no elude su posicionamiento

English translation: makes his position clear

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Spanish term or phrase:no elude su posicionamiento
English translation:makes his position clear
Entered by: Carolina Marcote

21:48 Mar 24, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: no elude su posicionamiento
Es una reseña de un libro
El párrafo comienza...

(El autor) no elude su posicionamiento.

Refiriendose a que, en el libro, el autor muestra claramente su posicionamiento con respecto al tema del libro.
Lo único que se me ocurre es pasar al positivo "clearly shows" o algo parecido, pero quería consultarles para ver si se les ocurre algo más parecido al original.

Muchas gracias!
Carolina Marcote
Local time: 12:23
makes no bones about where he stands
Explanation:
This would be an idiomatic way of preserving the negative formulation, but I think you could equally well make it positive and say "makes his position abundantly clear". Obviously there are many other possibilities too, but these seem to me suitable. If you google either of them you'll find plenty of examples.
Selected response from:

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 17:23
Grading comment
Finalmente, le pasé tus dos opciones al cliente y prefirió la opción en positivo. ¡Muchas gracias por la ayuda!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4makes no bones about where he stands
Charles Davis
4 +1pulls no punches; does not dodge the bullet
Adrian MM.
4does not shy away from his/her position
Wilsonn Perez Reyes
3he is not against his opinion
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
3 -2does not shirk it's responsibility or does not shy away
Ronald Cryer


Discussion entries: 13





  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
does not shirk it's responsibility or does not shy away


Explanation:
This is an expression indicating responsibility or a certain action or event. They do not avoid what is required of them.


    Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/shy-away-...
Ronald Cryer
Colombia
Local time: 10:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: ¡Gracias!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Carol Gullidge: Shirking seems unlikely but that misplaced apostrophe is definitely ungrammatical :((
8 hrs

disagree  neilmac: Shocking apostrophe misuse and the author is not an "it"....
9 hrs
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
makes no bones about where he stands


Explanation:
This would be an idiomatic way of preserving the negative formulation, but I think you could equally well make it positive and say "makes his position abundantly clear". Obviously there are many other possibilities too, but these seem to me suitable. If you google either of them you'll find plenty of examples.

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 17:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 296
Grading comment
Finalmente, le pasé tus dos opciones al cliente y prefirió la opción en positivo. ¡Muchas gracias por la ayuda!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove: Totally agree here (and with the comment in the "discussion" section... ;-)
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, John ;-)

agree  Carol Gullidge
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Carol :-)

agree  neilmac: I was thinking along the lines of "...about his stance"...
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil ;-) Fine, if you like.

agree  Thomas Walker: Given the context, I think this option works best.
18 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, Tom :-)
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
does not shy away from his/her position


Explanation:
posicionar(se)

PREGUNTA: ¿Es correcto decir «posicionarse» referido a tomar posición en un tema o es un anglicismo?

RESPUESTA: Es correcto. Le copiamos lo que dice el Diccionario de la Academia:
1. intr. Tomar posición. U. t. c. prnl.

https://www.fundeu.es/consulta/posicionarse-2122/




Wilsonn Perez Reyes
El Salvador
Local time: 09:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: ¡Gracias!

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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pulls no punches; does not dodge the bullet


Explanation:
Dodging the bullet is not recommended for any work on Venezuela, Honduras or, for that matter, any Latin American country or island, now or recently in the throes of a civil war.

Example sentence(s):
  • pull no punches Behave unrestrainedly, hold nothing back, as in The doctor pulled no punches but told us the whole truth.

    Reference: http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/pull+no+punches...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: ¡Gracias!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: Pulls no punches is fine, though it means the same as Charles' answer. Dodge the bullet is wrong.
5 hrs
  -> Two 'dodgy' and subjective, pro-Carolingian points or put-downs.

agree  Carol Gullidge: I like Pulls no punches although dodge the issue wd be better here than than dodge the bullet, imo
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Carol. Yes, issue would work better than 'bullet', esp. for Latin America.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
he is not against his opinion


Explanation:
Another option.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 10:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: ¡Gracias!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  JohnMcDove: Are you against your own opinion? Spanish is talking about the author taking responsibility and ownership for his own opinion and what he stands for, with no qualms or reservations.
5 hrs

neutral  Carol Gullidge: Not really another option at all; this is merely confusing and rather meaningless
7 hrs
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