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Source text in English

A theme of the age, at least in the developed world, is that people crave silence and can find none. The roar of traffic, the ceaseless beep of phones, digital announcements in buses and trains, TV sets blaring even in empty offices, are an endless battery and distraction. The human race is exhausting itself with noise and longs for its opposite—whether in the wilds, on the wide ocean or in some retreat dedicated to stillness and concentration. Alain Corbin, a history professor, writes from his refuge in the Sorbonne, and Erling Kagge, a Norwegian explorer, from his memories of the wastes of Antarctica, where both have tried to escape.

And yet, as Mr Corbin points out in "A History of Silence", there is probably no more noise than there used to be. Before pneumatic tyres, city streets were full of the deafening clang of metal-rimmed wheels and horseshoes on stone. Before voluntary isolation on mobile phones, buses and trains rang with conversation. Newspaper-sellers did not leave their wares in a mute pile, but advertised them at top volume, as did vendors of cherries, violets and fresh mackerel. The theatre and the opera were a chaos of huzzahs and barracking. Even in the countryside, peasants sang as they drudged. They don’t sing now.

What has changed is not so much the level of noise, which previous centuries also complained about, but the level of distraction, which occupies the space that silence might invade. There looms another paradox, because when it does invade—in the depths of a pine forest, in the naked desert, in a suddenly vacated room—it often proves unnerving rather than welcome. Dread creeps in; the ear instinctively fastens on anything, whether fire-hiss or bird call or susurrus of leaves, that will save it from this unknown emptiness. People want silence, but not that much.

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Entry #23326 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
MarinaM
MarinaM
Argentina
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+4
1
todo eso nos bombardea y distrae sin cesar.
Flows well
Lidia Benitez
+7
Antes de que nos aisláramos por propia voluntad en los teléfonos móviles, las conversaciones bullían en autobuses y trenes
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
+2
vítores y abucheos
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
+2
que lo rescate de ese vacío desconocido.
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
Entry #22463 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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+3
1
rasgos
Flows well
"Rasgo" is​ a good ch​oice, as t​he text is​ describin​g a charac​teristic o​f the curr​ent times.
Pablo González Losada
-1
+1
1
bombardean y aturden
Good term selection
Marjory Hord
-1
+2
1
consagrado
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
-2
+1
2
de los que ambos han intentado escapar.
Flows well
Laura Jimenez
Corbin
Good term selection
This is ho​w you shou​ld call th​e author, ​not "Sr. C​orbin"
Marcela García Henríquez
Antes de que los móviles nos brindasen un aislamiento voluntario, los autobuses y los trenes eran un hervidero de conversaciones.
Flows well
Lilith78
+3
pregonaban a todo volumen
Flows well
Laura Jimenez
+3
1
cuando sí reina el silencio
Flows well
Laura Jimenez
+1
a menudo nos resulta más desconcertante que balsámico
Flows well
Nice expre​ssion!
Rainer Zawadzki
siseo de la lumbre
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
+2
Ansiamos
Flows well
Buena elec​ción en co​mparación ​con las de​más traduc​ciones, qu​e se han q​uedado alg​o planas c​on el verb​o "querer"​ o "desear​".
Anahí Vinokur Jeinson (X)
Entry #23054 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Argentine
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+6
1
Una constante de nuestros tiempos,
Flows well
Good phras​e that enc​ourages re​ading more​.
Álvaro Dávila
+2
2
a viva voz
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
-1
+4
2
El pavor se cuela sigiloso
Good term selection
Rainer Zawadzki
+1
se aferra
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
+3
crepitar
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
Entry #23476 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Susana Sherman
Susana Sherman
United States
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+2
2
El estruendo del tráfico
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
-1
+1
asaltan
Good term selection
Rainer Zawadzki
+2
tierras deshabitadas de la Antártida
Flows well
Laura Jimenez
+1
sin embargo
Good term selection
Abril Wagner
+1
Antes de que nos aisláramos voluntariamente con nuestros teléfonos móviles,
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
-1
+3
1
pescado fresco
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
+1
quejábamos
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
+3
El terror entra a hurtadillas
Flows well
Mónica Algazi
+1
1
sea el chisporroteo de un fuego, el canto de un pájaro o el susurro de las hojas, que lo salve de este vacío desconocido. Deseamos el silencio, pero no tanto.
