Era guapetona, alta
y garbosa, mujer de un papelista, y la inquilina más ordenada, o si se
quiere, más pudiente de aquella colmena.
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She was a fine-looking woman, tall and graceful, the wife of a paper worker, and the tidiest—or, if you like, the most well-off—tenant in that beehive.
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markvanroode 10440
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She was a fine-looking woman, tall and graceful, the wife of a paper worker, and the tidiest—or, if you like, the most comfortably off—tenant in that beehive.
Translated by
markvanroode 10440
2 months ago
Discussion
AI: papelista — “paper worker/dealer.” Unless his precise occupation is clearer elsewhere, “paper worker” is safest.
by markvanroode 1 month agowallpaperer, paper dealer/merchant?
by markvanroode 2 months agobut what is a paper worker?
by Boot2 2 months agoboth versions are ok!
by Boot2 2 months agoThanks, Mark.
by soybeba 2 months agoAI: Well-off (or well off) mostly means having enough money to live a comfortable life. It is a common way to say that someone is rich, prosperous, or well-to-do, without meaning they are super-mega-rich.
by markvanroode 2 months agoWhat does ‘off’ mean here? Does it mean ‘more than’ (superlative)?
by soybeba 2 months agoThanks!
by markvanroode 2 months agoa paper merchant? a paper dealer?
comfortably off=well off
by Boot2 2 months agoWhy off?
by soybeba 2 months ago