Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 23, 2006 18:12
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term
avatares
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Insurance
Dado que la obra, por los avatares que todos conocemos, lleva un retraso de 10 años es factible que sus paredes hayan sufrido ....
Fluctuations, viccissitudes, continuos changes...?
En la obra hubo muchos cambios de dirección y otras dificultades.
Fluctuations, viccissitudes, continuos changes...?
En la obra hubo muchos cambios de dirección y otras dificultades.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | circumstances |
Sol
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| 4 +3 | vicissitudes |
María T. Vargas
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| 4 | misfortunes |
Edward Tully
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Proposed translations
+5
46 mins
Selected
circumstances
circumstances
en inglés, yo usaría esa palabra
en inglés, yo usaría esa palabra
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muchas gracias a todos!
"..owing to circumstances we all know...", me parece que da el registro preciso. Thanks a lot Sol! "
+3
2 mins
María T. Vargas
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
Spain
Sworn and professional translations
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
vicissitudes
Creo que es así. Suerte.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
MPGS
: viciSitudes , circunstancias :) malinterpretE el par :)
3 mins
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Gracias, colega
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| agree |
David Brown
: "ups and downs" in normal English
7 mins
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Gracias, David. What you say is true for colloquial English, no doubt.
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| agree |
Ines Garcia Botana
: Vicisitudes, linda palabra. Los cambios... (la vida, bah! :-))))
23 mins
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Gracias, Inés.
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| neutral |
Sol
: Spanish -> English // Sorry, you are right, it's the 3 people who agreed with it that think it's Spanish. I'm not giving you an agree because there are better (more usual) choices.
45 mins
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You've got every right to disagree, but Oxford Superlex & Collins dictionaries say so.
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47 mins
Edward Tully
Native in English
Works in field
Because your words matter
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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193
misfortunes
another possibility
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
MPGS
: 'vicisitudes' (DRAE) is 'altibajos' -'ups and downs'- while 'misfortunes' is only negative. Rgds :) I acknowwledge your reference to 'this context' :)
15 hrs
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Surprised at a disagree and not a neutral, in this context it works well while "ups and downs" has the wrong register and it is, as I say, only another possibility - regards
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