Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
naturalmente
English translation:
Naturally / Needless to say,
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2015-02-18 11:54:43 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Spanish term
obviously
I'm translating a letter and I'm doubting about the word "naturlamente"
... "Durante nuestro encuentro he explicado todos los pasos a seguir en la transaccion,
desde la firma del poder hasta la conclusion del contrato, incluyendo todos los terminos de
la venta. Naturalmente, el Sr. Watson ha aceptado los costes de sus servicios."
My doubt here is whether to use "obviously" or "certainly". I found Obviously a bit strong.
Thanks for your help.
| 4 +4 | Naturally / Needless to say, |
Charles Davis
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| 4 | did indeed accept |
Ventnai
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Feb 15, 2015 11:18: Ventnai changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Charles Davis, Jane Martin, Ventnai
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Proposed translations
Naturally / Needless to say,
"Certainly" would be wrong. "Obviously" would be the wrong tone. "Naturally" would be perfectly OK (not followed by a comma, for preference, in my opinion). Or I think you could say "Needless to say", which would have a comma after "say".
| Yes Charles. I'm very sorry, I'm translating SP-EN |
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Sandra Cirera-García
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Thanks, Sandra!
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Carol Gullidge
: of course, there are loads of other, equally valid, ways of expressing this//A good example of why translators shouldn't have an aversion to using the obvious (and frequently the most suitable) translation...
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Naturalmente! The great thing is to rule out the ones that don't work. Thanks, Carol :)
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Isamar
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Thanks, Isamar :)
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Habibulla Josefi
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Thanks, Filologo :)
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did indeed accept
For instance:
did indeed accept ...
Mr Watson, of course, accepted
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Carol Gullidge
: your header term - although it sounds good at first sight - is a bit of a non sequitur in this context. But I agree about using a thesaurus!
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