Nov 17, 2007 17:01
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Accurate and Reliable
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English
radiopasillo
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
company survey
Talking about ways to improve conditions in the work environment:
Para mejorar nuestro ambiente es necesario inculacarnos el eliminar el "radiopasillo" que no deja nada constructivo y si mucho de destructivo
Are they talking about "gossip" by any chance?
Para mejorar nuestro ambiente es necesario inculacarnos el eliminar el "radiopasillo" que no deja nada constructivo y si mucho de destructivo
Are they talking about "gossip" by any chance?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | gossip talking |
nigthgirl
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| 4 +4 | rumor(s) |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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Proposed translations
+2
6 hrs
Selected
gossip talking
Habladurías, chismes, charlas improductivas.
Peer comment(s):
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Telva Sosa Stanziola
30 mins
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thanks :)
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Marian Martin (X)
22 hrs
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thanks to Lynda, telva and m marti: )
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks nigthgirl, I would just say gossip. In the end I went with my own instinct of "watercooler chatter" because it fit well with the slang in the original. "
+4
5 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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589
rumor(s)
Look at this reference:
eleZeta - Weblog Personal de Lucas Zallio » 2004 » November
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Esta definición es la más corta y genérica que se puede encontrar. ... Radiopasillo , también llamada rumor; esa comunicación informal que, mal tratada, ...
ele-zeta.com.ar/2004/11/ - 62k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Mike :)
eleZeta - Weblog Personal de Lucas Zallio » 2004 » November
- [ Translate this page ]
Esta definición es la más corta y genérica que se puede encontrar. ... Radiopasillo , también llamada rumor; esa comunicación informal que, mal tratada, ...
ele-zeta.com.ar/2004/11/ - 62k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Mike :)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Yvonne Becker
: As a matter of fact, I think your suggestion is better than mine
3 mins
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Thank you, Yvonne. That is might noble of you, Yvonne. - Mike :)
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| agree |
María Adela Chiurco
: "Radiopasillo" is also used in Argentina with the same meaning.
47 mins
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Thank you, María Adela - Mike :)
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| agree |
Narcis Lozano Drago
: Or "radio macuto" in Spain: "the grapevine".
1 hr
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Thank you, Narcis - another expression that is new to me - Mike :)
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| agree |
Maria523
1 day 17 hrs
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Thank you, Maria523 - Mike :)
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