English translation of "línea estricta" - "the long straight line of the freeways"

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140 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	línea estricta
Context:	Encima de las irregularidades naturales de la tierra: los cubos de los edificios, los cuadrados arados de los campos, la línea estricta de las autopistas, la gente con sus antenas de telefonía móvil y sus cápsulas de música caracoleadas en los nidos asimétricos de las orejas.

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140 months ago

wrote:

the long straight line of the freeways

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140 months ago

wrote:

the rigid course of the motorways/highways

My comment:

the author opposes the irregular patterns of nature to the (too) geometrical man-made world. Motorways do not meander like mountain roads for instance.

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140 months ago

wrote:

Another possibility: the undeviating (straight) line of motorways/highways.

140 months ago

Clara Fernández wrote:

...the straight lanes on the highways...

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140 months ago

wrote:

No se trata aquí de los carriles sino del recorrido de las autopistas.

140 months ago