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carruseles de entrevistas

English translation: back-to-back interviews

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Spanish term or phrase:carruseles de entrevistas
English translation:back-to-back interviews
Entered by: Gabriel Baum

23:43 Nov 29, 2010
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Spanish term or phrase: carruseles de entrevistas
It is about a book fair to be held next year in the USA

Se llevarán a cabo carruseles de entrevistas en San Diego, Tijuana y Los Ángeles.

I suppose it means interview rounds. just want to make sure. Thank you!
Martin Harvey
Argentina
back-to-back interviews
Explanation:
The Oxford Spanish Dictionary has an entry for "carrusel" that reads: "Carrusel deportivo / de noticias: back-to-back sports / news program"

Note that if you say "interview rounds" it could imply that the interviewee will go to each city. Back-to-back means that multiple interviews will take place in the same cities. It all depends on what other context there is in the document.
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Gabriel Baum
United States
Local time: 14:05
Grading comment
Thank you very mucho for this Gabriel!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2back-to-back interviews
Gabriel Baum
4 +1Interview Merry-Go-Rounds
Andrew Bramhall
4rounds of interviews
rlevins


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Interview Merry-Go-Rounds


Explanation:
Is the most appropriate translation IMHO;It isn't necessarily a reflection of the great number of them; it can refer to the rigmarole entailed in undergoing them, or carrying them out.

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos V. Uribe (X)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks !
neutral  Gabriel Baum: "Interview Merry-Go-Rounds" would be strange usage in England and incomprehensible in the US. Note that it is a book fair so presumably they are talking about interviews (and book signings) with authors.
1 day 19 hrs
  -> I believe that genuine native english speakers would understand the nuances regardless of their location.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
back-to-back interviews


Explanation:
The Oxford Spanish Dictionary has an entry for "carrusel" that reads: "Carrusel deportivo / de noticias: back-to-back sports / news program"

Note that if you say "interview rounds" it could imply that the interviewee will go to each city. Back-to-back means that multiple interviews will take place in the same cities. It all depends on what other context there is in the document.

Example sentence(s):
  • Back-to-back interviews wil take place in San Diego, Tijuana and Los Angeles
Gabriel Baum
United States
Local time: 14:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very mucho for this Gabriel!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emma Goldsmith
7 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Eileen Banks: :)
12 hrs
  -> Thanks!
neutral  Andrew Bramhall: No, back to back here would mean that as soon as one round of interviews was finished in one city, another round would begin in the second city, then the third.You think it's a synonym for simultaneous, which it isn't- it means 'following on from'.
16 hrs
  -> No. That's not what I think. In my opinion, in this context it means that back-to-back (which means immediately sequential) interviews will take place in (which means within) each city.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
rounds of interviews


Explanation:
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rlevins
Brazil
Local time: 18:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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