Jul 30, 2011 20:01
12 yrs ago
Spanish term
cosa de ellos
Spanish to English
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Hello,
What would be a good translation for "cosa de ellos". The speaker is an old lady complaining about a group of youths drinking on a street corner.
Esta juventud! Cosa de ellos.
Thanks
What would be a good translation for "cosa de ellos". The speaker is an old lady complaining about a group of youths drinking on a street corner.
Esta juventud! Cosa de ellos.
Thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
3 hrs
Jeff Gotfredson
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Spanish to English Translation Services
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, Irish, US South, US, Australian, Jamaican, Canadian, New Zealand, Scottish) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Spanish, English
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12
Selected
Kids these days! Always up to no good.
Perhaps a bit colloquial, but I am attempting to duplicate the overall effect of the speaker's style in English.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+4
10 mins
Young people today! Oh well, it's their business!
Since this is a verbal, informal statement, I am trying to to visualize what an English speaker who fits the profile you described would say.
Peer comment(s):
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FVS (X)
: This could be said in a million ways but your's seems very good to me.
3 mins
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| agree |
Mónica Algazi
43 mins
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
: If's she's complaining, she wouldn't be expressing herself in a kind of "oh, well," "that's the way they are" manner. She would then be resigned, not complaining./I don't think this is a Polish grandma speaking here.
45 mins
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| agree |
Werner Maurer
: All the other translations are very free indeed! One or more of them might still be suitable, depending on speaker's intent.
1 hr
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Dorota Madrzyk
: I think she is resigned and complaining. Reminds me of older Polish women in Poland:) Oh, those children now:)
1 hr
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16 mins
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
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3
These young people, nowadays...They're always up to something/up to their usual tricks.
HTH
Peer comment(s):
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FVS (X)
: ummmm looking at your neutral to Stefano, I would make exactly the same comment about your answer.
49 mins
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Why? It's obvious that my interpretation is more indicative of complaining, which is what the asker has expressed, categorically, I might add. Umm...
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+2
17 mins
James A. Walsh
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, US, UK) , Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Standard-Spain)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
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12
Spanish term (edited):
Esta juventud! Cosa de ellos.
Honestly, the things the youth of today get up to!
Or alternatively: I don't know, the things the youth of today get up to!
Peer comment(s):
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Simon Bruni
: nice and idiomatic and covers the meaning well
14 hrs
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Cheers Simon.
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bcsantos
1 day 52 mins
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Thank you.
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19 mins
(They're) always doing their own thing / it's their thing.
Another option.
41 mins
Oh, this young generation!
Another option.
+1
1 hr
Lindsay Spratt
France
France
Native in English
Works in field
France
Por/Sp/Cat/Fr->En, IoLDipTrans, MACantab
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English, and 2 more.
Young people these days! In a world of their own!
My take on it!
4 hrs
That's typical of them!
I live in a Spanish-speaking country, and we say things like these all the time. 'Cosa de jóvenes' ' Cosa de niños' ' Cosa de viejos' etc. meaning it is very common for them to do something or act a certain way.
5 hrs
(Young people today.) I guess whatever they do; it's their business.
(Young people today.) I guess whatever they do; it's their business:
ww.arabianbusiness.com/qatar-s-qtel-ordered-close-all-virgin-bran... - Cached12 Jun 2011 – whatever they do, its their business guys. ... But I guess you come here for the easy money and because growth is less in your countries. ...
lex Pelling and Lisa Grant: Couple plan ceremony in every country ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Alex-Pelling-Lisa-Grant-Couple-plan... Jun 2011 – Most couples prepare for their wedding on the assumption that it ... of the day its entirely their business to do whatever they please. ... But, each to their own I guess. - The Future Mrs Watson, Albion, 08/6/2011 08:47 ...
ww.arabianbusiness.com/qatar-s-qtel-ordered-close-all-virgin-bran... - Cached12 Jun 2011 – whatever they do, its their business guys. ... But I guess you come here for the easy money and because growth is less in your countries. ...
lex Pelling and Lisa Grant: Couple plan ceremony in every country ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Alex-Pelling-Lisa-Grant-Couple-plan... Jun 2011 – Most couples prepare for their wedding on the assumption that it ... of the day its entirely their business to do whatever they please. ... But, each to their own I guess. - The Future Mrs Watson, Albion, 08/6/2011 08:47 ...
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