Glossary entry

español term or phrase:

trasladarte los pilares

inglés translation:

provide you with the foundations

Added to glossary by Barbara Cochran, MFA
Sep 22, 2015 13:38
8 yrs ago
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español term

trasladarte los pilares

español al inglés Arte/Literatura General / Conversación / Saludos / Cartas In A Novel
Contexto (a mother, on her death bed, addressing her daughter):

Como madre he hecho todo lo posible para trasladarte los pilares que toda persona ha de tener siempre para ir por la vida, teniendo en cuenta las prnicipales virtudes que te dejo en herencia: una educación basada en valores inherentes al ser humano, con independencia de si es una mujer o un hombre, del color de piel que tengas...

Gracias,

Barbara
Change log

Sep 27, 2015 11:28: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry

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leave/provide you with the foundations

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Thank You.
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3 horas

to pass on to you the foundations/the base

'trasladar' porque se trata de mantener una tradición, una cultura
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6 horas

share with/pass on to you the principles

To me, "pilares" means 'principles', especially in this context.
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17 horas

instil in/into you the foundations of

I think a good verb to use in this context could be to instil as it is often collocated in the context of educating, bringing someone up according to certain values, principles
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1 día 50 minutos

pass on to you the principles to live your life by/ the principle to always live by

the principles which everyone should live by -
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