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Aunque he visto un par de hilos en este tema, no estoy seguro de la traducción al español peninsular de "to be pulled in different directions". Cuando varias personas quieren que alguien haga tareas distintas puede que digamos "He's being pulled in different directions" Quiero decir " Max is feeling stressed at work because he's being pulled in different directions ." Max se siente baja presión en…
Vejam, mais uma vez, como são sinuosos os caminhos que tomam as frases feitas. No Brasil, só se diz mesmo, até onde sei, casa da mãe Joana, mas, em Portugal, há, ou houve, muitas maneiras de o dizer, ser o da Joana, casa da Maria Joana, casa da Joana e, inclusive, casa da mãe Joana , tal como no Brasil. Confira-se, a propósito, esta resposta do Ciberdúvidas a uma consulente portuguesa (por acaso…
Hello This is from the Oxford Academic (captatio benevolentiae) https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/61673/chapter-abstract/548549341?redirectedFrom=fulltext This phrase ‘fishing for good will’ well describes what the ancient rhetoricians advise for the exordium of a speech (see rhetoric, roman). The hearer is to be rendered ‘attentive, teachable, and well disposed’: and the prescription for…
The normal-weight volunteers, who were mostly students, received $40 a day for participating, Dr. Leibel said. The obese volunteers were not paid but were promised that at the end of the study, the researchers would keep them on a special diet at the clinical center until they no longer were fat. Some spent a year there after the end of the study, Dr. Leibel said. Most reduced to within 20 percent…
I am choosing a Chinese name for a fictional children’s character. The character travels through space and solves problems by building tools, devices, and structures rather than by fighting. I would like to understand the linguistic difference between 星际工匠 and 星匠 in this context. Does 星匠 sound like a natural coined noun meaning “star/space craftsman”, or is 星际工匠 more idiomatic? What connotations…
La palabra en inglés <Atlantian> está traducido como <Atlante>, significado una persona de o desde la Átlantida o como un adjetivo relativo a la Átlantida. The English word <Atlantian> is translated as <Atlante>, meaning a person of or from Atlantis or as an adjective relating to Atlantis.
Hola chicos, estoy leyendo un libro de Sender y justo al principio la chica, que es americana y está en Sevilla para estudiar, comenta: Los hombres están muy bien pero a veces hablan solos cuando ven a una mujer joven. Ayer pasó uno a mi lado y dijo: "canela". Yo me volví a mirar y él añadió: "canelita en rama". Creo que se refería al color de mi pelo. Bueno... Seguro que es un piropo. Pienso que…
• Exercising regularly, people reduce the risk of serious diseases. Is this sentence correct? I think it is better and clear to say • people reduce the risk of serious diseases by exercising regularly.
I am having some issues trying to translate the following phrase. ¨Atlantean Century,¨ from English to Spanish. I know that century translates to ¨siglo,¨ yet I cannot find the grammatically correct way to translate ¨Atlantean.¨ I would really appreciate if someone helped me out with this, since I am trying to translate an entire book. The book is called One Foot In Atlantis.
It's across the movie theater. It's across from the movie theater. Which one is more natural or correct?
Hola Quería saber como se dice la expresión "tres son multitud" en francés. Supongo que no es literal..." Trois est trop "...o " Trois est multitude ". ¿No? Es castellano es un refrán: Dos son compañía, tres es multitud. Y viene a decir que sobra uno en determinada situación. Sería un m" menage à trois" no deseado, por decirlo de alguna manera. Si me podéis ayudar os lo agradezco. Merci!!!!
Hi there! I'm not sure I fully understand the meaning of "frequency" in the following passage: Tom never removed his gloved hand from the abort handle, even when he admitted to the ground that we were experiencing "frequency vibrations," pushing out the words a syllable at a time between clenched teeth because of the severe, thudding turbulence. --From The Last Man on the Moon , by Eugene Cernan…
I have the following doubt regarding the preposition. Have you ever been in/to London? Which preposition should be used?
बुद्ध सिद्धार्थ गौतम （buddh siddharth gautam): (in English: Buddha Siddhartha Gautama) . (I don't know writing or reading Hindi alphabet. ) 1) is (bu)ddh there above pronounced differently (as tth?) from (si)ddh(arth)? 2) does the double d(dd) means a long (geminate) consonant or is it doubled for some other reasons? 3) do Hindi words (or phrases) have some norms over where the stress/accent is…
There is an etymological hypothesis that the French word dame-jeanne and the Spanish word damajuana ultimately come from an Arabic word referring to this type of large glass bottle: What is this object called in Arabic today? If its current Arabic name does not resemble the French and Spanish words, was this type of bottle ever known by another Arabic name that does?
How would we say, talking about entradas for a public pool, "Children 4 and under free with a paying adult" ? My proposal: Niños menores a cinco años gratis con la entrada de un adulto. The trouble comes when you want to say: Niños menores a 5 años acompañados de un adulto... How would you translate "paying" in that phrase?
