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Oct 28, 2007 16:15
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Spanish term
United States
dentro de este concepto
Spanish to English
Medical
Medical: Health Care
Dentro de este concepto, el hospital se esfuerza por brindarle una excelente atencion . . .
From a hospital care report
The problem is what precedes this sentence does not appear to pertain to it, thus "In keeping with this concept" or some such would seem a non-sequitur
From a hospital care report
The problem is what precedes this sentence does not appear to pertain to it, thus "In keeping with this concept" or some such would seem a non-sequitur
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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3 mins
All things considered/Under the circumstances
Despite the previous facts, the hospital strives...
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3 mins
Within this concept,
WDNR - Brule River State Forest Master Plan, Report #6
Lo veo más bien como frase coloquial.
This progress report summarizes the June 12th Forest Ecology and Management ... Within this concept, existing pine plantations and other natural cover types ...dnr.wi.gov/master_planning/.../forests/Brule/concept1.htm - 34k - Cached
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The World Space Observatory: A Distributed Operations Concept (PDF)
European Space Agency (ESA), Villafranca Satellite ... Within this concept, the science community interact with the mission and have access to mission ...aiaa.org/.../downloads/papers/SPACE2004sp-template00136F.pdf
igarss paper
Proceedings of the 1997 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium ... Within this concept, knowledge from the traditional earth science disciplines of ...www.usra.edu/esse/essonline/igarss97.html - 24k - Cached
Lo veo más bien como frase coloquial.
This progress report summarizes the June 12th Forest Ecology and Management ... Within this concept, existing pine plantations and other natural cover types ...dnr.wi.gov/master_planning/.../forests/Brule/concept1.htm - 34k - Cached
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Note added at 5 mins (2007-10-28 16:20:57 GMT)
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The World Space Observatory: A Distributed Operations Concept (PDF)
European Space Agency (ESA), Villafranca Satellite ... Within this concept, the science community interact with the mission and have access to mission ...aiaa.org/.../downloads/papers/SPACE2004sp-template00136F.pdf
igarss paper
Proceedings of the 1997 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium ... Within this concept, knowledge from the traditional earth science disciplines of ...www.usra.edu/esse/essonline/igarss97.html - 24k - Cached
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Diana Arbiser
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
United States
Native in Spanish
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 3 more.
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Accordingly / Within these matters
Creo que esa es la idea. Algo así como "en relación con este tipo de asuntos"
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Yvette Neisser Moreno
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
English wordsmith
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Arabic to English, Hebrew to English, and 1 more.
Nonetheless
This is not really a translation, but more a suggestion for how to connect the two sentences logically in English. It seems that the Spanish transitional phrase is awkward/doesn't quite make sense, so I would just choose an English transitional phrase that makes sense within the context.
If you were to go for a more literal translation, I'd follow Kathleen's suggestion of translating "dentro de" as "despite..."
Hope this helps.
If you were to go for a more literal translation, I'd follow Kathleen's suggestion of translating "dentro de" as "despite..."
Hope this helps.
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1 hr
jack_speak
Native in English
Works in field
Competent, diligent, thorough, complete.
Native in: English 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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Along the same line / Along that line ...
... the hospital
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ael
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Thanks, ael. I agree with your comment - there is a clear connection between offering cable TV and offering good service.
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1 hr
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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48
to the best of our ability [BUT, see below...]
I think that "as far as we can" is probably what it means.
However, expressed like this, it does seem rather wishy-washy, possibly even slightly negative, maybe even implying "as long as you behave yourself and don't make off with or lose the control, then in return we'll do our best for you"!
So I would change the whole thing around:
The hospital will do its utmost to ensure....
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Of course, that includes "The hospital does its best to..." and other close variations on that theme!
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PS, by "as far as we can", I mean "within our remit"/"within the guidelines"/"within the realms of possibility"
However, expressed like this, it does seem rather wishy-washy, possibly even slightly negative, maybe even implying "as long as you behave yourself and don't make off with or lose the control, then in return we'll do our best for you"!
So I would change the whole thing around:
The hospital will do its utmost to ensure....
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Of course, that includes "The hospital does its best to..." and other close variations on that theme!
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-28 17:50:00 GMT)
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PS, by "as far as we can", I mean "within our remit"/"within the guidelines"/"within the realms of possibility"
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: I agree that it doesn't mean what it says. I see it as simply a phrase to carry the discourse along.
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thank you, Muriel!//I agree with you, but feel that , in this case, something is needed to carry the discourse along, which otherwise is rather disjunctive. As the asker says, rather a non-sequitur
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
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262
[Omit entirely]
Honestly, I think it's meant to be a discourse marker rather than a phrase with semantic content. In discourse analysis, a marker is simply a string that moves the discourse along. I find that Spanish requires this type of thing more often than English. For example, the famous "Asimismo," is often better left out because a "meaningful" translation distracts from the flow of the main idea in English.
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Dr Sue Levy (X)
: that is indeed a good solution - I tend to do the same when translating from French to English too
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Thanks, Sue!
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Carol Gullidge
: Another possibility! Although I think I'd still tend to try to replace it with another discourse marker to bridge that gap between the slightly -ve part before, and what needs to be a +ve conclusion
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Hi Carol! You have a point. I just offered this as another possibility. Maybe a neutral bridge is needed.
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JEAN HUTCHINGS
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Thanks, Jean!
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Discussion
All rooms have cable television, and you will be given the control for it upon admission, which you must return to the accounting department upon discharge. If it is lost or not returned, an additional charge of $40 (forty dollars) will be made to your account.