Been righted again

Question

I saw this in English somewhere and I just want to know what that means and how would you translate it

The 'world turned upside down' was not the same world once it had been righted again.

Answer 1

Hi Rey,

to right something in this context can be figurative or literal, but in either case, means restoring that something to its normal, correct or right, position or role.

A capsized ship can be righted,

An overturned or fallen tower or antenna can be righted, ditto a large truck.

More figuratively, a wrong, or injustice, can be righted (corrected).

But this sentence means, figuratively of course, that even though some bad or wrong situation in the world was corrected, it was not perfectly reversed and restored. i.e. there was at least some small remaining or lingering after-effect, be it real, or even just in the minds of those who saw the injustice. i.e. some sense of confidence, or trust or tranquility and sense of well being was at least partially permanently damaged.

Hope that helps.

Bueno, intento una tradución corta.

To right algo es corregir o reemplacer algo. Regresar una cosa, (literalmente o figurativamente) a la previa forma o condición. Al estado normal or común.

Pueda ser un torre callido, o las leyes de un país después de un cambio de gubierno (por violencia).

En este caso, me parece que trata de un uso figurativo. Quiere decir que

Aunque el estado de mundo fue corrigido, todavía queda cambiado, y nunca va a regresar exactamente al previo estado. (algo es un poco diferente y no es perfectamente como antés=

I hope that helps. It is as good as I can do off the top of my head and without a stack of books and a real computer screen with about a dozen open tabs. I had to wing that.

Excellent answer but what is it in Spanish? - Jubilado, Oct 12, 2013

I was about to start on that, but working on my tiny screen on the mobile when I need to look up so many things, it is slow going. I may not finish it until I get back to a real computer tomorrow, as I´m about to go see a play in Spanish,but I will start - rogspax, Oct 12, 2013

Answer 2

?The cops had me " banged to rights" the charge turned me on my head , got off

on a technicality , now I am righted , mind you the Lawyer Sheila fair turned my head .

I was head over heels in love until the Judge brought his gavel down on me ardour.

My heads not in the clouds any more me wife said it's up me jacksy.

lol - chileno, Oct 13, 2013

What have you been drinking Ray. Invita! - rogspax, Oct 13, 2013

I know! lol - chileno, Oct 14, 2013

Answer 3

righted = corrected

You must type a lot faster than I do :) - rogspax, Oct 12, 2013

:) short but sweet. :-D - chileno, Oct 12, 2013

Agreed. I tend to be blah blah blah blah blah blah overly extra uber verbose. - rogspax, Oct 13, 2013

In(by?) contrast, I tend to be too short...and that's taken as curt. (impolite,rude) :/ - chileno, Oct 14, 2013

Answer 4

Firstly, in English I would suggest saying ...

The world turned upside down was not the same world once it had been put right.

Righted does exist so this may just be personal preference but it sounds less awkward this way, to me at least,

So for the Spanish translation of 'once it had been put right' I would suggest ...

'una vez que se puso en orden'

In modern everyday speech, I too would tend to prefer and use "put right", but in the more theatrical, drama-drenched speech implied by "world turned upside down", the more archaic "righted" still sounds more appropriate and fitting to me. - rogspax, Oct 14, 2013

True, still either way I think the translation would still use poner en orden. - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 14, 2013

how about, arreglado o compuesto? ;_D - chileno, Oct 14, 2013

sure, why not :) - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 14, 2013