Flows well
Preciosa t​raducción.
Francisco Vare
Entry #24239 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Elisa Martinez-Aznar
Elisa Martinez-Aznar
United Kingdom
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Entry3.283.45 (11 ratings)3.10 (10 ratings)
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+3
el incesante pitido de los teléfonos
Good term selection
Christina Fernandez
+1
sosiego
Good term selection
Marjory Hord
+1
evadirse
Good term selection
Lilith78
-1
1
Y, sin embargo,
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
en una silenciosa pila
Good term selection
Lilith78
+2
sino que la pregonaban a voz en grito
Good term selection
very graph​ic
Rainer Zawadzki
+3
1
vorágine de ovaciones
Good term selection
Rainer Zawadzki
+3
se deslomaban
Good term selection
Marjory Hord
+1
en lo recóndito de un pinar, en la desnudez del desierto, en una habitación abandonada repentinamente
Flows well
Mónica Algazi
-1
+2
que le rescate de ese incógnito vacío
Flows well
Mónica Algazi
Entry #23971 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.183.21 (14 ratings)3.14 (14 ratings)
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+2
1
desechos
Flows well
After find​ing the fo​llowing qu​ote-the wo​rd waste i​n this con​text means​ waste and​ not waste​land--Dec ​31, 2010 -​ URBAN FRO​NTIER Erli​ng Kagge l​ed an expe​dition tha​t revealed​ an entire​ly ..... T​hey were t​urned back​ by an imp​assable mo​untain of ​waste.
gimenezc
-2
+1
1
Y así, como el Sr. Corbin señala en “Una Historia de Silencio”, es problable que no haya más ruido del que solía haber
Flows well
Roni Goldberg
neumáticos
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
+1
aislamiento voluntario en teléfonos móviles
Flows well
Francisco Vare
+2
crepitar
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
Entry #23410 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Spain
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Entry3.293.31 (16 ratings)3.27 (15 ratings)
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+2
catedrático
Good term selection
Laura Serván
+2
anunciaban a viva voz
Flows well
Melipal
+1
vorágine
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
+2
vítores y abucheos
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
+1
se cierne otra paradoja
Flows well
Laura Jimenez


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Entry #23636 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Spain
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+2
timbre incesante
Flows well
Liliana Méndez
catedrático
Good term selection
Etica Servicios
nuestro aislamiento voluntario en los teléfonos móviles
Flows well
Etica Servicios
no dejaban su mercancía apilada en un mudo montón
Flows well
Etica Servicios
+1
zonas rurales, los campesinos
Flows well
Good choic​e to avoid​ repetitio​n seen in ​other tran​slations c​ampo/campe​sinos
Etica Servicios
andaban a la brega
Good term selection
andar a la​ brega: tr​abajar afa​nosamente
Link: http://dle​.rae.es/?i​d=64ubjJo
Etica Servicios
+1
reinar
Good term selection
Etica Servicios
+1
que le rescate de este vacío desconocid
Flows well
Mónica Algazi
gorjeo
Flows well
Etica Servicios
Entry #22327 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
aivars
aivars
Argentina
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+1
1
las herraduras contra los adoquines
Flows well
Francisco Vare
+1
las conversaciones animaban los viajes en autobuses y trenes.
Flows well
Sayda Pineda
+1
el crepitar del fuego, el canto de un ave o el arrullo de las hojas, para escapar de ese vacío desconocido.
Flows well
Mónica Algazi
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Entry3.043.27 (15 ratings)2.80 (15 ratings)
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-2
+1
1
El ansia de silencio y el fracaso en su búsqueda, por parte de quienes lo persiguen afanosamente -al menos en el mundo desarrollado- son un leitmotiv de nuestra era.
Flows well
Maravillos​o. Conserv​a, en espa​ñol, todo ​el espírit​u de lo es​crito en i​nglés. Le ​felicito.
Juan Gil
La especie humana está agotándose a sí misma mediante el ruido y añora su opuesto
Flows well
Bárbara Gama
acerca de sus recuerdos
Flows well
To emphasi​ze that is​ not relat​ed to a pl​ace.
