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Glossary entry

español term or phrase:

Laura abrio de inmediatoy dijo pase, pase, sr. Delgado. ocurrio algo terrible

inglés translation:

Laura opened immediately and said come in, come in, Mr. Delgado. Something terrible has happened

Added to glossary by Francisco Herrerias
Mar 20, 2002 01:43
23 yrs ago
español term

Laura abrio de inmediatoy dijo pase, pase, sr. Delgado. ocurrio algo terrible

Non-PRO español al inglés Arte/Literatura
it is about a robery
Proposed translations (inglés)
4 +4 Laura opened immediately and said come in, come in, Mr. Delgado. Something terrible has happened
4 +3 Laura opened the door immediately and said come in Mr. Delgado, come in, something terrible has
5 +1 Laura.....
5 +1 Laura hastened to open the door and exclaimed:
4 +2 Laura opened the quickly and said.- Come in, come in Mr. Delgado, something horrible has happened.
5 +1 Laura swung the door open and said come in, come in, Mr. Delgado. Something terrible's happened.
4 +1 Laura opened the door straight away and said: "Come in. Come in, Mr Delgado. Something terrible .
5 Laura 'opened up' / opened 'it'
5 Laura opened immediately and said, "come in, come in, Mr. Delgado.Something terrible has happenned."
4 Laura quickly opened and said come in, come in, Mr. Delgado. Something terrible has happened

Proposed translations

+4
9 minutos
Selected

Laura opened immediately and said come in, come in, Mr. Delgado. Something terrible has happened

a little long!
Peer comment(s):
agree Robert INGLEDEW
1 minuto
agree Katriana Vader
4 minutos
agree Nora Escoms
12 minutos
agree LEALZ
29 minutos
disagree R.J.Chadwick (X) : "Open" in English is a ditranstive verb, i.e. needs a direct object; and is it "has happened" (just now) or "happened" (at some prior to a more recent past reference point)?
2 horas
agree David Davis
5 horas
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
+1
8 minutos

Laura.....

"Laura opened at once and said :come in, come in, something terrible happened"

Just like it is.....
Peer comment(s):
agree Diplomonde : Yup...
23 horas
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+3
20 minutos

Laura opened the door immediately and said come in Mr. Delgado, come in, something terrible has

occurred.

Good luck"
Peer comment(s):
agree Shannon Lard
3 horas
agree Endre Both
6 horas
agree Gustavo Carias : They are all good but this one sounds more accurate
13 horas
thank you
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+1
34 minutos

Laura hastened to open the door and exclaimed:

"Come on in, Mr. Delgado, something awful has happened."

(Punctuation is necessary)
Reference:

Lit. Transl.

Peer comment(s):
agree mgonzalez (X)
8 horas
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37 minutos

Laura quickly opened and said come in, come in, Mr. Delgado. Something terrible has happened

another option
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+2
1 hora

Laura opened the quickly and said.- Come in, come in Mr. Delgado, something horrible has happened.

MIGUEL
Peer comment(s):
agree elenali : y la puerta? Saludos Miguel
1 hora
agree jmf (X) : eso es (con la puerta, claro)
3 horas
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+1
2 horas

Laura opened the door straight away and said: "Come in. Come in, Mr Delgado. Something terrible .

"Open" is usually a transitive verb in English, i.e. requires an object.

More context would be needed to decide whether "occurrio" is best translated by "has happened" (i.e. just now) or "happened" (i.e. at some point in the past prior to a more recent past reference point). English is perhaps a little more precise than Spanish in this regard.

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Note added at 2002-03-20 04:12:01 (GMT)
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\"Open\" can also, optionally (and rarely), also be di-transitive, i.e. take two objects: \"She opened the door to Mr Delgado.\"
Peer comment(s):
agree lazli (X) : Except you forgot "has happened
1 hora
Thanks. I ran out space before I got to " ... has happened."
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+1
9 horas

Laura swung the door open and said come in, come in, Mr. Delgado. Something terrible's happened.

Diccionarios VOX:
to swing open/shut, (door) abrirse / cerrarse (de golpe).

No uso comillas para lo que dijo Laura para mantener el recurso del texto original.

"has happened" se usa porque "acaba de suceder", y se nota porque Laura está desesperada. Esa también es la razón por la que uso la forma abreviada ('s), para darle más rapidez al texto.

Espero que te ayude.
Naty :^)
Peer comment(s):
agree Valeria Verona
3 horas
¡Gracias, Valeria!
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13 horas

Laura 'opened up' / opened 'it'

laura opened 'it' (whatever she was opening) immediately and said "come in, come in, Mr Delgado. Something terrible/awful has happened.

alt: 'opened up'

In Spanish abrir is a ditransitive verb and doesn't 'have to' take the object. In English, too, but it is not often used without the object. If the antecedent is in the preceding sentence, you need to restate it with a neutral pronoun.
On the other hand you may use "open up" as a phrasal - refering to the opening of a shop, institution etc..

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Note added at 2002-03-20 15:07:04 (GMT)
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\'open up\' - may also infer the opening of her mouth after the shock
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23 horas

Laura opened immediately and said, "come in, come in, Mr. Delgado.Something terrible has happenned."

-no explanation necessary.-McRod
Reference:

http://http://www.proz.com/?sp=partprof&eid_c=14548

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