{"id":2264,"date":"2023-05-01T01:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T00:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/es_es\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2023-08-20T23:01:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T22:01:35","slug":"frases-intraducibles-taking-a-step-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2023\/05\/01\/frases-intraducibles-taking-a-step-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Untranslatable sentences: taking a step back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I'm bringing you another one of those sentences that I think work really well in English, and for which I don't have a convincing translation into Spanish: <em>taking a step back<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The literal translation into Spanish would be <em>dar un paso atr\u00e1s,<\/em> and it's used in the sense of distancing ourselves from the details of a situation in order to see the whole picture more clearly, and be able to make better decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And what better moment for taking a step back than while enjoying a few days off? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a long weekend for us in Ireland, or as they say in Spanish, estamos <em>de puente<\/em> . My niece Ana and her boyfriend, Javi, are here visiting us (thanks guys!), and we're taking the opportunity to get out of Dublin for a few days, and do touristy things around the West of Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" data-attachment-id=\"2268\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2023\/05\/01\/frases-intraducibles-taking-a-step-back\/image_editor_output_image-754502018-1682902659870\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image_editor_output_image-754502018-1682902659870.jpg?fit=673%2C578&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"673,578\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image_editor_output_image-754502018-1682902659870\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image_editor_output_image-754502018-1682902659870.jpg?fit=673%2C578&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image_editor_output_image-754502018-1682902659870.jpg?resize=300%2C258&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image_editor_output_image-754502018-1682902659870.jpg?resize=300%2C258&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image_editor_output_image-754502018-1682902659870.jpg?resize=14%2C12&amp;ssl=1 14w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image_editor_output_image-754502018-1682902659870.jpg?resize=600%2C515&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image_editor_output_image-754502018-1682902659870.jpg?w=673&amp;ssl=1 673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">There's a lot of talk nowadays about the importance of <em>switching off<\/em> and <em>recharging batteries<\/em> every now and then, mostly because we are hyperconnected and overworked in our daily lives... I encourage you to go the extra mile, and next time you take a couple of days off, also take a step back and reflect on some of these quotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.<\/p><cite>Annie Dillard<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Action expresses priorities.<\/p><cite>Mahatma Gandhi<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Do fewer things. Do them better. Know why you're doing them.<\/p><cite><strong>Cal Newport<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoy os traigo otra de esas frases que me parece que funcionan s\u00faper bien en ingl\u00e9s, y para las que no encuentro una traducci\u00f3n convincente al espa\u00f1ol: taking a step back. Literalmente significa dar un paso atr\u00e1s, y se utiliza en el sentido de distanciarnos un poco de los detalles de una situaci\u00f3n para poder &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2023\/05\/01\/frases-intraducibles-taking-a-step-back\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Untranslatable sentences: taking a step back<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":2268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4990,5145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiracion-inspiration","category-intraducibles","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image_editor_output_image-754502018-1682902659870.jpg?fit=673%2C578&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-Aw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1738,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/11\/14\/frases-intraducibles-walking-down-memory-lane\/","url_meta":{"origin":2264,"position":0},"title":"Untranslatable sentences: walking down memory lane","author":"binarybea","date":"14\/11\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Hoy os traigo otra expresi\u00f3n de esas \"intraducibles\" que me encanta en ingl\u00e9s, porque me parece una met\u00e1fora muy chula: walking down memory lane, que en espa\u00f1ol ser\u00eda algo as\u00ed como \"darse un paseo por la calle de los recuerdos\". 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