Carmela Gaytán
viva voz
Good term selection
Bárbara Gama
hurras y abucheos
Good term selection
Bárbara Gama
Allí radica otra paradoja, porque cuando efectivamente lo invade
Flows well
Bárbara Gama
muy a menudo su efecto nos resulta más desconcertante que bienvenido
Flows well
Bárbara Gama
el oído instintivamente se agudiza ante el menor sonido
Flows well
nice!
Rainer Zawadzki
Entry #23779 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Latin American
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Entry3.043.00 (13 ratings)3.08 (13 ratings)
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Los vendedores de periódicos no dejaban su mercancía en un montón mudo, sino la pregonaban a todo pulmón
Flows well
Christina Fernandez
sino el nivel de distracción que ocupa el espacio que el silencio podría invadir.
Flows well
Rainer Zawadzki
Entry #23810 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Latin American
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Entry3.043.07 (15 ratings)3.00 (15 ratings)
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vítores y abucheos
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
a menudo
Flows well
good Spani​sh useage
gimenezc
+4
el oído se aferra instintivamente a cualquier cosa que lo pueda salvar de este vacío desconocido
Flows well
Beautiful,​ and makes​ de whole ​sentence m​uch easier​ to read
Francisco Vare
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Entry3.013.17 (12 ratings)2.85 (13 ratings)
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-1
son agresiones y distracciones sin fin
Flows well
Valeria Moreno
+4
2
Previo a los neumáticos, las calles se llenaban con el sonido ensordecedor de las llantas metálicas y de las herraduras sobre los adoquines
Flows well
Roni Goldberg
a voz en cuello
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
Ya no lo hacen.
Flows well
Valeria Moreno
silbido
Good term selection
Nice!
Rainer Zawadzki
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Entry3.003.13 (16 ratings)2.87 (15 ratings)
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+1
especie
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
+1
catedrático
Good term selection
Laura Serván
hace lo propio
Flows well
Francisco Vare
desolados
Good term selection
Guillermina Porporato
-1
+1
lugares a los que ambos han intentado huir.
Flows well
Laura Jimenez
-2
1
«A History of Silence»
Other
Uso correc​to de las ​comillas
Link: http://lem​a.rae.es/d​pd/?key=co​millas
Esther Rodrigo
neumáticos
Flows well
Paulina Poblete
a pleno pulmón
Flows well
Guillermina Porporato
-1
+1
1
en plena faena
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
crepitar
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
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-1
+3
2
«A History of Silence»
Other
Uso correc​to de las ​comillas y​ título en​ idioma or​iginal
Link: http://lem​a.rae.es/d​pd/?key=co​millas
Esther Rodrigo
+2
neumáticos
Good term selection
mistransla​ted by a l​ot of peop​le, who co​nfuse whee​l/ rim wit​h tyre
Anahí Seri
+4
repiqueteo
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
+2
Los vendedores de periódicos no los dejaban en una pila silenciosa, sino que los anunciaban a viva voz, como también hacían los vendedores de cerezas, violetas o caballa fresca
Flows well
SeproTec
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Other
Well done!
M.S.
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+1
Un tema de estos tiempos
Flows well
Valeria Moreno
probablemente no hay hoy más ruido que el que solía haber
Flows well
muy bien d​icho
gimenezc
Lo que ha cambiado no es tanto el nivel de ruido, ya motivo de queja en siglos pasados, sino el nivel de distracción, que ocupa los espacios que el silencio podría invadir
Flows well
Sabrina M.
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-1
+1
la infructuosa búsqueda del silencio
Good term selection
Original, ​eficiente,​ correcto
José Andrés Rubio
A History of Silence
Other
No debe tr​aducirse e​n este cas​o; bien he​cho.
M.S.
las ciudades bullían con el ensordecedor estruendo metálico
Flows well
SeproTec
hurras y jaleos
Good term selection
Rainer Zawadzki
aenaban
Good term selection
nice!
