Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
sheer
Spanish translation:
puro / total /absoluto
English term
sheer
| 4 +3 | puro / total /absoluto |
Walter Blass
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| 4 | verdadera |
Adela Richter
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| 4 | inadulterada |
Carl Stoll
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| 4 | mera/simple |
Cecilia Gowar
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| 4 | exclusiva |
Enrique F Granados-González
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Aug 18, 2011 13:57: Walter Blass Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): David Hollywood, Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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Proposed translations
Argentina
Native in: German (Variants: Saxon (Upper), Swiss, Swabian, Bavarian, Belgian, Austrian, Namibian, Alsatian, Germany, South Tyrol (Italy)) 
, Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Standard-Spain)
Works in: German to Spanish, Spanish to German, English to German, and 1 more.
puro / total /absoluto
| la falta de pura mala fortuna? |
| agree |
Henry Hinds
35 mins
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Gracias!
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| agree |
David Hollywood
43 mins
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Gracias!
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| agree |
Denise De Peña (X)
43 mins
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Gracias!
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Argentina
FrenchTranslator-Industrial Property
Native in: Spanish
Works in: French to Spanish, English to Spanish, Spanish to French
verdadera
Argentina
Reliability Writ Large
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Italian to English, German to English, French to English, and 18 more.
inadulterada
United Kingdom
I read the Alethiometer
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
mera/simple
Entiendo que aquí está usado en el sentido de "ni más ni menos".
Spain
Ad pedem litteræ, mutatis mutandis
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
exclusiva
Aunque como bien dicen Walter y Adela el significado primario es el que ellos señalan, en este contexto quedaría tal vez mejor esta expresión.
Saludos
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Note added at 3 horas (2011-08-04 06:58:54 GMT)
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Translatortrad, esa traducción parece bastante apropiada. Ese es el sentido.
| La clave, creo, es reconocer a los dos misterios como expresiones gemelas de una única, primordial, falibilidad humana: la necesidad de atribuir el éxito a la propia esencia moral, y el fracaso a la pura mala fortuna. |
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