Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
O meu triunfo era trunfo que se bastava e ele e eu, inimigos desta verdade, deduzíamos por ócio a ela.
English translation:
My triumph suffices as trump, and the both of us, enemies to this truth, reasoned in its idleness
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Eduardo Pinto (X)
Feb 8, 2009 00:02
15 yrs ago
Portuguese term
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O meu triunfo era trunfo que se bastava e ele e eu, inimigos desta verdade, deduzíamos por ócio a ela.
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Poetry
I am making a poetry translation and I've found a labiritic sentence that would need support for the best translation: 'O meu triunfo era trunfo que se bastava e ele e eu, inimigos desta verdade, deduzíamos por ócio a ela'
Thank you,
Eduardo Pinto
Thank you,
Eduardo Pinto
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Feb 8, 2009 05:58: Fernanda Rocha changed "Term asked" from "Poetry" to "O meu triunfo era trunfo que se bastava e ele e eu, inimigos desta verdade, deduzíamos por ócio a ela."
Proposed translations
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José Henrique Moreira
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Portuguese term (edited):
Poetry
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My triumph suffices as trump, and the both of us, enemies to this truth, reasoned in its idleness
Verdadeiramente críptica esta frase,de facto... sem ler o resto do poema, a minha sugestão é esta...
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Portuguese term (edited):
Poetry
My triumph was a trump, enough for itself. Both of us, enemies of such truth, deduced it by laze
Maybe.
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Eudo Araujo Junior
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Obrigado, Eudo, bom domingo!
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suesimons
: Laze?
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Says Babylon: laze = vagabundagem, espreguiçamento, passagem de tempo demorada
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Edgar Potter
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My triumph in itself was trump enough, and he and I, enemies to that truth, ...
...discovered it as we rested
I get the idea that when the fighting ceased, the combatents, who were so opposed to each other that they could not think of not battling (to the death?), realized the triump of the speaker was sufficient glory
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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-02-08 08:53:50 GMT)
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...enemies *of* that truth... better, I think
I get the idea that when the fighting ceased, the combatents, who were so opposed to each other that they could not think of not battling (to the death?), realized the triump of the speaker was sufficient glory
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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-02-08 08:53:50 GMT)
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...enemies *of* that truth... better, I think
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Isabel Peck
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Portugal
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My triumph was victory enough and I and it both, foes of this truth, idly detracted from it.
Just a possibility...
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Floriana Leary
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My triumph was the trump that suficed and he and I, adversaries of this truth, concluded/abased our
Another idea
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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-02-08 11:36:18 GMT)
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**I don't know what happened, perhaps the whole sentence didn't fit, but laziness didn't appear after I posted my answer, so here's the entire sentence again:
My triumph was the trump that sufficed and he and I, adversaries of this truth, concluded/abased our laziness
Sorry for suffice only having one f up top, it's suffice with 2 f's
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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-02-08 11:36:18 GMT)
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**I don't know what happened, perhaps the whole sentence didn't fit, but laziness didn't appear after I posted my answer, so here's the entire sentence again:
My triumph was the trump that sufficed and he and I, adversaries of this truth, concluded/abased our laziness
Sorry for suffice only having one f up top, it's suffice with 2 f's
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My triumph was a definite trump, while he and I were against such truth, we yielded out of laziness.
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My triumph was a good enough trump, while he and I were both against such truth, we yielded out of sheer laziness.
My triumph was a good enough trump, while he and I were both against such truth, we yielded out of sheer laziness.
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