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149 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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149 months ago

   wrote:

wherever he went, he would arrive there in peace (of mind?)

149 months ago

María P. Álvarez   wrote:

...that wherever it be that he was going, to arrive in peace...

My comment:

Hope it helps.

149 months ago

María P. Álvarez   wrote:

[and wished him/wishing him] a peaceful journey wherever it might take him

My comment:

The other answers are correct, but you may wish to consider a different construction.

149 months ago

Margarita Viada   wrote:

that wherever he was going, he could arrive in peace

My comment:

Creo entender que sería esto, porque parece que ya presentía que moriría. Sino sería "that wherever he went, he arrived in peace"

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149 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

May he go in peace, where ever he goes.

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149 months ago

   wrote:

It has to be in the past, wherever he may have been going or might have been going, to get there in peace.....llegar es get there o arrive, no te parece?

149 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

Not necessarily a "past" this is a subjunctive construction implying that where ever he might be going from that point on, she is wishing him to arrive in peace.

149 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

El tiempo del verbo es pretérito imperfecto del subjuntivo. Y se rige por el discurso indirecto del pasado de "yo dije"....Así que tiene que estar en el pasado en inglês. might/may have been going....

149 months ago

Spanish Interpreter and Translator, Sydney, Australia   wrote:

that may he be in peace wherever it was he was going (or wherever he was going to)

My comment:

I guess that would be an option, I hope this helps.

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149 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

And I thanked him for everything he had taught me, and told him not worry, that wherever he might be going, to get there in peace... Don't you think it should be in the past, Spanish Interpreter and Translator? llegar en paz is to get there, don't you think? :) I'd leave out the dije que...