su hacer que la última pregunta termine siempre siendo la penúltima

English translation: how one question always leads to another

19:10 Feb 19, 2020
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Spanish term or phrase: su hacer que la última pregunta termine siempre siendo la penúltima
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Quisiera destacar un aspecto fundamental de la obra de este autor: su actitud de cuestionamiento permanente, su hacer que la última pregunta termine siempre siendo la penúltima.
Sara Pacheco
Uruguay
Local time: 04:28
English translation:how one question always leads to another
Explanation:
I don't disagree with David's literal translation, but I think this may be more instantly understandable.

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Note added at 46 mins (2020-02-19 19:57:18 GMT)
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You could translate "cuestionamento" as "interrogation" to avoid repetition.
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philgoddard
United States
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Muchas gracias a todos por las sugerencias.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +9how one question always leads to another
philgoddard
4 +1his way of always making the last question turn into yet another one
Muriel Vasconcellos
4the way he always makes the last question end up being the penultimate one
David Pérez


  

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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the way he always makes the last question end up being the penultimate one


Explanation:
La redacción del texto origen me parece bastante desacertada, pero al fin y al cabo lo que quiere destacar es la forma en la que consigue eso (que la última pregunta sea la penúltima). A partir de ahí se puede expresar de muchas maneras en inglés, como la que he sugerido.

David Pérez
Netherlands
Local time: 09:28
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
how one question always leads to another


Explanation:
I don't disagree with David's literal translation, but I think this may be more instantly understandable.

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Note added at 46 mins (2020-02-19 19:57:18 GMT)
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You could translate "cuestionamento" as "interrogation" to avoid repetition.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 123
Grading comment
Muchas gracias a todos por las sugerencias.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  patinba
14 mins

agree  MollyRose
1 hr

agree  Lydia De Jorge: The last question leads to more questions. Saludos!
1 hr

agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
1 hr

agree  Carol Gullidge
1 hr

agree  Robert Dunn: Makes sense to me.
3 hrs

agree  Sara Fairen
14 hrs

agree  AllegroTrans
2 days 15 mins

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
4 days
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
his way of always making the last question turn into yet another one


Explanation:
A little closer to the original but more informal

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 00:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 199

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sara Fairen: I quite like this one too :-)
2 hrs
  -> Thank you , Sara!
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