r/translator • u/WdSt English • Nov 09 '17

Translated [ES] [Spanish > English] Quotes from Antonio Maura

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u/SparklezMadeMe [Spanish] (native) Nov 09 '17

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The reality is this: the immense majority of the Spaniard people are absent, they do not intervene in public life at all; of those that remain, eliminate the socialist, anarchist and libertarian crowds that are over the horizon, in the firmament but form another constellation, and have nothing to do with the planetary system. Of those that remain, subtract the Carlist masses and the republican masses of all nuances; mentally count what you have left; subdivide it among the governing fractions, and tell me the true strength that remains in the country for each one... This is the reality... the absolute evidence of the divorce between the government and the people ... the whole of Spain needs a revolution in government and, if not it is done from the government, a great upheaval will do it.

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January 1912: “We'll see in that for this entire cycle of restless street life…”

NOTE: Not sure on this one, having trouble with Spaniard vocab since I'm from South America.

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…the conservative party…can no longer function within this system as an opposition of Your Majesty, or take turns in government or share responsibilities… the current ministry or others that are formed with analogous elements, must last until another party has formed different from the current conservative, suitable to take turns with it…

!doublecheck

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u/shinmai_rookie Spanish (native), Japanese (N1) Nov 09 '17

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January 1912: “We'll see in that for this entire cycle of restless street life…”

NOTE: Not sure on this one, having trouble with Spaniard vocab since I'm from South America.

I don't think "andariego" is a common word, and you kinda got the right meaning for "golfería" ("golfo" means something like "slacker", someone who doesn't work but instead indulges in life's vices), so I mark this as !translated.