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ledger (en este contexto)

Spanish translation: registro

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English term or phrase:ledger (en este contexto)
Spanish translation:registro
Entered by: Paula Alvarez (X)

21:18 Jan 18, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy / Historia
English term or phrase: ledger (en este contexto)
To sum up, one could say that when Galileo modified the classical trope of ‘the Book of Nature’, adding that it ‘was written in mathematical characters’, little could he have anticipated that we would now have to say that the ‘Book of Nature’ is in fact a protocol book, a huge and complex ledger that should be written in a mixture of legal, moral, political and mathematical hieroglyphs… It is still a Book, but how different it reads…
Paula Alvarez (X)
Local time: 01:30
registro
Explanation:
I hope it helps! : )
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Soledad Liquori
Local time: 18:30
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4registro
Soledad Liquori
4obra
Rafael Molina Pulgar
4libro de contabilidad
Leonardo Parachú


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
registro


Explanation:
I hope it helps! : )

Soledad Liquori
Local time: 18:30
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: gracias


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  patricia scott: This is it, unless the text has a twist to it somewhere and means lápida on which all this is recorded, which doesn't seem to be the case.
9 mins
agree  ines perrone
3 hrs
agree  Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT: Sí. Buen enfoque.
8 hrs
agree  Alan R King: This is the "right" translation as far as the meaning is concerned, but you (the translator) still need to decide if it actually "works" in the context (just as patricia is saying, I think).
9 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
obra


Explanation:
Suerte.

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 17:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: gracias

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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
libro de contabilidad


Explanation:
Ya que Galileo considera que su libro "Book of Nature" estaba escrito con "mathematical characters", me parece una traducción adecuada.

Espero que te sirva de ayuda.

Leonardo Parachú
Local time: 20:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Asker: gracias

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