Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ni le espanten vestiglos, ni le atemoricen endriagos
English translation:
Beasties fill him not with dread, neither do manticores terrify him
Added to glossary by
Chris Williams
Oct 31, 2005 19:50
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term
ni le espanten vestiglos, ni le atemoricen endriagos
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
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This Cervantes describing the role of the knight errant as in Don Quijote de la Mancha
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Beasties fill him not with dread, neither do manticores terrify him |
Chris Williams
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| 5 +2 | no monsters terrify him, no dragons make him quail |
Miguel Llorens
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Proposed translations
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Chris Williams
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Beasties fill him not with dread, neither do manticores terrify him
As vestiglo comes from latin: besticulum the root of the word beast and beasties sounds a bit medieval, while an endriago is a monster with a human head but the body parts of other monsters (manticore) I chose these two as the closest to the original.
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Miguel Llorens
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no monsters terrify him, no dragons make him quail
Two options. The one above from uncredited translation at:
http://www.online-literature.com/cervantes/don_quixote/75/
Or
"phantoms must not terrify him, nor dragons dismay
him;"
From the Smollett translation, which you can find in Google Print.
http://www.online-literature.com/cervantes/don_quixote/75/
Or
"phantoms must not terrify him, nor dragons dismay
him;"
From the Smollett translation, which you can find in Google Print.
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: well there are n o dragons so this is a no go
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I'm sure Smollett would be amused. Yes, there are no dragons. Does that mean there are a lot of endriagos hanging out in your neighborhood 7-11? ;o)
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moken
: The Cervantes Project translates endriago and endrigo as dragon in their digital library: http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/cervantes/english/ctxt/dq_dictionar... :O) :O)
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Gabriela Rodriguez
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