Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a la de una/dos/tres
English translation:
ready, set, go
Added to glossary by
Jessie LN
Nov 11, 2008 15:17
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term
a la de una/dos/tres
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
"**Festival a la de una, de cine a la de dos, ¡europeo a la de tres!.** Después de un año de dilatada espera para los más cinéfagos, el festival de cine europeo de Sevilla sube el telón."
This is the first part of a short paragraph about a film festival. I'm not sure if the first sentence just means something like "one part festival, one part cinema, one part European" or something else.
This is the first part of a short paragraph about a film festival. I'm not sure if the first sentence just means something like "one part festival, one part cinema, one part European" or something else.
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Alberto Martinez
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la expresion intercala "festival de cine europeo" con el modo coloquial de iniciar una competicion o un juego, al la una, a las dos, a las tres..de dificil traduccion, podrias dejarlo como " European cinema festival, ready? Go!" a algo asi
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Alice Bootman
: It is definitely a play on words. Your suggestion is good, and another one is "Ready, set, go! It's the European Film Festival!" This is, indeed, a difficult translation. Good luck!
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jacana54 (X)
: y también me gusta la sugerencia de Alice
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Maria Kisic
: Also like Alice's suggestion.
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Comment: "Muchas gracias!
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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ready, steady, go! / one, two, three! / going, going, gone!
Tres posibilidades que ofrece el Collins:
ready, steady, go! / one, two, three! / going, going, gone!
ready, steady, go! / one, two, three! / going, going, gone!
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Alice Bootman
: Right, but how does that fit the context of the question?
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It's the one... European, two... Film, three... Festival!
It's a combination of "one, two, three!" and "European Film Festival"
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Alice Bootman
: This is another good way of putting it.
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many thanks Alice, enjoy your day! :-) Deborah
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Eloi Castellví Alonso
: I prefer this one.
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many thanks Eloy :-) Deborah
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jacana54 (X)
: reproduce el original
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gracias Lucía, un abrazo grande :-) deborah
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Noelia Ruiz Pérez
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thanks nakedtrans :-) Deborah
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kironne
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many thanks Kironne! :-) Deborah
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on your marks/get set/go!
This is another common one...
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Note added at 57 mins (2008-11-11 16:15:25 GMT)
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Alice - could be: ON YOUR MARKS for the European, GET SET for Film, GO to the Festival! Don't love the first part, but someone craftier might tie it in better...
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Note added at 57 mins (2008-11-11 16:15:25 GMT)
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Alice - could be: ON YOUR MARKS for the European, GET SET for Film, GO to the Festival! Don't love the first part, but someone craftier might tie it in better...
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Alice Bootman
: Ok, but how does that fit the context of miralaluna's question?
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Alice, see above. Mostly, just putting another option out there for possible word play! Cheers, David
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Festival: ready, Cinematographic: set, European: go!
otra versio. Me gusta la idea de Alice mucho tambien
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