May 12, 2016 07:33
8 yrs ago
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Spanish term
personas cercanas
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
Leadership and diversity
SPAIN. From a text about child obesity. I know what they mean, but can't think of a way to express it without paraphrasing or sounding naff.
"• Las familias y personas cercanas debe prestar apoyo, aceptación e incentivos"
"• Las familias y personas cercanas debe prestar apoyo, aceptación e incentivos"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +10 | people close to them |
Simon Bruni
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| 4 +1 | Family, friends, and other involved persons |
Robert Forstag
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| 4 | close friends |
Michael van Laake
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Proposed translations
+10
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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people close to them
Their family and people close to them must...
I don't think "friends" is quite accurate enough. This could include teachers, perhaps, and friends of their parents rather than friends of the child.
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-05-12 08:45:25 GMT)
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And a perfectly good option! If you're worried about it being more long-winded than the Spanish, well it has one less syllable ;)
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Note added at 9 hrs (2016-05-12 16:42:13 GMT)
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https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q="family and people cl...
https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q="family and people cl...
https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q="family and people cl...
I don't think "friends" is quite accurate enough. This could include teachers, perhaps, and friends of their parents rather than friends of the child.
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-05-12 08:45:25 GMT)
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And a perfectly good option! If you're worried about it being more long-winded than the Spanish, well it has one less syllable ;)
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Note added at 9 hrs (2016-05-12 16:42:13 GMT)
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https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q="family and people cl...
https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q="family and people cl...
https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q="family and people cl...
Note from asker:
| I've used "friends" as a placeholder... But something like this may be the only option... |
| The author likes "friendship networks"... :/ |
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
6 mins
Michael van Laake
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
dot the i's
Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands) 
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Works in: Dutch to English, Spanish to English, Catalan to English, and 3 more.
close friends
Whole expression -relatives and close friends-.
Spanisg -personas- is rather neutral, but the adjective -cercanas- justifies the switch to 'friends'.
Spanisg -personas- is rather neutral, but the adjective -cercanas- justifies the switch to 'friends'.
+1
7 hrs
Robert Forstag
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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463
Spanish term (edited):
Las familias y personas cercanas
Family, friends, and other involved persons
Or "parties" instead of persons.
I think that this is an elegant way of putting it that captures the original meaning while avoiding the awkward "Families and persons close to them" implied in Simon's suggestion.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2016-05-12 15:23:22 GMT)
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Note that the singular "family" is to be used in English for "Las familias" (given that the reference is to the family of each child of concern).
I think that this is an elegant way of putting it that captures the original meaning while avoiding the awkward "Families and persons close to them" implied in Simon's suggestion.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2016-05-12 15:23:22 GMT)
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Note that the singular "family" is to be used in English for "Las familias" (given that the reference is to the family of each child of concern).
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
philgoddard
: "Involved persons" sounds a bit formal, but "family, friends and others" would work.
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Perhaps so. This is an instance where the Spanish "personas cercanas" or "allegados" (which could have been used here) does not have a concise English equivalent. Thank you, Phil.
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