Spanish term
Ready Comprehensive 30 year experience
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
...al decir de...
That simple... AL DECIR... Thanks.
Jun 25, 2005 11:38: Maria Karra changed "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Jun 25, 2005 11:39: Maria Karra changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other"
Non-PRO (1): jrb
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Proposed translations
as Sebastian would put it/would say
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: yes...not according to
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Maria
1 hr
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Oso (X)
: ¶:^)
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Marina Soldati
8 hrs
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Muriel Vasconcellos
13 hrs
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according to Sebastía
Abrazote y saludos para mi cuate, Gabo de Oso ¶:^)
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Lo primero que entiendo al ver \"al decir de Fulanito de Tal\" es: \"según dice Fulanito de Tal\" o \"de acuerdo a lo que dice Fulano de Tal\" pero es muy probable que me equivoque.
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Sabine Seguin
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Muchas gracias, sabine93 ¶:^)
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Carmen Schultz
: This is how I see it too except that I used so and so for Sebastia
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Muchas gracias, Carmen ¶:^)
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Sisiutl
: Only correct translation, I believe.
6 mins
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Muy amable, Sislutl, gracias ¶:^)
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David Russi
9 mins
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Muchas gracias, David ¶:^)
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jrb
23 mins
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Muchas gracias, Jessica ¶:^)
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
: Agrego mi agrí, pos claro :o)
36 mins
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Siempre amable y excelente compañera, MariTere. Muchas gracias ¶:º)
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Refugio
40 mins
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Muchas gracias, Ruth ¡Feliz lunes! ¶:^)
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Margarita Gonzalez
1 hr
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Hola Marga, muchísimas gracias ¶:^)
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Panama
Synesthete with a flair for tasty words!
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Nicaraguan, Mexican, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Cuban, Honduran, Argentine, US, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Latin American, Colombian, Costa Rican, Panamanian) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
according to Sebastía / when talking about Sebastía
Sin más contexto...
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Oso (X)
: Excelentes opciones ¶:^)
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Accurate & Reliable
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 2 more.
As so and so says... OR, As so and so would say...
As so and so says...
OR
As so and so would say...
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For \"so and so\" I mean \"Sebstia\"
\"As Sebastia would say\"
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\"As Sebastia says\"
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Marcelo González
: As Sabastia would (always) say... (as a segway into someone's favorite saying). :-)
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gracias
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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thank you!
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26 years in the Translation Business
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
according to Sebastía // in Sebastía's manner of saying...
suerte!!
...according to...
when you say that Sebastia X or when you X about Sebastia
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second one should be: or when you say x about Sebastia
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al decir x de y
to say x about someone
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jrb
: decir is used here as a noun (el decir), not a verb; literally "the saying of Sebastia"
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you cannot know that...al decir x de y..it is ambiguous without any context; of course it can also means..As X says//see the problem of context Jessica?
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....in Sebastian´s way (of saying)....
4 a : manner or method of doing or happening; also : method of accomplishing : MEANS b : FEATURE, RESPECT <in no way resembles her mother> c : a usually specified degree of participation in an activity or enterprise <active in real estate in a small way>
5 a : characteristic, regular, or habitual manner or mode of being, behaving, or happening <knows nothing of the ways of women> b : ability to get along well or perform well <she has a way with kids> <a way with words>
Merriam Webster Online
To hear S talk,.....
or: in the words of....
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