Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Las fiestas más saladas
English translation:
The fiestas most worth their salt
Added to glossary by
Lucy Williams
Feb 10, 2014 10:27
10 yrs ago
Spanish term
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Las fiestas más saladas
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Tourism & Travel
tourist guides
From a tourist guide to Cantabria, this is a section heading about the different festivals, saints days and other celebrations in various coastal towns, all based around the sea and maritime traditions.
I would like to try and use the play on words (salada como el mar/ salado meaning witty or amusing or charming) in English somehow but I'm not sure there's a way.
Any ideas?
I would like to try and use the play on words (salada como el mar/ salado meaning witty or amusing or charming) in English somehow but I'm not sure there's a way.
Any ideas?
Proposed translations
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| 3 +4 | The fiestas most worth their salt |
Carol Gullidge
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| 4 +9 | the sea-breeziest fiestas / the breeziest seaside fiestas |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 3 | Fun-filled fiestas by the sea. |
Marian Vieyra
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| 3 | The nippiest and niftiest of beach parties |
Adrian MM. (X)
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Proposed translations
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7 mins
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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180
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The fiestas most worth their salt
i.e., worthwhile, worth visiting, etc
Peer comment(s):
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snathdag
: I like this. It's maybe a bit snappier without the superlative: "Fiestas worth their salt"
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thanks snathdag - good idea!
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franglish
: With snathdag.Cheers!
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thanks franglish!
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Sp-EnTranslator
: Me three agree!
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Thanks Claudia!
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lugoben
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thanks lugoben!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I felt this best suited the text, thanks for your help!"
+9
9 mins
the sea-breeziest fiestas / the breeziest seaside fiestas
Two options that make them sound light and fun and indicate that they take place in seaside towns.
Peer comment(s):
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Janice Giffin
: I like the second option best for its appropriate tone.
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Thanks, Janice. I hope there are no fiestas on the Cantabrian coast this week - the weather is absolutely dreadful!
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philgoddard
: I prefer the second option too. And you could just say "breezy" instead of "the breeziest".
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Cheers and thanks, Phil. I used "breeziest" to capture the "más" - but I agree that it is a mouthful.
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Anthony Ottey
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Thanks very much, Anthony Lee.
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Hans Geluk
: Second option. Well done :)
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Thanks very much, Hans. Have a good afternoon.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: also for 2nd option and keep "breeziest" (Have you got major storms as well?)
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Thanks, gallagy. The storms have not amounted to much in Aragon, but the wind is ferocious.
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Lydianette Soza
: I agree with Philgoddard and Gallagy, I like the 2nd option.
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Thanks, Lydianette. The consensus goes with the second.
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Catarina Lopes
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Thank you very much, Ana Catarina.
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Phoenix III
: 2nd option
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Thanks very much, Phoenix III.
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AllegroTrans
: 2nd option// and cheers from the gigantic all-England flood plain....
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Cheers and thanks from the Spanish steppe. We've been keeping track from here. The photos are mind-boggling. I hope you're keeping dry.
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Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
WorldWideWords
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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20
Fun-filled fiestas by the sea.
Or just fun-filled fiestas...
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The nippiest and niftiest of beach parties
... maybe sauciest too....
Reference:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/poetry_literature/4844357-la_mar_de_salada.html
Discussion
"Minyanville: Is Facebook search worth its salt?"
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/07/12/facebook-graph...
and here's another: " Maine sailors say lost-at-sea film is worth its salt ... sailboats 30-feet-or-bigger registered in the United States tend to stick closer to home"
I guess they wouldn't have used it if it really had no meaning to their readers...?
■ adjective (saltier, saltiest)
tasting of, containing, or preserved with salt.
(of language or humour) down-to-earth; coarse.
And the expression "salty sea dog" comes to mind.