Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
sin darse pompo innecesario
English translation:
unpretentious
Added to glossary by
Andres Fekete
Aug 23, 2010 23:49
13 yrs ago
Spanish term
United States
servicios para autores académicos
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
sin darse pompo innecesario
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Nobel Prize
This is an opinion about the opening sentence of a Nobel Lecture given by a Literature laureate. I assume "pompo" means "pomp" but that doesn't fit well in the structure of the sentence and all the definitions I've found have other meanings:
A mí me parece un inicio de discurso muy modesto donde en vez de erigirse como gran docto en la materia pretende ser uno más sin darse pompo innecesario ni creerse poseedor de ninguna verdad o respuesta absoluta. Su tono es muy conciliador buscando un perfil modesto
A mí me parece un inicio de discurso muy modesto donde en vez de erigirse como gran docto en la materia pretende ser uno más sin darse pompo innecesario ni creerse poseedor de ninguna verdad o respuesta absoluta. Su tono es muy conciliador buscando un perfil modesto
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Aug 26, 2010 17:43: Andres Fekete Created KOG entry
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unpretentious
Unpretentious | Define Unpretentious at Dictionary.com
not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort. Use unpretentious in a Sentence ...
dictionary.reference.com/browse/unpretentious - Cached - Similar
I believe this will fit in the structure of the sentence quite well.
Good luck!
not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort. Use unpretentious in a Sentence ...
dictionary.reference.com/browse/unpretentious - Cached - Similar
I believe this will fit in the structure of the sentence quite well.
Good luck!
Peer comment(s):
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David Hollywood
: maybe "unassuming" as an alternative ...
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Thanks David!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "unpretentious seemed help the sentence flow the best, but thanks for all the other suggestions and explanations everyone! Pts. to Andres"
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Chile
Native in English
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Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
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without getting unnecessarily pompous
sin darse pompo innecesario
--> +/- literally in plain everyday English:
without getting/becoming unnecessarily pompous
--> +/- literally in plain everyday English:
without getting/becoming unnecessarily pompous
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without undue ostentation/without succumbing to undue ostentation
Another option. 'unnecessary' could be subsitututed for 'undue': "Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be ...
www.answers.com/topic/ostentation - En caché - Similares; thought to make an undue ostentation of my small learning, and exceed the bounds of my paper, I shall not add any thing more on this head ; reserving for a ...
books.google.es/books?id=b0E3AAAAMAAJ...; #
He should be devoid of undue ostentation and haughty overbearing; accessible to all; cultivating the closest friendship and the most unlimited confidence ...
www.sacred-texts.com/mas/omtx/omtx09.htm - En caché - Similares;
William Kapell's Piano Benchmark by Tim Page
What survives is splendid, however: Without any undue ostentation, Kapell illuminates fully the warmth, charm, sentiment -- and, indeed, the occasional, ...
www.williamkapell.com/articles/timpage.html - En caché - Similares
www.answers.com/topic/ostentation - En caché - Similares; thought to make an undue ostentation of my small learning, and exceed the bounds of my paper, I shall not add any thing more on this head ; reserving for a ...
books.google.es/books?id=b0E3AAAAMAAJ...; #
He should be devoid of undue ostentation and haughty overbearing; accessible to all; cultivating the closest friendship and the most unlimited confidence ...
www.sacred-texts.com/mas/omtx/omtx09.htm - En caché - Similares;
William Kapell's Piano Benchmark by Tim Page
What survives is splendid, however: Without any undue ostentation, Kapell illuminates fully the warmth, charm, sentiment -- and, indeed, the occasional, ...
www.williamkapell.com/articles/timpage.html - En caché - Similares
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without giving himself airs
or without putting on airs
or for greater emphasis "without giving himself undue airs"
Just another option, that might fit nicely here.
or for greater emphasis "without giving himself undue airs"
Just another option, that might fit nicely here.
Discussion
Casi todas las propuestas en inglés están mejor redactadas que el original.
over-inflated sense of self
without sounding pompous