they repeated the question twice oor Spaans

they repeated the question twice

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Spaans

repitieron la pregunta dos veces

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“I asked them whether they were Christians; if they admitted it, I repeated the question twice, and threatened them with punishment . . .
“Les preguntaba si eran cristianos o no; si lo admitían, repetía la pregunta dos veces, y los amenazaba con castigo . . .

They must find it quite strange that a grown-up would repeat the same trivial question twice.
Debe parecerles bastante extraño que un adulto repita la misma pregunta trivial dos veces.

In the meanwhile, the method I have observed towards those who have denounced to me as Christians is this: I interrogated them whether they were Christians; if they confessed it I repeated the question twice again, adding the threat of capital punishment; if they still persevered, I ordered them to be executed.
Mientras tanto, el método que he observado con aquellos que han sido denunciados ante mí como cristianos es éste: Les he preguntado si son cristianos; si lo confiesan, repito la pregunta dos veces más, añadiendo la amenaza del castigo capital; si todavía persisten, ordeno que los ejecuten.

[15] Pliny writes: “In the meanwhile, the method I have observed towards those who have been brought before me as Christians is this: I asked them whether they were Christians; if they admitted it, I repeated the question twice, and threatened them with punishment; if they persisted, I ordered them to be at once punished: for I was persuaded, whatever the nature of their opinions might be, a contumacious and inflexible obstinacy certainly deserved correction.... [Others were anonymously charged but] upon examination denied they were Christians, or had ever been so.
Plinio escribe: “Mientras tanto, el método que he mantenido con aquellos que han sido traídos a mí como cristianos es este: Les preguntaba si eran o no cristianos; si lo admitían, yo repetía la pregunta dos veces, y los amenazaba con castigarlos; si ellos insistían, yo ordenaba de una vez su castigo: porque había sido persuadido de que, cualquiera que fuera la naturaleza de su opinión, dicha continua e inflexible obstinación ciertamente merecía corrección... {Otros fueron anónimamente inculpados} tras ser examinados, negaron ser cristianos, o haberlo sido alguna vez.

Each question is repeated three times to allow the children to consider firstly the strategy they will apply and then twice more to allow them time to calculate and check the answer mentally.
Cada pregunta se repite tres veces, para dejarles el tiempo suficiente para poder considerar primero la estrategia adecuada, y luego dos veces más para que puedan calcular y comprobar la respuesta de forma mental.