I need help translating a quote.

Question

I'm writing a paper for my International Studies class, and I need to translate a quote by Sandino, because one of my sources is in Spanish.

“Yo me haré morir con los pocos que me acompañan, porque es preferible hacernos morir como rebeldes y no morir como esclavos”

My translation: “I will die with the few that accompany me, because it is better to be killed as rebels than to die as slaves”

I know it isn't an exact word-for-word translation, but does it accurately capture the sentiment of the quote?

Answer 1

Yes I think it looks good enough! Welcome to the forum.

I will die with the few that accompany me, because it is preferable to die as rebels and not to dies as slaves.

Thanks! - smw14, Nov 20, 2010

you are welcome! :) - culé, Nov 20, 2010

Answer 2

I will face to death with the few that accompany me, because it is preferable to die as rebels and not to die as slaves.

Because his desire is fight without fear, not to wait the death.

Good interpretation, thanks! I didn't think about that. - smw14, Nov 20, 2010