Feb 4, 2009 08:47
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Spanish term
ortodoxo/a
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
As in: "´No estoy seguro de que sus métodos sean muy ortodoxo".
(RAE: 3. adj. Conforme con doctrinas o prácticas generalmente aceptadas.)
Some examples: " trata de atraer a un cliente con métodos poco ortodoxos" http://www.elpais.com/parrillatv/canal-plus/serie/11-01-2009...
Carrascosa considera que la figura de Aragonés es "atípica" y sus métodos "poco ortodoxos", todos los jugadores los han aceptado. http://eurocopa2008.hoysport.com/noticias/futbol/ftboleuroco...
"Las tomamos con salsa barbacoa (esto último no se si es muy ortodoxo , pero estaban buenísimas )" http://cafetito.mforos.com/228999/2709541-tiras-de-pollo-con...
(RAE: 3. adj. Conforme con doctrinas o prácticas generalmente aceptadas.)
Some examples: " trata de atraer a un cliente con métodos poco ortodoxos" http://www.elpais.com/parrillatv/canal-plus/serie/11-01-2009...
Carrascosa considera que la figura de Aragonés es "atípica" y sus métodos "poco ortodoxos", todos los jugadores los han aceptado. http://eurocopa2008.hoysport.com/noticias/futbol/ftboleuroco...
"Las tomamos con salsa barbacoa (esto último no se si es muy ortodoxo , pero estaban buenísimas )" http://cafetito.mforos.com/228999/2709541-tiras-de-pollo-con...
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James Arthur Williamson
Spain
Spain
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Spain
Legal/business/engineering expertise.
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English
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conventional/unconventional
In English orthodoxy is more confines to questions of belief (religious, political) than methodology, where we tend to be conventional or unconventional.
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Carmen Schultz
: this is what I started to say but when I answered I did it erroneously in Spanish so I deleted it
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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Jill Ananyi
: Yes, this sounds more natural. We use 'unorthodox' more than we use 'orthodox'.
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Mónica Belén Colacilli
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Terence Ajbro
Sweden
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Works in: English to German, English to Danish, Danish to English, and 7 more.
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orthodox
is what I would say in English
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LangSolutions
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Cinnamon Nolan
: Conventional is correct, but orthodox is also used for methodology, even sales methodology.
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
: Sí... pero "poco ortodoxos": unorthodox
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Carol Gullidge
: has connotations (not only conventional, but also correct) that are missing from "conventional"
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I think his methods may be somewhat maverick
I suggest this to translate "no estoy seguro de que sus métodos sean muy ortodoxos"
Reference:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maverick
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Note added at 35 mins (2009-02-04 09:23:11 GMT)
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an example of use:
Maverick schoolboy questions teaching methods
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/27/content_...
an alternative translation:
"I think he may be somewhat maverick in his methods"
Reference:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maverick
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Note added at 35 mins (2009-02-04 09:23:11 GMT)
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an example of use:
Maverick schoolboy questions teaching methods
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/27/content_...
an alternative translation:
"I think he may be somewhat maverick in his methods"
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I'm not sure your methods are very orthodox
in spanish we dont use the translation of the word unorthodox, we use more like "not orthodox" or "not very orthodox", so the translation would be "I'm not sure your methods are very orthodox" or "I'm not sure you use very orthodox methods"
Example sentence:
I\'m not sure that your methods are very orthodox
Reference comments
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Accredited translators 20 yrs experience
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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Reference:
unorthodox / unconventional
Unorthodox
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heterodoxo -xa
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unconventional poco ortodoxo -xa
· his methods are very unorthodox - "los métodos que emplea no son nada ortodoxos "
http://www.elpais.com/diccionarios/ingles-espanol/unorthodox
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heterodoxo -xa
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unconventional poco ortodoxo -xa
· his methods are very unorthodox - "los métodos que emplea no son nada ortodoxos "
http://www.elpais.com/diccionarios/ingles-espanol/unorthodox
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