Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
regular (en escala: mucho, suficiente, regular, poco)
English translation:
not enough (scale: a lot, enough, not enough, little)
Added to glossary by
Luis Medina
Mar 13, 2006 18:46
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Mexico
regular
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
Survey
Estimados colegas:
Me encuentro traduciendo una encuesta en la que una de las preguntas es:
Con respecto a las clases a las que asistes, consideras que estás aprendiendo:
a) Mucho
b) Suficiente
c) Regular
d) Poco
This is what I have:
With respect to the classes you are taking, you think you have been learning:
a) A lot
b) Enough
c) Fairly much
d) Little
¿Les parece que "fairly much" funciona como equivalente de "regular", o qué otra forma podría emplear?
Gracias de antemano como siempre.
Luis Medina
Me encuentro traduciendo una encuesta en la que una de las preguntas es:
Con respecto a las clases a las que asistes, consideras que estás aprendiendo:
a) Mucho
b) Suficiente
c) Regular
d) Poco
This is what I have:
With respect to the classes you are taking, you think you have been learning:
a) A lot
b) Enough
c) Fairly much
d) Little
¿Les parece que "fairly much" funciona como equivalente de "regular", o qué otra forma podría emplear?
Gracias de antemano como siempre.
Luis Medina
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+4
18 mins
Jennifer Levey
Chile
Chile
Native in English
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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116
Selected
not enough
'not enough maintains a balance between the top and botton ends of th scale:
a) A lot
b) Enough
c) Not enough
d) Little (= not a lot)
'Average', or 'middling', if included in such a scale, would come between Enough and Not enough
a) A lot
b) Enough
c) Not enough
d) Little (= not a lot)
'Average', or 'middling', if included in such a scale, would come between Enough and Not enough
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I really like you suggestion, it is accurate and natural. Thanks a lot, Luis Medina."
2 mins
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Accredited translators 20 yrs experience
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
:
285
moderately / moderately well / moderately enough
Suerte
6 mins
Fernando Tognis
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
Accurate, fast and reliable
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Uruguayan, US, Argentine) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
:
4
middling
an option
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Heather Chinchilla
: I haven't heard this term used this way in the U.S.
22 mins
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7 mins
Hebe Martorella
Native in Spanish
accuracy, reliability in one click
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 3 more.
fairly enough
asi lo he visto en muchos casos
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Heather Chinchilla
: I'm sorry, but this doesn't sound quite right.
23 mins
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thanks for your comments Heather
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| neutral |
Chiquipaisa
: te contradices al ofrecer esta opición y decir que la mía es incorrecta
56 mins
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-1
9 mins
Chiquipaisa
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to Spanish, and 3 more.
average
En este contexto yo usaría average... You feel you are learning:
c) an average amount
c) an average amount
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Hebe Martorella
: es prácticamente lo contrario, no es suficiente o escasamente suficiente
39 mins
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?si esa es tu opinión, por qué ofreces fairly enough como una opción? Fairly enough no quiere decir insuficiente...
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+1
51 mins
Heather Chinchilla
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Let me get your message across!
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
:
10
see samples below
I think this is what you're looking for! :-)
In your ML&L classes, how much did you learn
about the cultures of the countries in which the language
you studied is spoken?
Very Much
A Lot
Some
Not Much
Not At All
alternatives could be:
very much
a lot
an average amount (or fair amount)
a small amount (or a little, or a little bit)
In your ML&L classes, how much did you learn
about the cultures of the countries in which the language
you studied is spoken?
Very Much
A Lot
Some
Not Much
Not At All
alternatives could be:
very much
a lot
an average amount (or fair amount)
a small amount (or a little, or a little bit)
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Chiquipaisa
: Yes Heather, this confirms your option as well as mine of average
5 mins
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Hello Chiquipaisa and thank you! :-) -Heather
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Margaret Schroeder
: In Spanish, "regular" may have a negative connotation which it doesn't have in English, and I suggest this is the case here, since the option of "regular" is situated at less than "suficiente". I believe "average" isn't negative enough in this context.
10 mins
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Thank you for your comment, GoodWords. I think I like "not much" better in this case.
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Jennifer Levey
: it is not uncommon for a 4-step scale to be used, with no 'average' choice (as in the source text), because when 'average' is in the list everyone uses it without thinking. You cannot (at least, should not) transpose 5-point terms to a 4-point scale.
26 mins
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Hello Mediamatrix and thank you for your comments. I don't see a problem in changing this particular 5-point scale to a 4-point scale in this case, as "very much" and "a lot" mean about the same thing. I'd just leave one of them out.
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kurecova
Specializes in field
regular
regular
2 hrs
more or less
como las preguntas están en un tono muy coloquial
"regular" en español de México (y en este caso) no se me hace una calificación negativa, es más bien una calificación indiferente, mediocre: ni fu ni fa, más o menos, da igual: no está mal, pero podría estár mejor
(Suficiente sería: podría aprender más, pero estoy satisfecho de lo que estoy aprendiendo; esperaba aprender más, pero no me quejo de lo que estoy aprendiendo...)
Incluso, el regular suena raro porque te está pidiendo una respuesta cuantitativa y el regular es más bien de calidad...
Pero "more or less" responde a la pregunta "How much are you learning?"
a) Mucho - a lot
b) Suficiente - enough
c) Regular - more or less
d) Poco - very little / not enough
así es como yo lo entiendo... (como respondería a estas preguntas)
"regular" en español de México (y en este caso) no se me hace una calificación negativa, es más bien una calificación indiferente, mediocre: ni fu ni fa, más o menos, da igual: no está mal, pero podría estár mejor
(Suficiente sería: podría aprender más, pero estoy satisfecho de lo que estoy aprendiendo; esperaba aprender más, pero no me quejo de lo que estoy aprendiendo...)
Incluso, el regular suena raro porque te está pidiendo una respuesta cuantitativa y el regular es más bien de calidad...
Pero "more or less" responde a la pregunta "How much are you learning?"
a) Mucho - a lot
b) Suficiente - enough
c) Regular - more or less
d) Poco - very little / not enough
así es como yo lo entiendo... (como respondería a estas preguntas)
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