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serio y responsable en el manejo de sus operaciones

English translation: customers who manage their [personal] finances in a serious and responsible manner

23:17 Nov 13, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
Spanish term or phrase: serio y responsable en el manejo de sus operaciones
Estoy traduciendo una referencia bancaria venezolana:

"El Sr. xxx y la Sra. xxx son considerados por esta institución bancaria un cliente **serio y responsable en el manejo de sus operaciones**.

Tengo problemas con la redacción de la oración: are serious/reliable and responsible clients...

Muchas gracias por sus sugerencias
Yvonne Becker
Local time: 09:36
English translation:customers who manage their [personal] finances in a serious and responsible manner
Explanation:
At least in English, it seems odd to collapse a married couple into a single client, even if (as appears to be the case here) they hold a joint account at the bank.

I think that “manejo de sus opraciones” refers in general here to the couple’s management of their (personal) finances. “Operations” in English would suggest transactions within a business context, but there is no suggestion that these persons are anything other than personal banking customers.
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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 09:36
Grading comment
Muchísimas gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3customers who manage their [personal] finances in a serious and responsible manner
Robert Forstag
4 +1serious and responsible in the management of their operations
Daniel Liberman
5 -2formal and responsible client in the handling for their operations
Maximo Wilhelm Muñoz


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
serious and responsible in the management of their operations


Explanation:
Yo considero que "serious" and "responsible" está muy bien.

Daniel Liberman
United States
Local time: 09:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maximo Wilhelm Muñoz: I also like your answer. :D
38 mins
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
formal and responsible client in the handling for their operations


Explanation:
EN: "El Sr. xxx y la Sra. xxx son considerados por esta institución bancaria un cliente **serio y responsable en el manejo de sus operaciones**.
ES: “Mr. Xxx and Mrs. Xxx are considered by this banking institution as a **formal and responsible client in the handling for their operations**.
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¡Saludos!


Maximo Wilhelm Muñoz
Guatemala
Local time: 07:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Robert Forstag: Even without the glaring error of “for” rather than “of,” the English here would be tortured and unnatural.
2 hrs
  -> Um, yeah, I agree the preposition was placed there by mistake. Any other issue? I honestly think IT, the English language, WOULD NOT be tortured at all as you are treating yourself by expressing THE MERE ABOVE EXPRESSION tortures your mother tongue Rob.
disagree  philgoddard: Robert is right. Neither your answer nor your response to him sound like native English, and it doesn't say anything about "formal".//Three, not ten.
5 hrs
  -> Well, I have lately, just today, received about 10 agrees in this site. Why should I worry? because of your 2 disagrees? Relax guys, no torture needed here.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
un cliente serio y responsable en el manejo de sus operaciones
customers who manage their [personal] finances in a serious and responsible manner


Explanation:
At least in English, it seems odd to collapse a married couple into a single client, even if (as appears to be the case here) they hold a joint account at the bank.

I think that “manejo de sus opraciones” refers in general here to the couple’s management of their (personal) finances. “Operations” in English would suggest transactions within a business context, but there is no suggestion that these persons are anything other than personal banking customers.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 09:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 132
Grading comment
Muchísimas gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francois Boye
1 hr
  -> Merci, François.
agree  philgoddard: I would leave out "serious and". It doesn't add anything, and it sounds odd.
3 hrs
  -> Perhaps so, but “serio” is in the original, and somehow needs to be accounted for. The sense seems to be that the couple doesn’t fritter their money away on nights at the casino, expensive trips, etc. Thank you, Phil.
disagree  Maximo Wilhelm Muñoz: Um, look. If the source text is not properly created, and the client expects it to be translated as it is, then you cannot assume anything else. Have a good evening Robert.
3 hrs
  -> I do not see where I have distorted the intended meaning of the original text, and you have not shown that I have done so.
agree  patinba: "in a sound and responsible manner" perhaps?
9 hrs
  -> Perhaps “sound” would do here. Thank you, Pat.
agree  Mónica Algazi
302 days
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