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TENSE

Spanish translation: Podría haber tenido

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English term or phrase:TENSE
Spanish translation:Podría haber tenido
Entered by: Gad Kohenov

12:55 Jul 21, 2010
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / grammar
English term or phrase: TENSE
Es correcto el TENSE she could have had, para decir PODRÍA HABER TENIDO:
At first, people from another institute had been selected, however they were ruled out so as to obtain a more homogeneous sample. A 48 year- woman was not included in the study because it was considered that because of her age she could have had more experience in the field of translation than the rest of the participants.
caritog86
Local time: 15:56
Podría haber tenido
Explanation:
I think you are correct.

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Note added at 6 mins (2010-07-21 13:02:04 GMT)
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Tense es tiempo as David says.
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Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 21:56
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5Podría haber tenido
Gad Kohenov
5 +1tiempo
David Russi
3 +3podría tener
Liliana Garfunkel
4Could have had
Cinnamon Nolan
3Pudiera
Arturo Delgado
2Podría tener
Spanish edit (X)


Discussion entries: 4





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tiempo


Explanation:
Sí, es correcto

David Russi
United States
Local time: 12:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 173

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Becker
57 mins
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
tense
Podría haber tenido


Explanation:
I think you are correct.

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Note added at 6 mins (2010-07-21 13:02:04 GMT)
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Tense es tiempo as David says.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 21:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 31
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Becker
56 mins
  -> Muchas gracias!
agree  Mirtha Grotewold
3 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias!
agree  Susana Jeronimo
3 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias!
agree  eski: Absolutely the better choice: Saludos! eski
7 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias!
agree  Martha Ar
1 day 15 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias!
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
tense
podría tener


Explanation:
Otra opción más condensada.
Se consideró que debido a su edad podría tener más experiencia en el campo de la traducción que el resto de los participantes.

Liliana Garfunkel
Argentina
Local time: 15:56
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Electra Voulgari:
26 mins
  -> Gracias, ElectraV :)
agree  Natalia Pedrosa (X)
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Natalia :)
neutral  David Russi: No me explico... en la pregunta "Es correcto el TENSE she could have had, para decir PODRÍA HABER TENIDO:" ¿cuál es el idioma de partida?
1 hr
  -> A veces no se puede traducir literalmente. "Could have had" es "podría haber tenido" pero, en mi opinión, "Se consideró que debido a su edad podría tener más experiencia" es mejor que "podría haber tenido más experiencia".
agree  José Mª SANZ (X): Es lo correcto, ya que la experiencia continúa teniéndola, independientemente de que se la aceptara o no para la muestra. Creo que inconscientemente se está pensando en "podría haber mostrado" o expresión similar.
3 hrs
  -> De acuerdo, gracias, Chema.
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tense
Pudiera


Explanation:
No estoy del todo seguro, pero creo que esta oracion no implica condicion (si me ruegas, podria ayudarte) si no duda y, por lo tanto, se justifica el uso del subjuntivo imperfecto.
Suerte.

Example sentence(s):
  • se considero que, por su edad, pudiera haber tenido/contado con mas experiencia...
Arturo Delgado
United States
Local time: 14:56
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Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 188
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1 day 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
tense
Podría tener


Explanation:
En español correcto se diría Podría tener
Podría haber tenido es una traducción literal y así suena.


Spanish edit (X)
Local time: 20:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
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1 day 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Podría haber tenido
Could have had


Explanation:
Well, assuming that what is wanted is confirmation of Span > Eng:

'Could have had' is correct in the sentence, as it is talking about a decision made in the past (when she was excluded from the study). If you were talking about a present situation, you would use 'could have':
She should be excluded because she could/might have more experience.

Note:
A 48-year-old woman, not a *48-year woman.

Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Local time: 20:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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