at...
An unforgettable experience with/at
Fun you won't forget with/at...

It's about basically having fun and remembering a great day out and I don't think the "story" idea works in English.

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 05:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: Another good way to avoid the corniness of the source text; who is going to "write stories" or have lifelong memories of a mere street food festival, unless perhaps they meet the love of their life there??
4 hrs
  -> Indeed! Thanks
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Reference comments


29 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: write your story/make your mark

Reference information:
The Spanish version, which sounds weird, may be in turn a translation of Francesca Battistelli's song ¨Write your Story¨.
I'd use ¨make your mark¨
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/francescabattistelli/writeyo...
Write Your story on my heart
Come on and make Your mark

Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Charles Davis
1 hr
  -> Thanks Charles!
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
4 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias Beatriz!
neutral  AllegroTrans: may be, may not be.....who can tell?
5 hrs
  -> Thanks! True, but it would be my educated guess.
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