Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
escatológica
English translation:
eschatological
Spanish term
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escatológica
Is there another interpretation of this, another way of saying it? It just sounds wrong, really wrong.
Si se acepta ese horizonte, el juicio, y en suma la responsabilidad, corresponderá siempre en última instancia a quien se sitúe en una perspectiva escatológica, el que apueste por el ganador.
Rough draft:
If this horizon is accepted, judgement, and responsibility itself, in the end will always fall to the person who is situated in a scatological perspective, the one which backs the winner.
| 4 +6 | eschatological |
Mercedes Rizzuti
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| 3 -3 | whoever takes a scatalogical stance/view(point)/perspective |
David Hollywood
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Mar 24, 2010 11:42: Mercedes Rizzuti Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Jim Tucker (X)
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Proposed translations
eschatological
Could it be the idea in the text?
Take a look at this link: http://www.google.com.ar/search?hl=es&defl=en&q=define:escha...
| Yes, that is it, I think, I will have to read up on it. Now I feel a little silly, I just assumed it had only one meaning. |
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whoever takes a scatalogical stance/view(point)/perspective
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Note added at 9 mins (2010-03-19 21:29:23 GMT)
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or to follow your own rendering: the person who takes etc.
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Note added at 12 mins (2010-03-19 21:32:02 GMT)
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my spelling is woeful :) ... should read "scatological" of course :)
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philgoddard
: I suggest you look up "scatological" in the dictionary!
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Jim Tucker (X)
: Scatology and eschatology are miles apart.
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Carmen Schultz
: You probably should resubmit bec scatology has to do with excrement and eschatology has to do with destiny
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Reference comments
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;escatological; versus ;eschatological;
eschatological
A adjective
1 eschatological
of or relating to or dealing with or regarding the ultimate destiny of mankind and the world
scatological
A adjective
1 scatological
dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions; "scatological literature"
Adapted From: WordNet 2.0 Copyright 2003 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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Note added at 18 hrs (2010-03-20 15:21:58 GMT)
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Note: sorry about the semi- colons in the heading; they are not supposed to be there. I was trying to put single quotes and hit the wrong key- and, yes, as Jim noted, I added an 'e' inadvertently to scatological but the word below, in reference area with definition, is spelled correctly.
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Jim Tucker (X)
: yes: but "scatological"; Spanish inserts an extra euphonic "e" that is not in the Greek.
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Thanks! The semi- colons in the heading they are not supposed to be there- I was trying to put single quotes and hit the wrong key-- o yes, I added an 'e' inadvertently to scatological but the word in reference definition I added is spelled correctly.
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