Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ejercitar el pulgar de la mano hábil
English translation:
to give the remote a flick of the thumb
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Bubo Coroman (X)
Feb 14, 2010 19:14
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Spanish term
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mano hábil
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Advertising / Public Relations
Se refiere en forma humorística a los molestos cortes publicitarios y como se trata de cambiar de canal.
En este contexto:
"Es práctica común ejercitar el pulgar de la mano hábil justo al comienzo de cada bloque publicitario, en lo más interesante de la película de turno, o en el momento culminante del debate más interesante".
The momento lointerpreto así:
"It is common practice to exercise the thumb of your working hand at the beggining of a commercial break, just at the most exciting part of the movie or at the climax of the most interesting debate"
En este contexto:
"Es práctica común ejercitar el pulgar de la mano hábil justo al comienzo de cada bloque publicitario, en lo más interesante de la película de turno, o en el momento culminante del debate más interesante".
The momento lointerpreto así:
"It is common practice to exercise the thumb of your working hand at the beggining of a commercial break, just at the most exciting part of the movie or at the climax of the most interesting debate"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +5 | to give the remote a flick of the thumb |
Bubo Coroman (X)
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| 4 | dominant hand |
Gloria Rivera
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| 4 | dexterous/dextrous hand |
Victoria Frazier
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| 4 | To simply press the remote or To change the channel |
sonjaswenson (X)
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Feb 16, 2010 22:10: Bubo Coroman (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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to give the remote a flick of the thumb
there is a "casual" air to this gesture that might be captured in this way in English
Note from asker:
| Yes, brilliant. |
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Gloria Rivera
United States
United States
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United States
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
22 mins
Victoria Frazier
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
United States
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dexterous/dextrous hand
It means that it´s done automatically, without thinking.
that is an enveloping grasp: the phalanges automatically wrap the object, according to its shape [13],[14]. As in the. Hirose's Softfinger a pulling cable ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/10916/34365/01639101.pdf?arnumber=1639101
The UTAH/MIT dexterous hand is a robotic manipulator built to emulate the human tendon system.
www.stormingmedia.us/74/7409/A740992.html
Automatically controlled mechanical hand assemblies replace expensive manual labor and ..... Inventor: Crowder , et al.4946380, Artificial dexterous hand ...
www.patentstorm.us/patents/5378033/description.html
that is an enveloping grasp: the phalanges automatically wrap the object, according to its shape [13],[14]. As in the. Hirose's Softfinger a pulling cable ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/10916/34365/01639101.pdf?arnumber=1639101
The UTAH/MIT dexterous hand is a robotic manipulator built to emulate the human tendon system.
www.stormingmedia.us/74/7409/A740992.html
Automatically controlled mechanical hand assemblies replace expensive manual labor and ..... Inventor: Crowder , et al.4946380, Artificial dexterous hand ...
www.patentstorm.us/patents/5378033/description.html
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To simply press the remote or To change the channel
"It is common practice to simply press the remote just at climax"
"It is common practice to change/flip the channel..."
Both expressions are common.
"It is common practice to change/flip the channel..."
Both expressions are common.
Example sentence:
"It is common practice to simply press the remote just at climax"
"It is common practice to change the channel..."
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