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Looking for catchy phrases relating to motorcycle riding. Ex: How would you say in
Spanish - Ride Hard or Live to Ride Ride to live

Thanks

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updated JUN 19, 2008
posted by Esther

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You might try searching online for companies that sell T-shirts to motorcycle enthusiasts in Mexico. Googling camiseta and moto(cicleta) might turn up some ideas.

updated JUN 19, 2008
posted by 00bacfba
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I totally agree. I'm trying to help my sons with a t-shirt business geared to Spanish bikers,
but I explained to them the same message you posted. I suggested slang or splangish
phrases. It will be a challenge for them.

updated JUN 19, 2008
posted by Esther
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The word ride is difficult to translate into Spanish, and I'm not sure that pasear will work in this sense. What you are doing is not so much translation as copywriting, so you need to explain to a native speaker exactly what emotions you are trying to evoke in the reader, the purpose of the text, etc., and ask them to come up with something, which may not even be related to the original English.

updated JUN 19, 2008
posted by 00bacfba
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Live to ride, ride to live = Viva para pasear, pasee para vivir

I don't know what the equivalent of hard would be in this context, but duro means hard.

updated JUN 19, 2008
posted by Tyler
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