Lorem Ipsum in Spanish

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rickvera

Hello everyone,
Scribus needs a Spanish translation of the Lorem Ipsum sample text.

Lynn

So "lorem ipsum" generally refers to the latin-based sample text that graphic designers use to test layouts; which is intentionally gibberish so viewers don't think the text is part of the design.

The window for sample texts in Scribus is labeled "select lorem ipsum", which is a bit confusing. Are you requesting the latin gibberish be translated into spanish, or are you looking for a spanish language sample text?

rickvera

I'm referring to the sample text option for filling empty text boxes. There are other languages ��available, but Spanish isn't one of them.

a.l.e

As Lynn correctly wrote, many (most?) people are used to the "latin" Lorem Ipsum.

For a few languages, Scribus also has a localized sample text.

The idea behind it, is that it might look less distracting than a gibberish text.

Feel free to suggest a text that could be used for Spanish. The text will need to fulfill two conditions:

  • It should be considered a "void" text by Spanish reader (the person looking at the document should unmistakably recognize that it's a placeholder text).
  • The text need to be free of copyrights (as an example, the author had died more that 70 years ago; or the text is under a liberal Creative Common license).

This having been said, I wonder how useful / good the texts that have made it into Scribus are...

All in all, the best thing would probably be to remove all but the "real" one and allow the user to add custom ones...

rickvera

I propose the text of Don Quixote de la Mancha.

a.l.e

Here a link from Project Gutenberg:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2000/2000-h/2000-h.htm

Can other Spanish speaking people confirm that they would recognize that as a "Lorem Ipsum"?

Also younger ones?

joseb

Hello, I am Spanish and I am 36 years old.

I believe that Don Quijote de la Mancha can be recognised as a "lorem ipsum" perfectly well by many Spanish speakers. The first sentence is known by 99% of Spanish speakers (En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme...)

As the novel Don Quijote de la Mancha is very long, the sample text should be limited to the first paragraph (or the first and second paragraphs if more text is needed).

I am copying the first paragraph, where the first words are the best known:

En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lanza en astillero, adarga antigua, rocín flaco y galgo corredor. Una olla de algo más vaca que carnero, salpicón las más noches, duelos y quebrantos los sábados, lantejas los viernes, algún palomino de añadidura los domingos, consumían las tres partes de su hacienda. El resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos de lo mesmo, y los días de entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino. Tenía en su casa una ama que pasaba de los cuarenta, y una sobrina que no llegaba a los veinte, y un mozo de campo y plaza, que así ensillaba el rocín como tomaba la podadera. Frisaba la edad de nuestro hidalgo con los cincuenta años; era de complexión recia, seco de carnes, enjuto de rostro, gran madrugador y amigo de la caza. Quieren decir que tenía el sobrenombre de Quijada, o Quesada, que en esto hay alguna diferencia en los autores que deste caso escriben; aunque, por conjeturas verosímiles, se deja entender que se llamaba Quejana. Pero esto importa poco a nuestro cuento; basta que en la narración dél no se salga un punto de la verdad.