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No puedo dejar de tener en cuenta

English translation: I can't help thinking about/remembering...or It is impossible to forget/ignore

22:36 Feb 12, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / review of a painter and his works
Spanish term or phrase: No puedo dejar de tener en cuenta
Hi there - don't know how best to express this in context. All suggestions welcome! Here's the paragraph:

........ es para mí un personaje peculiar con una larga vida detrás. ** No puedo dejar de tener en cuenta **todos los acontecimientos históricos que ha vivido, los cuales yo sólo he leído en los libros. Esto hace que le escuche de otra forma, como alguien con un bagaje de vida que le hace más interesante ante mí.
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 22:37
English translation:I can't help thinking about/remembering...or It is impossible to forget/ignore
Explanation:


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H.Endres
Spain
Local time: 22:37
Grading comment
Thanks a lot H! Liked some of the other suggestions too but yours fit best into my text. I used "I can't help thinking about..."
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6I can't ignore/I have to take into account
Lydia De Jorge
5 +2I can't help thinking about/remembering...or It is impossible to forget/ignore
H.Endres
4 +2I can't help but be aware of ...
Rachel Fell
4 +1I cannot but take into account.....
Nelida Kreer
4 +1I find... unforgettable; I find ... hard to forget
Carol Gullidge
3 +1[All the historical events he's lived through and which ...] have a special meaning for me
Bubo Coroman (X)
4I'm always aware
Lucy Phillips
4I have to take into consideration that...
Katarina Peters
4It is inevitably apparent to me that...
Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
4I have to take into consideration
Katarina Peters


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
I can't ignore/I have to take into account


Explanation:
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 15:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 187

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
2 mins
  -> Gracias Patricia! Un abrazo!
agree  Carolina Ruiz
51 mins
  -> Muchas gracias Carolina!
agree  Michael Brady: tricky phrase, nicely done
1 hr
  -> Thanks so much Mike!
agree  Diego Metzadour: Good job!
7 hrs
  -> Thank you again!
agree  Gacela20
15 hrs
  -> Gracias Gacela!
agree  Ximena Novoa
15 hrs
  -> Gracias Ximena!
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
I cannot but take into account.....


Explanation:

Pienso que el "no puedo dejar de" queda reflejado con la estructura "I cannot but...."

Nelida Kreer
Local time: 16:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ximena Correa: I really believe this is the best translation. Very well thought! It reflects exaclty what the phrase means in spanish.
2 hrs
  -> Gracias Ximena!! You definitely made my day....Saludos
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
[All the historical events he's lived through and which ...] have a special meaning for me


Explanation:
... "This makes me listen to him differently ..."

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-02-12 22:48:07 GMT)
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alternatively:

"All the historical events he's lived through and which ...] resonate with me in a special way"

or:

"All the historical events he's lived through and which ...] strike a special chord with me"

Bubo Coroman (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 310

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Óscar Delgado Gosálvez: [...] are inevitably apparent to me. (linda foto nueva, felicidades :-) )
14 mins
  -> muchas gracias Óscar, la foto es del Carnaval recién terminado. Un abrazo :-) Deborah
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I'm always aware


Explanation:
I think in this context this would be the most appropriate term - perhaps the translation would continue along the lines of: 'I'm always aware that s/he has lived through historical events that I've only read about in books'

you could also try something like 'I can't forget' or 'I always remember' but somehow these seem to imply an opposition, or an unwillingness to take these facts into account that I'm not sure is present in the original.



Lucy Phillips
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
I can't help thinking about/remembering...or It is impossible to forget/ignore


Explanation:




H.Endres
Spain
Local time: 22:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot H! Liked some of the other suggestions too but yours fit best into my text. I used "I can't help thinking about..."

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jack_speak: I can't help thinking about - that's my vote! Alternatively: It's impossible for me not to think about (...all the things he's lived through that I've only read about in books.)
1 hr
agree  Victoria Porter-Burns
10 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I have to take into consideration that...


Explanation:
that's how I would say it

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 16:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 45
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
It is inevitably apparent to me that...


Explanation:
Or the other way around, like Deborah proposed: [...] are inevitably apparent to me.

Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
United States
Local time: 16:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
I find... unforgettable; I find ... hard to forget


Explanation:
to move a little further from the literary

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Note added at 20 mins (2008-02-12 22:57:01 GMT)
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OR

I can't stop thinking about

I can't get ... out of my mind

.... keeps springing to mind

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 214

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Victoria Porter-Burns: 'I can't stop thinking about' sounds good to me, CAROL :-)
10 hrs
  -> thanks, Victoria :)
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I have to take into consideration


Explanation:
another option

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 16:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 45
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
I can't help but be aware of ...


Explanation:
another sugg.

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elizabeth Medina: I agree! :)
4 hrs
  -> Thank you Elizabeth!
agree  Gary Smith Lawson: The first thing that occurred to me too. :.)
23 hrs
  -> Thank you Gary:-)
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