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Potentially to "experience ice for the first time", but that lacks the romantic-ness of the Spanish original. The problem is that English's "meet" or "know" wou
by ianstormtaylor 13y ago
Potentially to "experience ice for the first time", but that lacks the romantic-ness of the Spanish original. The problem is that English's "meet" or "know" would cause the reader to double-take, and potentially still not understand the meaning, whereas in Spanish it feels normal.
- Uhhrrr 13y ago"grok"? Not in common enough usage though, and not sounding nearly as pretty.
- ScottBurson 13y agoI think "learn about ice" would have worked.
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- edanm 13y ago"Introduced" him to ice, maybe? It's usually translated "to know", as in "took him to know ice", but I think "introduced" works better here.
- Trufa 13y agoThe thing is "conocer el hielo" gives you this feeling of playing and experimenting a new sensation. It's more like took him to discover the ice, but I don't think I can translate it accurately, though the differences are subtle, they're there.
- pseingatl 13y agoMany years later, Colonel A.B. faced a firing squad while remembering that distant afternoon when his father came to show him ice.