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Horas de hacinamiento

English translation: packed in, for hours on end

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Spanish term or phrase:Horas de hacinamiento
English translation:packed in, for hours on end
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

21:13 Nov 12, 2020
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Spanish term or phrase: Horas de hacinamiento
Usted podrían ayudarme a traducir la siguiente oración.

" Los pobres pasajeros se sienten amenazados debido a tantas horas de hacinamiento en el avión"

Traduje de este modo: "the poor passengers feel threatened due to many hours of overcrowding."

Contexto: Se refiere a las horas tan largas que pasan a veces los pasajeros de un bueno, las cuales amenanza contra su salud. Los hace verse más cansados y agorados.

Muchas gracias.
José Pablo Corrales
Costa Rica
due to packed-in conditions, over a period of several hours
Explanation:
Not very literal, but I think it would work.

packed-in passengers

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-11-12 22:48:14 GMT)
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"packed in like sardines

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-11-12 23:05:02 GMT)
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Or, "for hours on end".
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 17:56
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4hours spent cooped up
philgoddard
5hours of overcrowding
Sarai Molina
3 +1due to packed-in conditions, over a period of several hours
Barbara Cochran, MFA


  

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
hours spent cooped up


Explanation:
Overcrowding is not wrong, but here's a slightly more colloquial version.

http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=haci...

Or you could say "hours packed together like sardines".

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 125

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  patinba
4 mins
agree  María Teresa Taylor Oliver
15 mins
disagree  Barbara Cochran, MFA: People are cooped up in houses or apartments, not on airplanes, for the most part. There are only about 230,000 hits for "cooped up in an airplane, while there are more than 12 million for "cooped up in a house or apt".
1 hr
  -> Not where I live.
agree  David Hollywood: "cooped up" works for me albeit a tad free and agree with Barbara on that point
5 hrs
agree  neilmac: "Only" 230,000 hits is enough for me....
10 hrs
  -> Thanks! I see you agreed with "packed in like sardines". That was lifted from my answer.
agree  Michele Fauble
4 days
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
due to packed-in conditions, over a period of several hours


Explanation:
Not very literal, but I think it would work.

packed-in passengers

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-11-12 22:48:14 GMT)
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"packed in like sardines

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-11-12 23:05:02 GMT)
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Or, "for hours on end".


Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 17:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: I like "having been packed in like sardines for hours on end"...
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, neilmac.
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
hours of overcrowding


Explanation:
"The unfortunate/poor passengers feel threatened by so many hours of overcrowding on the plane"
esta sería mi proposición de traducción. el término "overcrowding" es correcto en este caso, unque es usado para referirse a interiores de edificios normalmente.

Example sentence(s):
  • abordar con urgencia la cuestión del hacinamiento. - the overcrowding should be addressed as a priority issue.
  • severe overcrowding in rental units. - hacinamiento severo en las unidades de alquiler.
Sarai Molina
Spain
Local time: 23:56
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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