English translation of "hojas enchapadas cegaban el oro omnipresente" - "bronze plated sheets concealed the omnipresent gold"

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168 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Sciences / Non-fiction books
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	hojas enchapadas cegaban el oro omnipresente
Context:	Atravesó el atrio de las Mujeres y llegó a la abierta puerta de Nicanor, cuyas fulgentes..
Keywords:	...hojas enchapadas de bronce cegaban el oro omnipresente del atrio de Israel, el cual era un corredor dispuesto transversalmente tras la puerta de Nicanor.

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168 months ago

wrote:

bronze plated sheets concealed the omnipresent gold

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168 months ago

wrote:

la porte ouverte de Nicanor dont les feuilles de bronze voilaient l'or omniprésent.... there are no sheets.

168 months ago

wrote:

to Jane Lamb: the source language phrase is in Spanish, not in French hojas enchapadas: hoja means sheet enchapadas = cubiertas de chapas (plates)

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168 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

plated leaves walled the ubiquitous gold

My comment:

...the Nicanor's gate that walled the ubiquitous gold... behind its bronze plated leaves.
Just a suggestion to give you an idea.

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168 months ago

wrote:

the Nicanor gate with its fulgent, gold-plated leaves that veiled the ubiquitous gold of Israel's atrium You couldn't see it...it was veiled by the door...

168 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

There are may good ways of saying it, but as long as the leaves are "bronze" and not gold plated.

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