Translation for "hombre enfermo de europa" to english
Hombre enfermo de europa
Translation examples
Se refería a sí mismo, con cierta ironía, como «el hombre enfermo de Europa».
He talked of himself humorously as "the sick man of Europe."
Mohamed V había heredado un Imperio que se derrumbaba y el mundo le designaba con el mote de «el hombre enfermo de Europa»
Mohammed V had inherited a collapsing empire, and was known to the world as the “sick man of Europe.”
Durante un centenar de años el Imperio otomano, llamado el «hombre enfermo» de Europa, había sido considerado moribundo por las potencias europeas, que esperaban el momento oportuno para arrojarse sobre el cadáver.
For a hundred years the Ottoman Empire, called the “Sick Man” of Europe, had been considered moribund by the hovering European powers who were waiting to fall upon the carcass.
El hombre enfermo de Europa compartía otro secreto sólo con su mujer; su total creencia en que nada de lo que él mismo, sus colegas, o cualquier otra organización de expertos pudiera hacer tendría un duradero efecto correctivo en el destino económico de su continente y del mundo occidental.
With his wife only, this sick man of Europe shared an additional secret, his absolute belief that nothing he, his colleagues, or any organization of experts could do would have any enduring corrective effect on the economic destiny of his continent or the Western world.
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