Rainer Zawadzki
queja ya existente en siglos anteriores
Flows well
Rainer Zawadzki
+2
el exceso de distracciones que ocupan el espacio que le pertenece al silencio
Good term selection
Original, ​elegant, a​ccurate
José Andrés Rubio
-1
+1
se cierne
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
n el recio desierto o en una habitación desocupada
Flows well
Cee Romero
+2
1
entra a hurtadillas
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
Entry #23081 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Spain
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Entry2.972.94 (16 ratings)3.00 (15 ratings)
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rugido del tráfico
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
+1
páramos
Good term selection
Ramon Soto
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Entry2.953.11 (9 ratings)2.78 (9 ratings)
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Algo que caracteriza los tiempos que corren
Flows well
refreshing
Rainer Zawadzki
estridencia
Good term selection
Addi Andrus
+1
bullían
Good term selection
Addi Andrus
a voz en cuello
Good term selection
Manuel Matias
gritos de aclamación y abucheos
Flows well
Anahí Seri
aferra
Flows well
Anahí Seri
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asunto
Good term selection
Abril Wagner
+3
1
desolada
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
+2
cuando el silencio emerge en el corazón de un bosque de pinos, o en la soledad de un desierto
Flows well
Mónica Algazi
-1
en exceso.
Good term selection
Rossana Pattroni
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Sayda Pineda
Sayda Pineda
United States
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Entry2.923.15 (13 ratings)2.69 (13 ratings)
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-3
2
aniquila
Good term selection
Lidia Benitez
Antes de que existieran
Good term selection
Valeria Moreno
compás de sus arduas labores
Flows well
mejor que ​esclavizad​os a su tr​abajo
Rainer Zawadzki
+2
volumen
Good term selection
Rossana Pattroni
+2
del que también se quejaban en siglos pasados
Flows well
excelente ​The senten​ce in Engl​ish is not​ correct- ​centuries ​cannot com​plain
gimenezc
+2
más bien ahora se trata
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
+1
se aferra
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
+1
resguardarse
Good term selection
Lidia Benitez
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páramos
Flows well
Término co​rrecto. ¡A​l fin algu​ien supo t​raducir co​n precisió​n lo que d​ecía en el​ original!
Ramon Soto
a viva voz
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
reinar
Good term selection
Laura Serván
+2
a hurtadillas
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
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Entry2.863.21 (14 ratings)2.50 (14 ratings)
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+1
quietud
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
desechos
Good term selection
After ​fin​di​ng ​the​ ​follo​wi​ng ​quote​​-the ​word​ ​waste ​i​n ​this ​c​onte​xt ​m​eans ​wast​e ​and ​no​t ​waste​l​and-​-Dec ​​31, ​2010​ ​- ​URBAN​ ​FRONT​IE​R ​Erlin​g​ ​Kagge ​l​ed ​an ​ex​ped​ition ​​that ​rev​ea​led ​an​ ​entir​el​y ​..... ​​They ​were​ ​turne​d ​​back ​by ​an ​impas​​sable ​mou​nt​ain ​of​ ​waste​.
gimenezc
+1
neumáticos
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
+1
aislamiento voluntario en los teléfonos móviles
Flows well
Francisco Vare
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los trenes bullían con conversación
Good term selection
Anamaría Rojas
al igual que lo hacían
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
está pendiente de cualquier cosa
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
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Un tema de actualidad
Other
justo al p​unto
Rainer Zawadzki
mundo desarrollado
Good term selection
Ana Crespo
desechos
Good term selection
After ​fin​di​ng ​the​ ​follo​wi​ng ​quote​​-the ​word​ ​waste ​i​n ​this ​c​onte​xt ​m​eans ​wast​e ​and ​no​t ​waste​l​and-​-Dec ​​31, ​2010​ ​- ​URBAN​ ​FRONT​IE​R ​Erlin​g​ ​Kagge ​l​ed ​an ​ex​ped​ition ​​that ​rev​ea​led ​an​ ​entir​el​y ​..... ​​They ​were​ ​turne​d ​​back ​by ​an ​impas​​sable ​mou​nt​ain ​of​ ​waste​.
gimenezc
adoquines
Good term selection
Ana Crespo
entrevé
Good term selection
Rainer Zawadzki
+1
gorjeo
Good term selection
nice
Rainer Zawadzki
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reminiscencias
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Laura Jimenez
+1
adoquines
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
las conversaciones colmaban
Flows well
Elba Hernández
hurras
Flows well
Elba Hernández
+2
abucheos
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
+1
incómodo
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
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+1
lugares
Good term selection
Exacto. Un​a de las p​ocas tradu​cciones qu​e respeta ​el sentido​ de "where​".
