Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a nuestro entender descartable
English translation:
which we feel can be dismissed out of hand
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Sherry Godfrey
Aug 20, 2009 13:36
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Spanish term
MA Intl. Bus., Experienced and thorough
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English
a nuestro entender descartable
Spanish to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
In a legal text (explaining an opinion), the author opens a sentence with "a nuestro entender descartable".
How would we phrase this in English?
TIA!
How would we phrase this in English?
TIA!
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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Robert Forstag
United States
United States
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United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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which we feel can be dismissed out of hand
Or:
which we feel can be summarily dismissed
which is not worthy of serious consideration
etc.
I think that these alternatives more strongly express the subjective element of rejection than those offered by Giovanni and Eduardo.
Suerte.
which we feel can be summarily dismissed
which is not worthy of serious consideration
etc.
I think that these alternatives more strongly express the subjective element of rejection than those offered by Giovanni and Eduardo.
Suerte.
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Comment: "Thanks Robert and everyone! "
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Aoife Kennedy
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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It is our firm conviction that / Is it our unshakeable belief that...
Perhaps the second option is a bit flowery, but I think it reflects the essence of what the writer is trying to say. Perhaps we could come up with an alternative for "unshakeable"
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Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Colombia
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Colombia
Traductores Oficiales Cali
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269
Spanish term (edited):
...a nuestro entender descartable
....which, as far as we know, can be ruled out
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Eduardo Alexandre Pinto
Portugal
Portugal
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Portugal
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Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
which in our view is unnecessary
With more of the original legal document, I think that a logical stream in this strict legal documents which are in general not so logical, as they tend to give birth to serious mistakes, but here the logical is, 'which in our view is unnecessary' and hope you can stay inside your work and concrete joy with it till he will had an end.
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Robert Forstag
: This kind of wording misses the essential point that, in the opinion of the writer, the hypothesis is not merely "unnecessary,' but *wrong*.
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