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well into/ well over

Spanish translation: los costes subirían a billones de libras

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English term or phrase:the costs would be well into the billions of pounds
Spanish translation:los costes subirían a billones de libras
Entered by: Rebecca Hendry

21:57 May 14, 2005
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Economics
English term or phrase: well into/ well over
but the capital cost woul be well into the billions of pounds, and the timescale well over a decade.
Mane
los costos subirían a billones de libras, y tardaría más de una década
Explanation:
Es una idea, espero que te ayude.


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Note added at 6 mins (2005-05-14 22:03:43 GMT)
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Perdón, sería \"los COSTES\"
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Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:08
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2los costos subirían a billones de libras, y tardaría más de una década
Rebecca Hendry
4 +1ascenderían / estaría fijada a un plazo de...
Chutzpahtic (X)
4entrados (los billones de dólares) /mucho más (de una década)
Marcelo González
1bien podrían ascender a
aivars


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
los costos subirían a billones de libras, y tardaría más de una década


Explanation:
Es una idea, espero que te ayude.


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Note added at 6 mins (2005-05-14 22:03:43 GMT)
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Perdón, sería \"los COSTES\"

Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
Graded automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gabriela Rodriguez
21 mins
  -> Muchas gracias Gaby.

agree  Marcelo González: Yo agregaría la palabra "mucho" (por lo de "well" en ingles).
20 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ascenderían / estaría fijada a un plazo de...


Explanation:
Los costos/costes siempre "ascienden a tanto dinero (miles de millones de £ en este caso)".

Chutzpahtic (X)
Local time: 23:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  aivars: "ascenderían" en potencial refleja bien el "well into"
37 mins
  -> Gracias, Aivars :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
bien podrían ascender a


Explanation:
"pero los costes bien podrían ascender a ...".. Una variante aquí mantengo la letra de "well" pero sin sonar literal.

aivars
Argentina
Local time: 19:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
entrados (los billones de dólares) /mucho más (de una década)


Explanation:
"Los costos llegarán a estar entrados los billones de dólares y se tardaría mucho más de una década."

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Note added at 20 hrs 33 mins (2005-05-15 18:30:59 GMT)
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Perdon. Deben ser \"libras\" y no \"dólares\"...

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 12:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  aivars: "llegarán a estar entrados los billones" , no la conocía y no la quiero conocer
32 mins
  -> Creo que se deja entender que son muchos los billones (parecido a las ideas expresadas en las frases "a entradas horas de la noche" y "entrado en años").
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