May 9, 2008 22:48
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Panama
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cabecera del distrito que lleva su nombre
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Hola.
Estoy traduciendo un documento que habla sobre la provincia de Chiriquí, Panamá, y las oportunidades de bienes raíces que están creciendo en esta región.
Me he quedado "trabada" en la siguiente oración ¡y no veo forma de traducirla al inglés de modo que suene bien, sin repeticiones! :(
"David es la capital de la provincia de Chiriquí y cabecera del distrito que lleva su nombre."
(El distrito también se llama David).
Le he dado mil vueltas a la oración en inglés, pero me suena horrible decir "seat of the district with the same name". Quería poner "district seat" para "cabecera", pero entonces tengo que repetir "district" otra vez... ¡Argh!
Si alguien puede ayudarme con la traducción de la oración completa, se lo agradeceré infinitamente.
Estoy traduciendo un documento que habla sobre la provincia de Chiriquí, Panamá, y las oportunidades de bienes raíces que están creciendo en esta región.
Me he quedado "trabada" en la siguiente oración ¡y no veo forma de traducirla al inglés de modo que suene bien, sin repeticiones! :(
"David es la capital de la provincia de Chiriquí y cabecera del distrito que lleva su nombre."
(El distrito también se llama David).
Le he dado mil vueltas a la oración en inglés, pero me suena horrible decir "seat of the district with the same name". Quería poner "district seat" para "cabecera", pero entonces tengo que repetir "district" otra vez... ¡Argh!
Si alguien puede ayudarme con la traducción de la oración completa, se lo agradeceré infinitamente.
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Patricia Rosas
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capital of Chiriqui province, David is also the seat of the district of the same name
I believe the order has to be rearranged, because if you leave Chiriqui in the middle, it appears that David is the district of seat of a district called Chiriqui, not David. I don't see anything wrong with calling it just "the seat" .... HTH!
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David is the capital of the Chiriquí province and head of the district of the same name
From the top of my head, hope it helps!
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| So simple and yet I was almost banging my head on the desk! I must be really tired... Thanks!" :) |
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swisstell
: and they have a good beer too by that name!
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Carol Gullidge
: you couldn't really acll a town a "head" - this only applies to people in English
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seat of the district with the same name
I think your original instinct was correct, but you don't have to repeat district.
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Lucerne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIt is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and seat of the district with the same name. With a population of 57890 [1], Lucerne is the most populous city in ...
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Lucerne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIt is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and seat of the district with the same name. With a population of 57890 [1], Lucerne is the most populous city in ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucerne - 73k - Cached - Similar pages
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the principal town of the district of the same name / of the district of David
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The population of this province [Chiriqui] is about 20,000. David is the principal town ...
(aunque en este caso se refiere a "principal town" de Chiriqui, también se puede referir así al "principal town" del distrito de David)
http://books.google.es/books?id=GlYLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255&lpg=PA...
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oración completa: "David is the capital of Chiriquí Province and the principal town of the district of David".
The population of this province [Chiriqui] is about 20,000. David is the principal town ...
(aunque en este caso se refiere a "principal town" de Chiriqui, también se puede referir así al "principal town" del distrito de David)
http://books.google.es/books?id=GlYLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255&lpg=PA...
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oración completa: "David is the capital of Chiriquí Province and the principal town of the district of David".
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Carol Gullidge
: yes, I'm not comfortable with "seat", which, while technically correct, doesn't sound natural, and isn't heard these days./Have a great weekend! :)) I have a French Social Psychology text to be getting on with, but, thankfully, not too urgent - yet!!
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thanks Carol, enjoy your weekend! I have no work in for a change, so Andrew and I plan to be lazy! Hugs :-) Deb
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