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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Tiene pocas colas

English translation:

there's almost no waiting in line

Added to glossary by Jorge A Mosquera
Jan 27, 2011 19:50
13 yrs ago
Spanish term

Tiene pocas colas

Spanish to English Marketing Marketing / Market Research
Se trata de una serie de términos para introducir en una aplicación. Los términos miden la satisfacción de los clientes de un banco.

"Colas" se refiere a "personas haciendo cola". La traducción debe de ser lo más concisa o telegráfica posible, puesto que por la sucesión de términos se puede sobreentender lo que se omita. En este contexto:

"Tiene pocas colas, casi no hay que esperar para hacer gestiones"

Mi interpretación, que creo correcta, es la siguiente:

"Clients hardly have to wait long in line to do their business".

No obstante me gustaría contar con alguna otra alternativa. como quizás:

"Few lines are formed, you hardly need to wait to do your business."
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 there's almost no waiting in line
4 +1 There aren't many lines/The lines are short
4 +1 Little queuing.
4 there is very little waiting in line to have your business taken care of
4 Queues are short
4 you rarely have to queue/wait in line
4 Lines are few.
4 Short lines/queues
Change log

Feb 11, 2011 14:46: Jorge A Mosquera Created KOG entry

Discussion

MartaHS Jan 28, 2011:
Suggestions to interpretation Eugenio,
Better to say. 'to conduct business' as oppose to 'do your business'.
Replace the (,) after formed with a (;) or a (.) to avoid a run-on sentence. Change 'few lines are formed' to 'lines are few' to avoid using the passive voice. See my entry below. Cheers.
James A. Walsh Jan 28, 2011:
A workaround to 'doing your business [quickly]'... In the UK I would expect to see this: 'you get served in no time'
philgoddard Jan 27, 2011:
Bill The trouble with telling jokes on the internet is that people can Google the punchlines. Are the aforementioned sheep located in a small rural community, perhaps in Wales or Australia?
lorenab23 Jan 27, 2011:
Phil you read my mind "Do your business" aint good!
Bill Harrison (X) Jan 27, 2011:
Phil, do.... .. you know what is defined as a bunch of sheep tied to a lamppost????
philgoddard Jan 27, 2011:
Dogs do their business on lampposts.
Bill Harrison (X) Jan 27, 2011:
Phil... Wot would that be then????
philgoddard Jan 27, 2011:
I wouldn't use "do your business". It has unfortunate connotations in English.

Proposed translations

+3
16 mins
Selected

there's almost no waiting in line

Espero que esto te ayude a tener mas opciones.

"Customers do their business quickly, there's almost no waiting in line."

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Note added at 23 mins (2011-01-27 20:14:10 GMT)
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despues de leer mi sugerencia, si hablamos de un banco creo que quedaria mejor de la siguiente manera:

"the teller/bank officer attends the customer rather quickly, there's almost no waiting in line."
Peer comment(s):
agree bigedsenior
2 mins
thank you.
agree Claudia Reynaud
32 mins
thank you.
agree JH Trads
2 hrs
thank you.
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+1
15 mins

There aren't many lines/The lines are short

Or queues in UK English.
Peer comment(s):
agree Richard Boulter : AND 'little waiting to do business'. Just remove 'your/their' from 'do business' and everything is fine, I think, at least for the U.S.
6 hrs
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18 mins

there is very little waiting in line to have your business taken care of

There are many ways this could be said.
substitute 'queue' for 'line' if the target is British
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+1
13 mins

Little queuing.

Si quieres conciso y esqueto, ya.

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Note added at 16 mins (2011-01-27 20:07:08 GMT)
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That should be 'escueto', sorry.

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Note added at 34 mins (2011-01-27 20:25:04 GMT)
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There may be no queues so a generic term queuing is more appropriate I think.
Peer comment(s):
agree christopher bolton : perfect match
2 hrs
Thanks Christopher.
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26 mins
Spanish term (edited): Tiene pocas colas

Queues are short

Another option.

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Note added at 28 mins (2011-01-27 20:19:19 GMT)
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http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en&tab=nw#sclient=psy&hl=en...


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Note added at 28 mins (2011-01-27 20:19:47 GMT)
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http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en&tab=nw#hl=en&xhr=t&q="yo...

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Note added at 30 mins (2011-01-27 20:20:59 GMT)
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Here's that last link again, hopefully it will work this time: http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en&tab=nw#sclient=psy&hl=en...

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Note added at 31 mins (2011-01-27 20:22:02 GMT)
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I give up trying to insert links on here - they hardly ever work!! Do a Google search for this "you don't have to wait long to get served" (that's what the link should be).

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-01-28 00:37:32 GMT)
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Queues are short — you get served in no time!
Example sentence:

Queues are short, you don't have to wait long to get served.

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13 hrs

you rarely have to queue/wait in line

You rarely have to queue to be served (UK)
You rarely have to wait in line to be served (US)

If you want it concise, I think this direct approach might work well here.
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21 hrs

Lines are few.

Lines are few. There is hardly any wait to conduct transactions.
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1 day 5 hrs

Short lines/queues

...almost no waiting for/to perform transactions

Si lo que necesita es una opción concisa o telegráfica, quizás ésta sea buena opción. ¡Espero que le sirva!

Saludos desde las Islas Marianas del Norte :-)

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