Hello, ich nehme an oder annehme - which is correct, please? Wenn ich das, was passiert ist[,] nehme an, werde ich inneren Frieden finden? Wenn ich das, was passiert ist[,] annehme, werde ich inneren Frieden finden? Also, is the comma before "nehme an" necessary? Thank you. Best, Anna
I can't figure out which is the correct use of "recommend" below: I recommend that you hide your friend list from others I recommend to hide your friend list from others I recommend hiding your friend list from others I checked out the Oxford dictionary: advise or suggest (something) as a course of action: some doctors recommend putting a board under the mattress | [with clause] : the report…
Ik heb volgende zin te vertalen: "Sommige jongeren moeten voor een ziek familie- of gezinslid zorg dragen". Is er volgens jullie een verschil tussen "familie" en "gezin" en, indien ja, welke? Alvast bedankt !
Bonjour! Je sais que la date en français suit le patron suivant: 20 août 2026 (pas de préposition «de»). Cependant, je vois ces exemples sur différents sites d'Internet, dont des commentaires d'utilisateurs et des rédactions journalistiques: Le 12 août de cette année 2026 il y a une éclipse partielle de Soleil visible depuis l'Hexagone vers 20h. Click to expand... Le 1er juin de cette année 2026,…
Sentence: “Suddenly, he heard something rustling past and falling with a thud in the garden.” I want to understand the grammatical function of each part, especially: “Suddenly” 👉 He heard — how? → Suddenly So, is suddenly an adverb of manner , or does it have another function here? “He” → subject “heard” → verb “something” → object of heard But I am confused about “rustling past and falling…
Szép jó reggelt minden kedves fórumozónak! Egy hotelértekelés szövegében akadtam rá erre a mondatra: "egyik nap elmentünk délelőtt fél 11-kor és 15 óra magasságában értünk vissza a szállásra..". Ismeritek, használjátok az "..óra magasságában" kifejezést? Mit jelent pontosan? Kösz. Enc.
Salve! La Parte B si impegna a fornire tutte le informazioni e la collaborazione necessarie per la corretta esecuzione dell'Accordo, nonché a corrispondere il compenso pattuito . È appropriato utilizzare "il compenso pattuito" in un accordo? Ritieni che "pattuito" possa essere sostituito da "concordato"? Grazie!
Buongiorno a tutti. Come tradurreste l'espressione "mi fa venire l'orticaria"? Vuol dire "mi dà fastidio" quindi la cosa più semplice può essere "it bothers me" ma mi chiedevo se esiste qualcosa di paragonabile per espressione figurata, tipo "it makes me itchy". Grazie mille!
Bonjour à tous Une femme se souvient d’un dialogue qui avait avec un homme , “ Son passé, son avenir,il fut brusquement question de tout; l’intérêt qu’il me portait lui donnait la même éloquence que l’alcool.” veuillez- vous, s’il vous plaît, m’assurer de la signification de “ ;l’intérêt qu’il me portait” ? Mille mercis d’avance pour vos réponses.
Comment traduiriez vous insight ici. Il s’agit d’un avis de la revue What Hifi à propos d’un casque audio: REASONS TO AVOID - No noise cancellation - Could conceivably have greater insight
Hello all, Can mancanze in the plural mean "absences"? Or does it always mean "faults, shortcomings"? A girl who knows (because everyone knows) that her father is cheating on her mother tells someone that she lets her mother chatter on about uninteresting topics because she'll do anything to tenerla distratta dalle mancanze di mio padre . Given the time he's spending with his mistress, the man in…
Hello all, We're told a wedding has been organized for July 26, the feast of Saint Anna. We then get this line, where la nonna is the bride's grandmother, who believes her granddaughter should start having children as soon as she's marred: " La protettrice delle gravidanze" aveva sentito di aggiungere la nonna. Can we know for sure, from the aveva sentito di aggiungere , whether the grandmother…
Good morning ladies & gentlemen, since today is World Mosquito Day I started to think about a mosqutio-related lingustic phenomenon in some languages. Some languages (Hungarian, Czech) have two words for the English mosquito (1) an original word (2) a "mosquito word". In Hungarian the situation is like this (1) szúnyog - typical Hungarian word of Turkish origin, it means "mosquitos" in Europe and…
How do you say "My dog's last rosette"? As in ribbon.
So, I just happened to notice that no one has posted in the Spanish-English vocabulary forum for well over two days. That's a drastic drop from a couple of years ago. That forum used to be very, very active. I've also noticed the change more generally. So I was just wondering if there are any plans to make changes to aspects of the site to perhaps reverse (or at least slow) the trend. Or is the…
The set phrase "evento masivo" in Spanish seems to refer to any kind of large-scale public event. However, the category name for this type of gathering escapes me. Here's an example I saw on the news recently. It's a video story from a Spanish-language news outlet in the US, sharing advice for parents about keeping their children safe. The description below the video also describes what the…
Je me demande si l'anglicisme graphiques pour parler des graphismes d'un jeu vidéo est répandu, courant, acceptable ou quoi? On l'entend souvent au Canada.
