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close-mouthed police informant

Spanish translation: Al igual que un muy reservado soplón/informante de la policía


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English term or phrase:close-mouthed police informant
Spanish translation:Al igual que un muy reservado soplón/informante de la policía
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18:15 Sep 29, 2005
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers (general) / UNIX
English term or phrase: close-mouthed police informant
Like a close-mouthed police informant, Unix never volunteers any information, so you need to learn two new commands.

Sé exactamente lo que quiere decir, pero no soy capaz de traducirla de forma coherente. Muchas gracias por vuestras sugerencias.
Smartranslators
Local time: 11:20
Al igual que un muy reservado soplón/informante de la policía
Explanation:
Podría ser una posibilidad. Por supuesto, el sentido es figurado.
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Adriana de Groote
Guatemala
Local time: 03:20
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Muchas gracias Adriana. Me sirvió de ayuda para mi frase final. Gracias a todos
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Summary of answers provided
5soplón renuente
Henry Hinds
5soplón policial reservado/cerrado como una ostra....
maryel
5mantiene su (la) confidencialidad de su información al igual que un...
BelkisDV
4Al igual que un muy reservado soplón/informante de la policía
Adriana de Groote


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Al igual que un muy reservado soplón/informante de la policía


Explanation:
Podría ser una posibilidad. Por supuesto, el sentido es figurado.

Adriana de Groote
Guatemala
Local time: 03:20
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Muchas gracias Adriana. Me sirvió de ayuda para mi frase final. Gracias a todos
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
mantiene su (la) confidencialidad de su información al igual que un...


Explanation:
informante, encubierto...

Creo que cualquier otro adjetivo que exprese el hermetismo del sistema sería más apropiado. Aquí la idea que se debe expresar es que el sistema Unix no permite, o evita a toda costa, que intrusos o hackers obtengan infomación de su computadora.

BelkisDV
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
soplón policial reservado/cerrado como una ostra....


Explanation:
my sugg.

maryel
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
soplón renuente


Explanation:
renuente

Henry Hinds
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