MarinaM
caos de ¡viva! y jaleo
Flows well
Nice
Rainer Zawadzki
-1
1
Ahora no lo hacen.
Flows well
Valeria Moreno
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+1
1
contemporáneo
Good term selection
Muy buen t​érmino
Lidia Benitez
contraparte
Flows well
Lidia Benitez
+1
yermas
Good term selection
Lidia Benitez
-1
en los autobuses y trenes resonaban las conversaciones
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
-1
aldeanos
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
-1
trabajaban duramente
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
irrumpe
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
+1
El temor aparece y el oído instintivamente se aferra a algo, ya sea al crepitar del fuego, el trino de un ave o el susurro de las hojas
Flows well
Roni Goldberg
+1
1
Las personas buscan silencio, pero no demasiado.
Flows well
Cee Romero
demasiado
Good term selection
Rossana Pattroni
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+1
está cansada del ruid
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
+1
a viva voz
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
+1
chisporrotear de la fogata
Good term selection
Carmela Gaytán
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a pleno pulmón
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
abucheos
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
+1
cantaban mientras trabajaban de sol a sol
Flows well
Roni Goldberg
han perdido esa costumbre
Flows well
Roni Goldberg
+2
1
sigilosamente
Flows well
gimenezc
Buscamos silencio, pero no tanto.
Flows well
La mejor t​raducción ​de la últi​ma frase q​ue he leíd​o. Todas s​on literal​es o demas​iado rebus​cadas. Est​a suena na​tural y es​ sencilla.
Anahí Vinokur Jeinson (X)
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Un tema de estos tiempos
Flows well
Julio Cesar Freytes Bacalao
-5
3
incluso los campesinos cantaban en su esclavitud
Flows well
Lidia Benitez
que lo salve de ese vacío desconocido
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
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+1
2
Un tema de actualidad
Good term selection
Rossana Pattroni
triquitraque
Good term selection
Rainer Zawadzki
+1
bombo y platillo
Flows well
nice
Rainer Zawadzki
-1
+1
eran un caos de hurras y abucheos
Good term selection
Eduardo López Herrero
-1
+1
1
Ya no se canta
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
Ahí surge otra paradoja porque, al invadirlo (en la profundidad de un pinar, en el desierto desnudo, en una habitación de pronto deshabitada), suele resultar más angustioso que acogedor.
Flows well
Refreshing​ variant!
Rainer Zawadzki
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La humanidad está cansada del ruido
Flows well
Simple, di​recto y cl​aro
Rossana Pattroni
pescado fresco
Good term selection
Se despega​ con buen ​tino de la​ traducció​n literal ​"caballa f​resca"
Roni Goldberg
faena
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
+2
gratificante
Good term selection
Lidia Benitez
+1
adueña
Good term selection
Lidia Benitez
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son agresiones y distracciones interminables
Flows well
Coburn Ingram
+1
chisporroteo
Good term selection
Lidia Benitez
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Rodamir
Rodamir
United States
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ansía
Good term selection
Rossana Pattroni
chirrido
Flows well
muy grafic​o
Rainer Zawadzki
El pavor entra a gatas
Good term selection
Nice!
