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el primer escalón del podio seguira siendo

English translation: (the United States) will once again top the medal tally

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Spanish term or phrase:el primer escalón del podio seguirá siendo (para Estados Unidos)
English translation:(the United States) will once again top the medal tally
Entered by: Charles Davis

16:55 Jul 8, 2012
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Spanish term or phrase: el primer escalón del podio seguira siendo
The context is a prediction, based on a model, for the 2012 London Olympics. In this context:

El modelo dice que el primer escalón del podio seguirá siendo para Estados Unidos con 99 medallas (36 de oro, 33 de plata y 30 de bronce), en ligera flexión con respecto a Pekín 2008 (110 medallas totales).

Provisionally I see it this way:

The model forecasts a return to the top step of the podium to the United States, with 99 medals (36 Gold, 33 Silver, and 30 Bronze), with a slight setback compared to Beijing 2008 (110 medals).
Eugenio Llorente
Spain
Local time: 15:55
(the United States) will once again top the medal tally
Explanation:
I would recommend abandoning the podium metaphor, which really doesn't work well in English; it sounds forced and unnatural. Instead, I would use the standard cliché of "topping the medal tally". You could say "will once again top the medal tally with 99 (36 gold, 33 silver, and 30 bronze)"; there's no need to repeat "medals" after "99".

You have to be a bit careful how you express this, to be accurate, because according to IOC rules the country that comes top of the official medal table is not the country with the most medals overall but the one with the most gold medals. So in Beijing 2008, China, with 51 golds and 100 medals overall, was in first place, ahead of the USA, with more medals overall (110) but fewer golds (36).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_medal_tabl...

This is why I would use "medal tally" rather than "medal table"; the source text prediction is expressed in terms of overall number of medals compared with last time. This is reflected in the fact that it says "seguirá siendo": this is only true in terms of medal tally, because in 2008, as I say, the US did not come on the "top step of the podium" in terms of the medal table.
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 15:55
Grading comment
Perfect, Davis! Thank you very much from Madrid.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5(the United States) will once again top the medal tally
Charles Davis
4the first step of the podium will remain in the possession of
Patricia ONeill
4(the United States) will again possess the highest medals tally
Damien Rea


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the first step of the podium will remain in the possession of


Explanation:
or will still belong to, or similar.
The difference between these answers and what you put forward, is that the US was already in possession of the first step.

Patricia ONeill
Local time: 10:55
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
(the United States) will once again top the medal tally


Explanation:
I would recommend abandoning the podium metaphor, which really doesn't work well in English; it sounds forced and unnatural. Instead, I would use the standard cliché of "topping the medal tally". You could say "will once again top the medal tally with 99 (36 gold, 33 silver, and 30 bronze)"; there's no need to repeat "medals" after "99".

You have to be a bit careful how you express this, to be accurate, because according to IOC rules the country that comes top of the official medal table is not the country with the most medals overall but the one with the most gold medals. So in Beijing 2008, China, with 51 golds and 100 medals overall, was in first place, ahead of the USA, with more medals overall (110) but fewer golds (36).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_medal_tabl...

This is why I would use "medal tally" rather than "medal table"; the source text prediction is expressed in terms of overall number of medals compared with last time. This is reflected in the fact that it says "seguirá siendo": this is only true in terms of medal tally, because in 2008, as I say, the US did not come on the "top step of the podium" in terms of the medal table.

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 15:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
Perfect, Davis! Thank you very much from Madrid.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Ronder
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, David!
agree  Letredenoblesse
13 hrs
  -> Thanks, Agnes!
agree  axies
18 hrs
  -> Thanks, Manuel!
agree  Lisa Grayson
22 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lisa!
agree  Emma Goldsmith: Very nice
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot, Emma :)
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(the United States) will again possess the highest medals tally


Explanation:
As China actually came top of the medals table from Beijing 2008 (due to more gold medals that the US, but with less overall medals) it is important that you refer to the medals tally rather than the medals table. I agree with other comments advising against using a podium metaphor.

Damien Rea
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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