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que en su pensar lo estarían evitando....

English translation: \"which, in their minds, they avoid fulfilling/doing\"

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Spanish term or phrase:que en su pensar lo estarían evitando....
English translation:\"which, in their minds, they avoid fulfilling/doing\"
Entered by: schmetterlich

21:49 Jul 6, 2022
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
Spanish term or phrase: que en su pensar lo estarían evitando....
Procrastinación
Asimismo, otro aspecto importante para xxx son las emociones debido a que las personas perciben satisfacción, placer al no cumplir con sus deberes que en su pensar lo estarían evitando, mas no negándose a realizarla, ideas evidentemente erróneas, produciendo en ellos sensaciones de liberación y satisfacción.

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schmetterlich
Local time: 08:16
"which, in their minds, they avoid fulfilling/doing"
Explanation:
Suponiendo que utilices "duties" o "tasks" antes, creo que quedaría bien decir "... their duties, which, in their minds, they avoid fulfilling". El sentido es que lo que piensan es que están evitando la tarea, pero en realidad no están negándose a hacerla.
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Martina Engelhardt
Argentina
Local time: 10:16
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3"which, in their minds, they avoid fulfilling/doing"
Martina Engelhardt
3 +1which they (would) see themselves as avoiding
David Hollywood
3they would avoid it initially
Lisa Rosengard


Discussion entries: 3





  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
"which, in their minds, they avoid fulfilling/doing"


Explanation:
Suponiendo que utilices "duties" o "tasks" antes, creo que quedaría bien decir "... their duties, which, in their minds, they avoid fulfilling". El sentido es que lo que piensan es que están evitando la tarea, pero en realidad no están negándose a hacerla.

Martina Engelhardt
Argentina
Local time: 10:16
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Santiago Mancero: No se puede mejorar mucho eso
5 mins
agree  neilmac
10 hrs
agree  Carol Gullidge: or "which, according to them..." or "as far as they were concerned...". These are certainly not an improvement on "in their minds" but merely a couple of synonymous expressions
19 hrs
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
they would avoid it initially


Explanation:
The initial avoidance of completing the assigned tasks might produce a sensation of liberty, however, on completion of the assigned tasks those initial sensations of liberty seem to be of an erroneous or mistaken satisfaction.

SP:
La evitación primera durante la que no se completa la tarea puesta puede producir una sensación de libertad. Sin embargo, al completar la tarea puesta las primeras emociones de libertad parecen ser de una satisfacción errónea o fallada.

Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
which they (would) see themselves as avoiding


Explanation:
I would suggest

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Note added at 2 days 4 hrs (2022-07-09 02:03:38 GMT)
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and "but" for the "mas"


Mas se escribe sin acento cuando equivale a 'pero', mientras que más, con acento, es un adverbio que denota la idea de superioridad, exceso o aumento, y que también puede funcionar, según sea el caso, como adjetivo, sustantivo o conjunción.


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Note added at 2 days 4 hrs (2022-07-09 02:07:52 GMT)
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bit like "mais" in French...

David Hollywood
Local time: 10:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 480

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Does the "mas no" part mean "rather than"?
4 hrs
  -> the "más no" sounds like "in addition to"
neutral  Carol Gullidge: it's not "más no", but "mas no" (no accent)
13 hrs
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