Rainer Zawadzki
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Priscilla Portela
Priscilla Portela
United States
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son una distracción y una agresión interminables
Flows well
Valeria Moreno
+1
rimero
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
+1
crepitar
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
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-1
1
desechos
Good term selection
After ​fin​di​ng ​the​ ​follo​wi​ng ​quote​​-the ​word​ ​waste ​i​n ​this ​c​onte​xt ​m​eans ​wast​e ​and ​no​t ​waste​l​and-​-Dec ​​31, ​2010​ ​- ​URBAN​ ​FRONT​IE​R ​Erlin​g​ ​Kagge ​l​ed ​an ​ex​ped​ition ​​that ​rev​ea​led ​an​ ​entir​el​y ​..... ​​They ​were​ ​turne​d ​​back ​by ​an ​impas​​sable ​mou​nt​ain ​of​ ​waste​.
gimenezc
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+1
posiblemente no haya más ruido ahora del que solía haber
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
se afanaban trabajando
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
que también provocaba quejas en siglos pasados
Flows well
Manuel Matias
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-2
+1
2
«A History of Silence»
Other
Uso correc​to de las ​comillas
Link: http://lem​a.rae.es/d​pd/?key=co​millas
Esther Rodrigo
sus mercancías en una pila muda
Good term selection
Rainer Zawadzki
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-1
El estruendo del tráfico
Flows well
Francisco Vare
+1
el ruido incesante de los teléfonos
Good term selection
Sayda Pineda
demuestra ser inquietante en lugar de acogedor.
Flows well
nice!
Rainer Zawadzki
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las calles estaban saturadas por el ensordecedor sonido metálico
Flows well
Francisco Vare
+1
a hurtadillas
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
+1
atento
Good term selection
Rossana Pattroni
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Patricia Blanco
Patricia Blanco
United Kingdom
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desechos
Good term selection
After ​fin​di​ng ​the​ ​follo​wi​ng ​quote​​-the ​word​ ​waste ​i​n ​this ​c​onte​xt ​m​eans ​wast​e ​and ​no​t ​waste​l​and-​-Dec ​​31, ​2010​ ​- ​URBAN​ ​FRONT​IE​R ​Erlin​g​ ​Kagge ​l​ed ​an ​ex​ped​ition ​​that ​rev​ea​led ​an​ ​entir​el​y ​..... ​​They ​were​ ​turne​d ​​back ​by ​an ​impas​​sable ​mou​nt​ain ​of​ ​waste​.
gimenezc
trabajaban duramente
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
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el crepitar del fuego
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
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Luis Ortiz
Luis Ortiz
United States
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anhela
Good term selection
Rossana Pattroni
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+1
Un tema muy de moda en estos días
Flows well
refreshing
Rainer Zawadzki
El ser humano se aturde a sí mismo con su propio ruido y sin embargo anhela lo contrario
Flows well
Bárbara Gama
Pero quizá, como señala Corbin
Flows well
Bárbara Gama
solían
Flows well
gimenezc
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+4
anunciaban a todo pulmó
Flows well
gimenezc
+1
generaciones anteriores también se quejaban
Flows well
gimenezc
+1
se aferra
Flows well
gimenezc
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+1
catedrático
Good term selection
Laura Serván
más ruido del que solía haber
Good term selection
gimenezc
u paso sobre
Flows well
Nice!
Rainer Zawadzki
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Laura Conejo (X)
Laura Conejo (X)
Costa Rica
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+1
aislamiento voluntario en los teléfonos móviles
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
aferra
Flows well
Anahí Seri
+1
el crepitar del fuego, el canto de un pájaro o el susurro de las hojas,
Flows well
Mónica Algazi
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Rody Correa Avila
Rody Correa Avila
United States
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Uno de los temas de esta era, al menos en el mundo desarrollado, es que la gente anhela silencio y no lo halla
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
a voz en cuello
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
el volumen del ruido,
Good term selection
Rossana Pattroni
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+1
pescado fresco
Good term selection
Buena elec​ción, libr​ada de la ​traducción​ literal "​caballa fr​esca"
Roni Goldberg
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dankon
dankon
United States
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Entry2.372.55 (11 ratings)2.18 (11 ratings)
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-1
dese
Flows well
After ​fin​di​ng ​the​ ​follo​wi​ng ​quote​​-the ​word​ ​waste ​i​n ​this ​c​onte​xt ​m​eans ​wast​e ​and ​no​t ​waste​l​and-​-Dec ​​31, ​2010​ ​- ​URBAN​ ​FRONT​IE​R ​Erlin​g​ ​Kagge ​l​ed ​an ​ex​ped​ition ​​that ​rev​ea​led ​an​ ​entir​el​y ​..... ​​They ​were​ ​turne​d ​​back ​by ​an ​impas​​sable ​mou​nt​ain ​of​ ​waste​.
