Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

"I'm parading you"

Spanish translation:

Yo te guío

Added to glossary by Sara Ruiz
Sep 10, 2013 11:15
10 yrs ago
English term

"I'm parading you"

English to Spanish Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation Circus
Hi folks. I'm subtitling in Spanish a French movie, whose script was sent to me in English.
A handicapped acrobat is working with his pals and they help him do pirouettes.
As he is moving on the floor, one of his friends gets up and says "I'm parading you". (original French audio is "Je te parade."). There's no physical action but standing...I wonder what does it mean?
Any ideas?
Proposed translations (Spanish)
3 +1 Yo te guío
Change log

Sep 15, 2013 14:10: Sara Ruiz Created KOG entry

Discussion

Sara Ruiz Sep 11, 2013:
I think the writer is playing with the words. I have seen this word in a quite old dictionary..... We all know the term "parade", but here, I think that it's a reference only to the sensations and feelings that it could be involved in the scene beyond the correct use of language.
Toni Castano Sep 11, 2013:
@Mercedes The source sentence you quote is quite confusing to me. In French you cannot "parader quelque´un", it simply does not work, as far as I can judge. As for the English, it seems to be a literal translation from the French. I think you should post your question in the French-Spanish pair hoping for an explanation.
Sara´s answer seems quite logical and might be correct, but, again, "parader quelqu´un" just does not sound correct.

Proposed translations

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Yo te guío

Parader in French is to guide a horse, the soldiers...giving some instructions....
So, I suggest this to you: guiar, offering a moral help...
Note from asker:
That could work! Gracias Sara!
Peer comment(s):

agree Mónica Algazi : O "yo te voy guiando"
9 mins
Gracias Mónica. También. Hay muchas posibilidades, depende de la entonación que se le vaya a dar.
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