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some distance....

Spanish translation: a cierta distancia

11:16 Aug 24, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: some distance....
Will I have a higher chance of obtaining a place at a school some distance from my home?
Se refiere a una escuela lejos o cerca de su casa??????
Gracias.
Jesús Marín Mateos
Local time: 01:30
Spanish translation:a cierta distancia
Explanation:
creo q es cerca, pero es ambiguo, la traducción a cierta distancia es igual de ambigua y no tienes q mojarte

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-08-24 11:25:30 GMT)
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Empate técnico! :-)


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Note added at 21 mins (2006-08-24 11:37:41 GMT)
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He hojeado en google y parece que sí se utiliza más para decir lejos. Sin embargo sigo creyendo q es mejor no mojarse...

-The other big negative is that I live some distance from my college, and relocation is not an option, for personal reasons.
-I live some distance from where we rehearse in New York and must leave them weeks before the tour begins. My wife works long hours in a demanding position ...


Selected response from:

Luis M. Cuerdo Galarraga
Spain
Local time: 02:30
Grading comment
Gracias.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5que queda algo lejos de...
Robert Forstag
3 +4a cierta distancia
Luis M. Cuerdo Galarraga
4 +2a cierta distancia
Maria Rosich Andreu
4que dista de
Brett Richards, B.S., M.B.A.


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
que queda algo lejos de...


Explanation:
This would be a fairly exact equivalent. Please see references.

Suerte.


    Reference: http://www.webpersonal.net/fotoimagendigital/2004.htm
    Reference: http://www.terra.es/tecnologia/articulo/html/tec11571.htm
Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 20:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 202

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Provart: I agree with this. The idea in English is "far" not "near"
6 mins
  -> Thank you, Helen.
agree  Susy Ordaz: Muy bien Roberto!
7 mins
  -> Muito obrigado, Susinha. :)
agree  Idoia Echenique: O "algo más alejada", lo que no implica que esté necesariamente lejos. :)
12 mins
  -> Exacto. Gracias, Idoia.
agree  C.Roman (X): De acuerdo con el concepto en sí, pero también entiendo las dudas de Jesus, ya que "higher chances" suena en EN como algo positivo, mientras que "Más probabilidades para ...una escuela algo alejada" no tiene pinta de ser positivo, depende como lo miren
38 mins
  -> Gracias, Consuela.
agree  Egmont
9 hrs
  -> Gracias, Egmont.
neutral  Ladybug70: Coincido con la idea, pero el modo verbal, no. La frase de Idoia es más natural en español
10 hrs
neutral  desert star: Idoia tiene razón. "Algo más alejada" me parece más natural/normal.
17 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a cierta distancia


Explanation:
Hasta donde yo llego, se trata justamente de un modo de no definir una distancia, así que en el apuro yo lo traduciría con la misma ambigüedad... raro que el resto de contexto no permita saber a qué se refiere.

Maria Rosich Andreu
Spain
Local time: 02:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal
2 hrs
agree  Ricardo Torres
3 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
que dista de


Explanation:
En inglés, "some distance" es relativo.

Example sentence(s):
  • Mis oportunidades serían mejor a una escuela que dista un poco de mi casa.
Brett Richards, B.S., M.B.A.
United States
Local time: 17:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  desert star: Me parece muy formal.
17 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
a cierta distancia


Explanation:
creo q es cerca, pero es ambiguo, la traducción a cierta distancia es igual de ambigua y no tienes q mojarte

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-08-24 11:25:30 GMT)
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Empate técnico! :-)


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Note added at 21 mins (2006-08-24 11:37:41 GMT)
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He hojeado en google y parece que sí se utiliza más para decir lejos. Sin embargo sigo creyendo q es mejor no mojarse...

-The other big negative is that I live some distance from my college, and relocation is not an option, for personal reasons.
-I live some distance from where we rehearse in New York and must leave them weeks before the tour begins. My wife works long hours in a demanding position ...




Luis M. Cuerdo Galarraga
Spain
Local time: 02:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in BasqueBasque
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Gracias.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Rosich Andreu: :)
30 mins
  -> gracias!
agree  mchandias (X)
1 hr
agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal
2 hrs
agree  Kaiser_Soze
4 hrs
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