Translation examples
Many great Bahian fortunes... were made on the profits of the illegal slave trade.
Sabes que buena parte... de Ias fortunas bahianas se hicieron... sobre eI negocio ilegal... de esclavos.
They took him to supper at a restaurant that served very spicy Bahian food, and little María, who was five years old, danced and sang for him, making amusing faces.
Lo llevaron a cenar a un restaurante de comida bahiana, muy picante, y la pequeña María, que tenía ya cinco años, bailó y cantó para él haciendo morisquetas.
And he announced that within a few days the Baron de Canabrava would be disembarking on Bahian shores, where not only the Autonomists but the entire populace would accord him the triumphal reception that he deserved and that this would be the best possible way of making amends for the lies of those who were attempting to associate his name and that of his Party and that of the authorities of Bahia with the deplorable events to which the banditry and moral degeneration of Canudos had given rise.
Y anunció que el Barón de Cañabrava desembarcaría en tierra bahiana dentro de pocos días, donde no sólo los Autonomistas sino todo el pueblo le daría el recibimiento triunfal que merecía y que sería el mejor desagravio contra los infundios de quienes pretendían asociar su nombre y el de su Partido y el de las autoridades de Bahía con los lamentables sucesos de bandidismo y degeneración moral de Canudos.
Two days previously, they had been waiting for him in Salvador, with the same curiosity as hundreds of other Bahians, and he had left everyone frustrated, for he did not attend either the banquets or the ball that had been arranged, or the official receptions and ceremonies in his honor, and except for a brief visit to the Military Club and to Governor Luiz Viana, he spoke with no one, devoting all his time to supervising personally the disembarkation of his troops at the port and the transportation of equipment and supplies to the Calçada Station, so as to leave the following day on this train that has brought the regiment to the backlands.
Lo esperaban dos días atrás, en Salvador, con la misma curiosidad que cientos de bahianos y dejó frustrado a todo el mundo, pues no aceptó los banquetes ni el baile que le habían preparado, ni las recepciones oficiales ni los homenajes, y, salvo una breve visita al Club Militar y al Gobernador Luis Viana, no habló con nadie, ya que dedicó todo su tiempo a vigilar personalmente el desembarco de sus soldados en el puerto y el acarreo del equipo y el parque a la Estación de la Calzada, para tomar al día siguiente este tren que los ha traído hasta el sertón.
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