Jan 17, 2017 04:21
7 yrs ago
Spanish term

si se enteraba de mi desaparición

Spanish to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Murder mystery novel
Good Evening Prozians,

I am struggling to find the equivalent of “si se enteraba de mi desaparición” within this context.

Dialogue Context:Susie: Ralph, no te saldrás con la tuya, la policía pronto vendrá por ti, tendrán las pruebas, los videos.
Ralph: Jajaja…¿Y cómo lo sabrán según tú, loquita?
Susie: Esa noche envié los videos a un profesor de la universidad, con la advertencia que si se enteraba de mi desaparición los enviara a la policía.

Mi intento: Susie: Ralph, you won’t get away with this—the police will soon find you—they will have the evidence—the videos.”
Ralph: “Ha, ha, ha…and how are they going to know…based on what you say, crazy girl?”
Susie: “The other night I sent the videos to one of my professors at the university warning them to send them to the police in order to help find me.”
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Non-PRO (2): Carol Gullidge, Michele Fauble

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Proposed translations

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if he found out that I had disappeared / in the event of my disappearance

"...instructing him to send them to the police in the event of my disappearance"
or
"...instructing him to send them to the policy if he found out that I had disappeared"
Peer comment(s):

agree Marie Wilson
3 hrs
Thanks, Marie.
agree franglish
4 hrs
Thanks, franglish.
agree Darius Saczuk
6 hrs
Thanks, Dariusz.
agree Helena Landeras
13 hrs
Thanks, Helena. //Sorry about that, autocomplete madness!
agree Thomas Walker : P.S. Isn't it "lechuguilla"?
1 day 16 hrs
Thanks, Tom. The odd non-sequitur above was made without me realizing it by autocomplete from a previous post, thanks for the heads-up!
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