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make up (in this context)

English translation: comprise

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English term or phrase:make up (in this context)
Selected answer:comprise
Entered by: Deborah Workman

01:50 Nov 3, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law: Contract(s) / Privacy Policy
English term or phrase: make up (in this context)
By visiting our store and website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. First and foremost, we wish to emphasize that there are real people who ** make up ** our company, and we, just like you, have privacy concerns...

Hi ProZies,

In your opinion, what is the meaning of "make up" here?

(I'm editing the fragment's translation into Spanish, which reads: "queremos enfatizar que existen personas * que se hacen pasar por nuestra compañía *, y nosotros..."

... So the translation seems to assume that in the source text, "make up"= invent/ impersonate.

Thanks!

Elena
Elena Sgarbo (X)
comprise
Explanation:
Definitions of comprise on the Web include:
form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

CONSTA DE, COMPRENDE, ABARCA

I take the statement to mean that the company is not just an impersonal web storefront or even a massive impersonal e-machine that gives lip service to privacy concerns. Rather, the company comprises real people who have real privacy concerns just as the company's customers do.
Selected response from:

Deborah Workman
United States
Local time: 12:31
Grading comment
Thank you Deborah for your explanation, and thanks everyone for the useful comments! E
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +5comprise
Deborah Workman
4 +2our company is composed of real people
swisstell
5 +1who work in/(serve as the foundation of our) company
Kurt Porter
3who constitute our company
gulser (X)


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
our company is composed of real people


Explanation:
is the meaning of this, IMO

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 18:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  conejo
39 mins
agree  Balaban Cerit
5 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
who work in/(serve as the foundation of our) company


Explanation:
Not invent/impersonate.

The company is attempting to say that the people that work at the company share potential customers' privacy concerns.


Kurt Porter
Local time: 21:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  tere aguilar: yes, who are members of
23 mins
  -> Thank you, tereaguila.
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
who constitute our company


Explanation:
who constitute our company

gulser (X)
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
comprise


Explanation:
Definitions of comprise on the Web include:
form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

CONSTA DE, COMPRENDE, ABARCA

I take the statement to mean that the company is not just an impersonal web storefront or even a massive impersonal e-machine that gives lip service to privacy concerns. Rather, the company comprises real people who have real privacy concerns just as the company's customers do.


Deborah Workman
United States
Local time: 12:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you Deborah for your explanation, and thanks everyone for the useful comments! E

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: our company is comprised of real people
1 hr
  -> Thx. Yes, "is composed of" or "comprises".
agree  Balaban Cerit
4 hrs
agree  Alejandra Hozikian
8 hrs
agree  Kim Metzger
10 hrs
agree  Pawel Gromek
23 hrs
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