Antiguo Colegio

[Margash]

Hi everyone,

I'm translating a tourist brochure from Spanish into English. I've run into several "antiguo colegio", "antiguo convento". Would the translation be "former"?

Thanks!

m

 

[karoshi]

Former es correcto, es para indicar que en el pasado tuvo alguna otra función -diferente a la actual quizás.

 

[Agró]

Hi everyone,

I'm translating a tourist brochure from Spanish into English. I've run into several "antiguo colegio", "antiguo convento". Would the translation be "former"?

Thanks!

m

Old/Ancient

 

[Margash]

Thanks. In this case, it would be former as the convents and schools are no longer in service and have been turned into museums.

Saludos.

m

 

[jmt261]

Yes, I would assume that here "antiguo" would mean old, meaning former, but it seems that the locations are maintained historically to be visited as they were formerly, (i.e., the former convent is still visited by tourists and is still set up as a convent, not a site that was formerly a convent and now is a school.)