Spanish term
United States
24 years of experience in many countries
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 6 more.
una gran hilera
This is from the story about The flautist of Hamelin.
Here is the full paragraph:
Cogidos de la mano y sonrientes, formaban una gran hilera, sorda a los ruegos y gritos de sus padres que en vano, entre sollozos de desesperación, intentaban impedir que siguieran al flautista.
Nada lograron y el flautista se los llevó lejos, muy lejos, tan lejos que nadie supo adónde, y los niños, al igual que los ratones, nunca jamás volvieron.
| 4 +5 | a long line |
patinba
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| 4 +1 | forming a long trail |
Michele Fauble
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| 4 | a long procession |
David Hollywood
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| 2 +1 | a ragtag band/company |
Orkoyen (X)
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| 3 | a long queue |
Lisa Rosengard
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| Consejo Yugoslavia: |
Manuel Aburto
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Sep 7, 2021 09:58: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Sep 7, 2021 22:32: philgoddard changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
PRO (1): patinba
Non-PRO (3): María Perales, Michele Fauble, philgoddard
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Proposed translations
a long line
| Thanks Patinba. |
| Thanks Patinba. |
a ragtag band/company
| Thanks Orkoyen. |
| agree |
neilmac
: Neat option :-)
3 hrs
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Thanks neilmac. Line just seems too mechanical. They are under a spell after all. I like gaggle, but that sounds a bit scattered.
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Michele Fauble
: Agree that “line” is too “mechanical”. See my suggestion.
6 hrs
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Trail. I like that.
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United Kingdom
experienced and well qualified linguist
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, English, Spanish, and 3 more.
a long queue
| Thanks Lisa. |
United States
Native English
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
forming a long trail
| Thanks Michele. |
| agree |
Orkoyen (X)
11 mins
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thanks
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
a long procession
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The Piper walked on and on playing on his pipe. The rats followed him in a long procession as if they were all hypnotized.
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a story that has stood the test of time. ... dressed and with a whole procession of children following.
Reflections Termbook Class 05 Term 03https://books.google.com.ar › books
Rita Wilson, Milan Gowel, Kusum Wadhwa, Anju Loomba · Language Arts & Disciplines
The long procession soon left the town and made its way through the woods and across the forest till it ... How did the Pied Piper free Hamelin of all rats?
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https://www.bedtimeshortstories.com/the-pied-piper-of-hameli...
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Note added at 16 hrs (2021-09-08 02:16:09 GMT)
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"procession" fits the bill IMO
| Thanks for your help David. |
Reference comments
Nicaragua
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Consejo Yugoslavia:
Creo que el autor del libro es Robert Browning.
| Muchas gracias Manuel. Si yo lo entiendo. Estamos usando la mejor forma de expresarlo. |
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