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English translation: for the 'foxy' / pungent smell left by the mold of
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| Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / In The Preface To A Novel | |||||||
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for the noxious exhalation that caused the rank smell of the.... Explanation: https://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno-ingles/busca/portugues-... https://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno-ingles/busca/portugues-... |
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peer agreement (net): +1for the miasma which leaves its putrid presence Explanation: for the miasma which leaves its putrid presence |
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for the little fox/foxy that left it's rank of the old stories Explanation: for the little fox that left it's rank of old stories Shakespeare: "Sowter will cry upon't for all this, though it be as rank as a fox." Maybe turn it around a bit |
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for the little fox that turned him off the... Explanation: ...old stories of Trancoso and... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 hrs (2018-11-11 15:32:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- rephrasing my suggestion: for the repugnant smell that turned him away from the old moldy stories... |
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peer agreement (net): +1for the 'foxy' / pungent smell left by the mold of... Explanation: Although not commonly used to qualify smells, there are plenty of examples of "foxy smell" online: https://www.google.com/search?q="foxy smell" foxy: resembling or suggestive of a fox (Merriam-Webster) ranço: Cheiro e sabor desagradáveis, resultantes da humidade e da falta de renovação do ar. = BAFIO, MOFO. (Fig.) Coisa antiquada: VELHARIA ( Priberam) mofo: mold, mildew, mustiness https://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno-ingles/busca/portugues-... "Mold" seems to make perfect sense in this context. "for the 'foxy' smell (which was) left by the mold of the old stories of Trancoso and Father Teodoro de Almeida". Note: Since the mold left a pungent smell, the passive voice seems more appropriate INHO. Regarding the use of "foxy smell", I think this description is to the point: "A 'foxy' smell in the garden If you’ve ever walked through a flower garden in bloom and thought you smelled something unpleasantly pungent, you may not have been imagining things. The large, brightly colored blooms of the imperial crown fritillary plant are legendary for their distinctly 'unfloral' smell, which has been described as putrid, sulfuric, sweaty, or fox-like." - https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/foxy-smell-i... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 hrs (2018-11-11 13:01:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, the first link is broken. Here it is again: https://www.google.com/search?ei=6yfoW6KPHquU0gL5u4uoBw&q=&q... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2018-11-12 04:00:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This is what I understood from the passage: "They say, however, that Amor de Perdição [Doomed Love in a 2009 film adaptation directed by Mário Barroso] made people cry. Too bad. But now, as a sort of compensation, it makes them laugh; it turned comical for the seriousness of the old days, for the foxy / pungent smell left by the mold of the old stories of Trancoso and Father Teodoro de Almeida." Note: The preposition "de" is ambigous in PT. The stories could be ** of ** those characters or ** about ** them. |
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