gimenezc
neumáticos
Good term selection
Christina Fernandez
sigilosamente
Good term selection
Francisco Vare
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Felix Rigaud
Felix Rigaud
Venezuela
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Entry2.362.57 (7 ratings)2.14 (7 ratings)
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-2
1
desechos
Other
After ​fin​di​ng ​the​ ​follo​wi​ng ​quote​​-the ​word​ ​waste ​i​n ​this ​c​onte​xt ​m​eans ​wast​e ​and ​no​t ​waste​l​and-​-Dec ​​31, ​2010​ ​- ​URBAN​ ​FRONT​IE​R ​Erlin​g​ ​Kagge ​l​ed ​an ​ex​ped​ition ​​that ​rev​ea​led ​an​ ​entir​el​y ​..... ​​They ​were​ ​turne​d ​​back ​by ​an ​impas​​sable ​mou​nt​ain ​of​ ​waste​.
gimenezc
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PilarW
PilarW
United States
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-1
1
chisporroteo
Good term selection
Roni Goldberg
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Mariella Solivan (X)
Mariella Solivan (X)
United States
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-2
1
desechos
Good term selection
After ​fin​di​ng ​the​ ​follo​wi​ng ​quote​​-the ​word​ ​waste ​i​n ​this ​c​onte​xt ​m​eans ​wast​e ​and ​no​t ​waste​l​and-​-Dec ​​31, ​2010​ ​- ​URBAN​ ​FRONT​IE​R ​Erlin​g​ ​Kagge ​l​ed ​an ​ex​ped​ition ​​that ​rev​ea​led ​an​ ​entir​el​y ​..... ​​They ​were​ ​turne​d ​​back ​by ​an ​impas​​sable ​mou​nt​ain ​of​ ​waste​.
gimenezc
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Eliana Nieto
Eliana Nieto
Argentina
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está exhausta
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
probable que no haya más ruido del que solía haber.
Flows well
Rossana Pattroni
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desechos
Good term selection
After ​fin​di​ng ​the​ ​follo​wi​ng ​quote​​-the ​word​ ​waste ​i​n ​this ​c​onte​xt ​m​eans ​wast​e ​and ​no​t ​waste​l​and-​-Dec ​​31, ​2010​ ​- ​URBAN​ ​FRONT​IE​R ​Erlin​g​ ​Kagge ​l​ed ​an ​ex​ped​ition ​​that ​rev​ea​led ​an​ ​entir​el​y ​..... ​​They ​were​ ​turne​d ​​back ​by ​an ​impas​​sable ​mou​nt​ain ​of​ ​waste​.
gimenezc
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+1
En estos tiempos
Flows well
Elba Hernández
jauría
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
vítores
Good term selection
Olga Pérez Díaz
antaño
Good term selection
Laura Jimenez
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-1
+2
1
Que las personas añoren silencio y éste no se logre es un tema de la época, al menos, para el mundo desarrollado.
Flows well
Diferente,​ llamativo​ y preciso​ al leerlo
Lidia Benitez
-1
1
«A History of Silence»
Other
Comillas b​ien emplea​das
Lidia Benitez
caóticos
Good term selection
Lidia Benitez
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esechos de Antártica, donde los dos han intentado escapar.
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After ​fin​di​ng ​the​ ​follo​wi​ng ​quote​​-the ​word​ ​waste ​i​n ​this ​c​onte​xt ​m​eans ​wast​e ​and ​no​t ​waste​l​and-​-Dec ​​31, ​2010​ ​- ​URBAN​ ​FRONT​IE​R ​Erlin​g​ ​Kagge ​l​ed ​an ​ex​ped​ition ​​that ​rev​ea​led ​an​ ​entir​el​y ​..... ​​They ​were​ ​turne​d ​​back ​by ​an ​impas​​sable ​mou​nt​ain ​of​ ​waste​.
gimenezc
la publicitaban a viva voz
Flows well
Roni Goldberg
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Maite Herrero Baratas (X)
Maite Herrero Baratas (X)
Spain
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se aferra instintivamente
Flows well
Francisco Vare
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