May 10, 2011 14:15
13 yrs ago
English term
Broad experience in SUB and DUB
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
You're not from paper
English to Spanish
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Hola a todos. Mi pregunta tiene el siguiente contexto:
Dos gerentes conversan sobre su trabajo.
Where did you work before you came here?
XXX. I worked at a company called XXX.
You're...you're not from paper?
No.
Does Jim know this?
Yeah. He knows. He just wants a good manager.
No tengo idea qué significa "to be from paper". ¿Alguien puede ayudarme?
Gracias.
Dos gerentes conversan sobre su trabajo.
Where did you work before you came here?
XXX. I worked at a company called XXX.
You're...you're not from paper?
No.
Does Jim know this?
Yeah. He knows. He just wants a good manager.
No tengo idea qué significa "to be from paper". ¿Alguien puede ayudarme?
Gracias.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 +1 | ¿No vienes de la industria del papel / la industria papelera? |
Marie-Helene Dubois
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| 4 -2 | ¿no te contrataron a través de un anuncio d eperiódico? |
Constantinos Faridis (X)
|
Proposed translations
-2
10 mins
¿no te contrataron a través de un anuncio d eperiódico?
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com
(13o significado)
paper 13
Definition: a newspaper as a physical object; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"
Buscar Trabajo en las Ofertas o anuncios de los Periódicos | Busco ...
La mejor manera de buscar empleo a través del periódico es levantarse a primera hora para ir a comprar el diario y leer detenidamente los anuncios y avisos ...
www.yobuscotrabajo.com/buscar-trabajo-periodicos
(13o significado)
paper 13
Definition: a newspaper as a physical object; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"
Buscar Trabajo en las Ofertas o anuncios de los Periódicos | Busco ...
La mejor manera de buscar empleo a través del periódico es levantarse a primera hora para ir a comprar el diario y leer detenidamente los anuncios y avisos ...
www.yobuscotrabajo.com/buscar-trabajo-periodicos
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Rosa Paredes
: If it meant the newspaper, it would say exactly that ...
8 hrs
|
| disagree |
Marie-Helene Dubois
: I agree with Rosa. This answer is injecting meaning into the phrase which isn't present in the original text.
1 day 6 hrs
|
+1
1 day 6 hrs
Marie-Helene Dubois
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
Word class
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Dutch to English, French to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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32
¿No vienes de la industria del papel / la industria papelera?
It can really only mean this. There is no other double meaning that I can imagine for paper. If they had said "you're not from *the* paper", then you could understand from this that they are talking about a newspaper but no one in their right mind would say "you're not from paper" without "the" and want to mean a newspaper.
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