“Glycosuria with Acidosis (Second Class) should be classified, for convenience, into three stages, those with acetone, those with a trace of acetone and diacetic acid, and those with marked acetone and diacetic acid, a condition always accompanied by the production of beta oxybutyric acid. The symptoms in this class are similar to glycosuria with acidosis , but the increasing weakness and malaise…
Hi, "These Romans are Crazy" is one of the catchphrases of Obelix, one of the main characters in the Asterix comic books. I wonder if people here could help me with the translation of this sentence. But instead of "Romans", I'd love to have the name of the speakers of the language / inhabitants of the country (countries) in which that language is spoken. So, in Dutch , that sentence would be:…
El texto a continuación viene de un artículo sobre un avión hundido en aguas cercanas a Gran Canaria. A tan solo 29 metros de profundidad se puede observar un avión militar hundido, se trata de un Douglas DC-3 perteneciente al año 1971 tras un accidente que se cobró la vida de tres personas, según explican los buceadores. Click to expand... No me queda claro el significado de "perteneciente al año…
Salve a tutti, la protagonista del romanzo che sto traducendo si sorprende nello scoprire che il suo ragazzo guida un minivan, "a car usually reserved to soccer moms". L'unica cosa che mi viene in mente è "mamme a tempo pieno" ma, naturalmente, questa locuzione non giustifica, da sola, l'uso di un minivan!!! Ho già letto dei vecchi threads riguardanti l'argomento (e chiusi), ma resto nel…
Hi everyone, I came across the following sentence in OED ( customs noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com ) and have a question about article usage: "Imports from non-EU countries are subject to customs duty of 20 per cent." Click to expand... Could someone please explain why there is no article (neither…
We just had an year-end banquet last week. There is always a prize drawing in the banquet. Everyone is given a ticket and he tears it in half. One piece is cast into a box at the beginning, and the other is used to claim his prize. If his name is not drawn in the first round, he gets a second chance for a smaller prize. My question is I was not drawn in the first round, but got a TV on my second…
Salut everyone, I can't find a meaning for the verb here, but thinking it could mean, "delve into"...? The sentence reads, "il s'est parti jusqu'au Japon se frotter à la pensée bouddhiste zen... Merci a l'avance pour votre aide... Anne-Marie
Hello, Would you say: "aus dem Scheitern" or "vom Scheitern"? Are there perhaps better options? For context: "I don't like failing, but I like the lessons I learn from failing." My attempts: "Scheitern gefällt mir nicht, aber die Lektionen, die ich aus dem Scheitern lerne, gefallen mir." "..., die ich vom Scheitern lerne, gefallen mir." Best regards,
Hi, I was reading Slow horses by Mick Herron and he quoted in the epigraph a poetic verse by John Berryman as follows: "a sourcing whom my lost candle like the firefly loves" what does sourcing means here? Thanks
Buenas noches: " Un gumias ". ¿Qué os sugiere?. Yo lo uso para referirme a alguien que lo quiere todo para sí (comida, por ejemplo). Cuando uno está zampando sin parar puedes decir "eres un gumias" (en plural). O eres un buitre... en ese sentido, ¿vale?. El problema es que gumias no aparece en el DRAE, cosa que me extraña muchísimo y, sin embargo, sí aparece " gomia " cuya tercera y cuarta…
I'm trying to say: "I wish I had a shorter family name, so spelling it would be less time consuming." The AI suggests the variant with "in Anspruch" sounds more most natural / more conversational, and that the other one, without "in Anspruch" sounds more formal. My nonsense detector is buzzing loudly. Could you please help me make sense of this (silly) feedback? These are the two variants I have,…
Can anybody tell me the differnce between hear about and hear of? I am always confused. I heard about the news or I heard of the news. I heard about his mom or I heard of his mom.
I have encountered online two different translations of the same quote: "The problem is you think you have time." Are both of these correct? As a non-native, I would be tempted to pick the second variant, of course. You have - du hast. Very straightforward. "Das Problem ist, dass du glaubst, du hättest Zeit." "Das Problem ist, dass du glaubst, du hast Zeit." Any comments on this are much…
Bonjour! Est-ce que la liaison après «autres» est toujours faite chez vous? Je regarde une vidéo sur YouTube où on dit: Monsieur Circonflexe aimait faire la fête tout le temps, particulièrement avec les autres accents [lez otʀ aksɑ̃]. Click to expand... J'ai aussi déjà entendu: ses autres enfants [sez otʀ ɑ̃fɑ̃] Click to expand... Ça vous choquerait de ne pas entendre la liaison ici?
Bonjour à toutes et à tous J'ai besoin de traduire cette phrase "L’écriture de ce roman est remarquable par son classicisme, son élégance…" et j'hésite sur la préposition. Je me demande s'il est correct de dire "The writing of this novel is remarkable by its classicism, its elegance…" Merci d'avance pour vos lumières. Nico
Hi, I understand that the adjective 'différent' can be used before and after the noun in French. Can somebody explain to me what the difference in meaning is? Thanks Moderator note: Multiple threads have been merged to create this one.
Hola todos, Hoy estaba en una habitacion donde se hallaban un gruop de espanoles. No sabian que les entendia. Quiero decir 'they didn't know I understood and I was eavesdropping on their conversation' es decir 'No sabian que les entendia y estaba _____ su conversacion' Que seria el verbo correcto? Gracias