Hubo un tiempo que fue hermoso - What is the English translation? English translators help English translators with the translation of Hubo un tiempo que fue hermoso

Conges terminology question

189 months ago

JENN64 asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Hubo un tiempo que fue hermoso
Context:	Story title Como se puede decir en una misma palabra “pleasant” xq es referido al tiempo
Keywords:	siento que beautiful or handsome or pretty se refiere a una persona any idea.....

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187 months ago

Helene Pulacu wrote:

Those times were lovely, or It was great/lovely once, or Those great times (we had), or Once upon a time things were great

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188 months ago

Helene Pulacu wrote:

It (or He) was beautiful then.

My comment:

It is difficult to find an ambiguous solution (as you suggest the title may be). It is impossible to say if it refers to 'that time' or a person without reading the story.

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188 months ago

Mario wrote:

It was a lovely climate

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189 months ago

chrisbritingles wrote:

There was a time that was beautiful

My comment:

beautiful can be used but again depends on the reference, the more correct translation would be:
There was a time that was fantastic, again it depends on context.

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189 months ago

chrisbritingles wrote:

There was a time that it was beautyful

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189 months ago

chrisbritingles wrote:

Once (there) was a superb (fantastic) time

My comment:

El problema es que no sabemos si se trata del tiempo meteorológico o del tiempo en el sentido de época

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189 months ago