Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Tiene pocas colas
English translation:
there's almost no waiting in line
Added to glossary by
Jorge A Mosquera
Jan 27, 2011 19:50
13 yrs ago
Spanish term
Tiene pocas colas
Spanish to English
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Se trata de una serie de términos para introducir en una aplicación. Los términos miden la satisfacción de los clientes de un banco.
"Colas" se refiere a "personas haciendo cola". La traducción debe de ser lo más concisa o telegráfica posible, puesto que por la sucesión de términos se puede sobreentender lo que se omita. En este contexto:
"Tiene pocas colas, casi no hay que esperar para hacer gestiones"
Mi interpretación, que creo correcta, es la siguiente:
"Clients hardly have to wait long in line to do their business".
No obstante me gustaría contar con alguna otra alternativa. como quizás:
"Few lines are formed, you hardly need to wait to do your business."
"Colas" se refiere a "personas haciendo cola". La traducción debe de ser lo más concisa o telegráfica posible, puesto que por la sucesión de términos se puede sobreentender lo que se omita. En este contexto:
"Tiene pocas colas, casi no hay que esperar para hacer gestiones"
Mi interpretación, que creo correcta, es la siguiente:
"Clients hardly have to wait long in line to do their business".
No obstante me gustaría contar con alguna otra alternativa. como quizás:
"Few lines are formed, you hardly need to wait to do your business."
Proposed translations
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Change log
Feb 11, 2011 14:46: Jorge A Mosquera Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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16 mins
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there's almost no waiting in line
Espero que esto te ayude a tener mas opciones.
"Customers do their business quickly, there's almost no waiting in line."
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despues de leer mi sugerencia, si hablamos de un banco creo que quedaria mejor de la siguiente manera:
"the teller/bank officer attends the customer rather quickly, there's almost no waiting in line."
"Customers do their business quickly, there's almost no waiting in line."
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despues de leer mi sugerencia, si hablamos de un banco creo que quedaria mejor de la siguiente manera:
"the teller/bank officer attends the customer rather quickly, there's almost no waiting in line."
Peer comment(s):
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bigedsenior
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thank you.
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Claudia Reynaud
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thank you.
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JH Trads
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thank you.
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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15 mins
There aren't many lines/The lines are short
Or queues in UK English.
Peer comment(s):
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Richard Boulter
: AND 'little waiting to do business'. Just remove 'your/their' from 'do business' and everything is fine, I think, at least for the U.S.
6 hrs
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18 mins
there is very little waiting in line to have your business taken care of
There are many ways this could be said.
substitute 'queue' for 'line' if the target is British
substitute 'queue' for 'line' if the target is British
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13 mins
Little queuing.
Si quieres conciso y esqueto, ya.
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Note added at 16 mins (2011-01-27 20:07:08 GMT)
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That should be 'escueto', sorry.
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Note added at 34 mins (2011-01-27 20:25:04 GMT)
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There may be no queues so a generic term queuing is more appropriate I think.
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Note added at 16 mins (2011-01-27 20:07:08 GMT)
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That should be 'escueto', sorry.
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Note added at 34 mins (2011-01-27 20:25:04 GMT)
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There may be no queues so a generic term queuing is more appropriate I think.
26 mins
Spanish term (edited):
Tiene pocas colas
Queues are short
Another option.
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http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en&tab=nw#sclient=psy&hl=en...
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Note added at 28 mins (2011-01-27 20:19:47 GMT)
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http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en&tab=nw#hl=en&xhr=t&q="yo...
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Here's that last link again, hopefully it will work this time: http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en&tab=nw#sclient=psy&hl=en...
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Note added at 31 mins (2011-01-27 20:22:02 GMT)
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I give up trying to insert links on here - they hardly ever work!! Do a Google search for this "you don't have to wait long to get served" (that's what the link should be).
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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-01-28 00:37:32 GMT)
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Queues are short — you get served in no time!
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Note added at 28 mins (2011-01-27 20:19:19 GMT)
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http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en&tab=nw#sclient=psy&hl=en...
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Note added at 28 mins (2011-01-27 20:19:47 GMT)
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http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en&tab=nw#hl=en&xhr=t&q="yo...
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Note added at 30 mins (2011-01-27 20:20:59 GMT)
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Here's that last link again, hopefully it will work this time: http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?hl=en&tab=nw#sclient=psy&hl=en...
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Note added at 31 mins (2011-01-27 20:22:02 GMT)
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I give up trying to insert links on here - they hardly ever work!! Do a Google search for this "you don't have to wait long to get served" (that's what the link should be).
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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-01-28 00:37:32 GMT)
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Queues are short — you get served in no time!
Example sentence:
Queues are short, you don't have to wait long to get served.
13 hrs
you rarely have to queue/wait in line
You rarely have to queue to be served (UK)
You rarely have to wait in line to be served (US)
If you want it concise, I think this direct approach might work well here.
You rarely have to wait in line to be served (US)
If you want it concise, I think this direct approach might work well here.
21 hrs
Lines are few.
Lines are few. There is hardly any wait to conduct transactions.
1 day 5 hrs
Short lines/queues
...almost no waiting for/to perform transactions
Si lo que necesita es una opción concisa o telegráfica, quizás ésta sea buena opción. ¡Espero que le sirva!
Saludos desde las Islas Marianas del Norte :-)
Si lo que necesita es una opción concisa o telegráfica, quizás ésta sea buena opción. ¡Espero que le sirva!
Saludos desde las Islas Marianas del Norte :-)
Discussion
Better to say. 'to conduct business' as oppose to 'do your business'.
Replace the (,) after formed with a (;) or a (.) to avoid a run-on sentence. Change 'few lines are formed' to 'lines are few' to avoid using the passive voice. See my entry below. Cheers.