Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
El de la
English translation:
Pedro (i.e. the child's name) responded/answered/replied/said
Spanish term
Costa Rica
Native in: Spanish 
El de la
Les escribo para solicitar su ayuda con respecto a la traducción de "el de la" en la siguiente oración.
Se las adjunto aquí: "No sabía que hacer", el de la idea respondió.
Información y Contexto: Esta oración es de un pequeño cuento infantil. Tengo confusión con ese "el de la". Tal vez ustedes conozcan otra forma natural de expresarla. Hace referencia al niño que tenía la idea. Anteriormente este niño expuso la idea de ir al parque a jugar, pero luego aparece de este modo.
¿ Se podría traducir como :"I didn't know what to do," the one who had the idea / the one of the idea answered?
Muchas gracias.
| 4 | Pedro (the child's bane) responded/answered/replied/said |
Yvonne Gallagher
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| 4 +1 | the kid/child |
David Hollywood
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Sep 18, 2021 13:08: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, UK, US, Canadian) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Pedro (the child's bane) responded/answered/replied/said
But you can add a bit of extra info if you want to (in brackets like this): So,
"No sabía que hacer", el de la idea respondió.
"I didn't know what to do" Pablo (who'd had the idea) replied/responded/answered
with more context it would be possible to decide which verb is best for respondió but it seems all are possible
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Note added at 7 days (2021-02-08 15:53:49 GMT)
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I just noticed the typo in headline (predictive text on phone responsible). It should read the child's NAME of course
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Note added at 229 days (2021-09-18 13:10:14 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
the kid/child
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Note added at 29 mins (2021-02-01 04:10:18 GMT)
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in the sparse context available
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Yvonne Gallagher
: yes, but the name is better as it tells us WHO said that
10 hrs
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| agree |
Tomasso
: me parece Kid, this kid who had the big idea of going to the park,,just an idea,
22 hrs
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Discussion
You need to close one of your profiles too as we are supposed to have only ONE https://www.proz.com/profile/3161885
Por ejemplo:
Pedro: Yo quería ir jugar al parque.
Juan: El de la idea (Pedro) respondió la pregunta.
Existe alguna forma de referenciar a una persona que dio una idea anteriormente en el texto porque en este caso del ejemplo es sencillo ya que son líneas consecutivas, pero en este caso en particular lo que dijo la persona fue hace como dos páginas atrás y esa expresión de "el de la idea" se utiliza mucho por todo el texto.
Gracias.
I am proof reading the translation. Thank you!
He couldn't decide what he really wanted to do, said the one whose idea it was to go to the park.
I just couldn't decide what I wanted to do, said the kid who said let's go to the park..
只是建議，我要關閉我的通知。