Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
pensamiento libre
English translation:
free thoughts
Added to glossary by
Yvonne Becker
Jan 3, 2007 15:16
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Venezuelan)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
pensamiento libre
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Es el título de una canción. Coloco además otra sección de la canción en la que aparece la expresión:
"Pensamiento libre
Silencio es oscuro vacío
ue necesito romper
Luz son mis palabras
Nadie me hará enmudecer
...
"El pensamiento es libre (yo digo),
el pensamiento es libre (contigo),
el pensamiento es libre (es abrigo),
el pensamiento es libre (mi amigo)
el pensamiento es libre (siempre es testigo),
el pensamiento es libre (nunca es mendigo),
el pensamiento es libre (no es enemigo),
el pensamiento es libre..."
Había colocado "free thoughts"; luego pensé en "unrestrained thoughts", pero no me cuadra con la parte final de la canción.
"Pensamiento libre
Silencio es oscuro vacío
ue necesito romper
Luz son mis palabras
Nadie me hará enmudecer
...
"El pensamiento es libre (yo digo),
el pensamiento es libre (contigo),
el pensamiento es libre (es abrigo),
el pensamiento es libre (mi amigo)
el pensamiento es libre (siempre es testigo),
el pensamiento es libre (nunca es mendigo),
el pensamiento es libre (no es enemigo),
el pensamiento es libre..."
Había colocado "free thoughts"; luego pensé en "unrestrained thoughts", pero no me cuadra con la parte final de la canción.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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free thoughts
I think your idea of "free thoughts" works if later you switch to "thoughts are free"
why not?
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Note added at 2 days2 hrs (2007-01-05 18:15:36 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, I don't know if I deserve the points - unless they're for contributing to the second part...But if you choose to let me keep them, I'm more than thankful!!
why not?
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Note added at 2 days2 hrs (2007-01-05 18:15:36 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, I don't know if I deserve the points - unless they're for contributing to the second part...But if you choose to let me keep them, I'm more than thankful!!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muchas gracias a todos"
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Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
The translator people turn to
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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80
To think is free
The only rendition I can think of that seems the right poetic register
+4
1 hr
Edward Tully
Native in English
Because your words matter
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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152
to think is to be free/thinking is freedom
Two more options!
Peer comment(s):
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Claudia Luque Bedregal
: I like your second option. Happy 2007!
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thank you - Happy New Year!
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Noni Gilbert Riley
: Yes, the second one sounds well
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thanks!
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Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
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Thank you Patricia!
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Taña Dalglish
: I particularly like the second option .... (the ability to "think outside the box!") FAN!
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thanks Taña - I am frequently out of my box and sometimes get out of my pram too.
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1 hr
thinking freely
thinking freely, free to think, freedom in thoughts, liberal thoughts, running out of poetry here!
+1
38 mins
(my) thoughts run free
is it the streams of consciousness thing ?
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-03 16:42:29 GMT)
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OR does it mean(my) thoughts are free i.e. not constrained ?
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-03 16:42:29 GMT)
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OR does it mean(my) thoughts are free i.e. not constrained ?
Peer comment(s):
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Deborah Workman
: I think either or both, but more so the second. To preserve the meter, I'd suggest, "My thoughts they are free".
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Patricia Baldwin
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
The power of your words
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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34
Thinking is not slave/Thinking sets you free
Thinking is not slave
Thinking sets you free
+1
2 hrs
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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315
unfettered/unshackled/unchecked thoughts
I think that the sense of the particular freedom (ie, unrestrained) indicated here lies in these 2 lines:
el pensamiento es libre (siempre es testigo),
el pensamiento es libre (nunca es mendigo),
For these lines, you could if you wished change it to, eg: "thoughts as free as the air", depending on the rhythm required
el pensamiento es libre (siempre es testigo),
el pensamiento es libre (nunca es mendigo),
For these lines, you could if you wished change it to, eg: "thoughts as free as the air", depending on the rhythm required
Peer comment(s):
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Silvia Brandon-Pérez
: I like yours best, except that you need something different for the title.
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thanks, silviantonia!
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Silvia Brandon-Pérez
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Precise and on time; lawyer/writer.
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
Free thinking (for the title); thought is free
El título debe ser Free thinking o Free thought, pero en el texto, el autor reitera que el pensamiento es libre, es decir que nadie puede encadenarlo.
Thought is free, en otras palabras. O como dice Carol, unfettered.
Thought is free, en otras palabras. O como dice Carol, unfettered.
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