Glossary entry (derived from question below)
español term or phrase:
pálida como la nieve...
inglés translation:
her face a pale white/her face, pale and white
español term
Estados Unidos
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Native in: español 
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pálida como la nieve...
Colleagues from Spain, feel free to send me your suggestions as well. This is a translation about Mythology.
It's about the story of Theseus and the Minotaur. Is okay to translate it as pale like the snow?
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A la noche siguiente llegaron a Naxos, y seguros de que ningún peligro les acechaba bailaron la danza de la victoria. Los catorce atenienses marcaron los pasos orgullosos y comieron y bebieron hasta tarde con los rostros sonrojados a causa del fuego de la hogeras, el vino y el triunfo. Y Ariadna los contempló, pálida como la nieve, esperando que su nuevo amo se uniera a ella,
| 4 +2 | her face a pale white/her face, pale and white |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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| 4 +1 | as pale as snow |
Leonardo Futuro
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| pale as snow |
José Patrício
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May 15, 2022 08:18: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): philgoddard, María Perales
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Proposed translations
Estados Unidos
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Native in: inglés
Works in: español al inglés, francés al inglés, inglés al español, and 3 more.
her face a pale white/her face, pale and white
| Thanks Barbara. |
Brasil
Brazilian Portuguese Translator
Native in: portugués (Variants: European/Portugal, Brazilian)
Works in: inglés al portugués, portugués al inglés, español al portugués, and 1 more.
as pale as snow
I hope this helps.
I opened the door, and there was mother, as pale as snow.
| Thanks Leonardo. |
Reference comments
pale as snow
words connotation as:
pale - (of a colour) whitish and not very strong - https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaur...
Whitish means very pale and almost white in colour - https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/whitish...
| Thanks for your help Jose Patricio. |
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