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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

we’re all headed roughly northbound.

Spanish translation:

todos vamos más o menos en la misma dirección

Added to glossary by Steven Huddleston
Nov 4, 2013 23:53
10 yrs ago
English term

we’re all headed roughly northbound.

English to Spanish Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) A letetr from the President of a company
Hi everyone!
I was wondering if you could help me with this phrase.
Does "northbound" here means something different than "travelling or leading towards the north"?
I cannot find if we are dealing with an idiom or a famous saying, or something like that.
Your help or opinion would be much appreciated!
Proposed translations (Spanish)
3 +1 todos vamos más o menos en la misma dirección
3 +1 se puede decir que estamos recuperando posiciones
4 estamos bien encaminados
Change log

Nov 6, 2013 15:50: Steven Huddleston Created KOG entry

Discussion

Rosa Paredes Nov 6, 2013:
There we go. Context ....
Sabrina Esteves (asker) Nov 5, 2013:
Yes, I am sorry!!!!!! I thought I had pasted all the sentence. Here it goes: "But, in general, in the main, we are a very good place to work, we have high integrity people, we get good results, and we’re all headed roughly northbound. That’s a major accomplishment that very few companies can make claim to". I hope it helps
Rosa Paredes Nov 5, 2013:
Context please. Una pregunta bien formulada tiene mejores posibilidades de resultar en una buena respuesta.
Pablo Julián Davis Nov 5, 2013:
Preguntas... ¿o acertijos? Sabrina, no nos has dado la mínima información necesaria como para te ayudemos de verdad. Sin el resto de la oración en la que figura la frase sobre la que estás consultando, y unos datos generales acerca del tipo de texto/documento de que se trata, no es posible hacer mucho más que adivinar.
Jessica Noyes Nov 5, 2013:
I would love to know what your context is. I see your sentence as redundant: "headed north" and "northbound" are synonyms.

Proposed translations

+1
17 hrs
Selected

todos vamos más o menos en la misma dirección

Aha! Context changes everything!
Peer comment(s):
agree Rosa Paredes : Por supuesto. En contexto. Saludos!
9 hrs
¡Gracias, Rosa! (Si, ¿verdad?) ¡Saludos!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gracias a todos por su buena predisposición!!!!! "
+1
55 mins

se puede decir que estamos recuperando posiciones

Aquí "headed northbound" en sentido metafórico parece referirse a que, luego de un período difícil, la empresa parece retomar un una tendencia ascendente:
http://online.barrons.com/article/SB500014240527487047553045...

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Note added at 15 hrs (2013-11-05 15:00:05 GMT)
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Sorry, "...parece retomar una tendencia..."
Peer comment(s):
agree Nico Translation
7 hrs
Gracias, Nicktribe.
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17 hrs

estamos bien encaminados

We do need more context to be sure, but I think this makes reference to the idiom "finding true north"
Get on the right course, proceed in the right direction, as in We'd better find true north before our competitors do . This term alludes to locating the position of the North Pole from a particular point. [Slang; late 1900s]
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