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Spanish translation: hablar mucho y dar/rendir poco

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English term or phrase:	talk big and deliver little
Spanish translation:	hablar mucho y dar/rendir poco
Entered by:	isabel murillo

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19:50 Jan 14, 2012

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Management / Management

English term or phrase: talk big and deliver little

Can you provide an accurate translation for the above phrase?

Context:
Those who provide opinion-based commitments tend to talk big and deliver little

Thanks

Translator37 KudoZ activity Questions: 247 (3 open) (8 without valid answers) Answers: 0
Local time: 20:50

hablar mucho y dar/rendir poco

Explanation:
mi propuesta

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Note added at 7 minutos (2012-01-14 19:57:52 GMT)
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Mi traducción sería:
Los que ofrecen compromisos basados en opiniones, suelen hablar mucho y, luego, rendir poco.

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isabel murillo
Local time: 20:50

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Summary of answers provided

5 +4

hablar mucho pero decir poco

Alvaro Davila

4 +3

hablar mucho y dar/rendir poco

isabel murillo

4 +3

hablar mucho y hacer poco

AFFlo

mucho ruido para tan pocas nueces

Claudia Reynaud

no estar a la altura de lo que dicen

Rosa Grau

llenarse la boca de promesas y cumplir poco

RaquelMòdol

hablar mucho y dar poco

Fatima Nunez

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

2 mins confidence:

hablar mucho y dar poco

Explanation:
Aquellos que proporcionan opinión basada en los compromisos tienden a hablar mucho y dar poco.

Sería una opción.

Fatima Nunez
Spain
Local time: 20:50
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

hablar mucho pero decir poco

Explanation:
Acá en Chile se usa con frecuencia esa expresión. Mucha gente habla mucho y dice poco...

Alvaro Davila
Chile
Local time: 14:50
Native speaker of:

Spanish

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

hablar mucho y dar/rendir poco

isabel murillo
Local time: 20:50
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 34

Grading comment

I agree

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

hablar mucho y hacer poco

Explanation:
"Hacer" es lo suficientemente amplio como para abarcar muchas cosas. ;)

AFFlo
Argentina
Local time: 15:50
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

2 hrs confidence:

llenarse la boca de promesas y cumplir poco

Explanation:
Otra opción.

Veo que 'deliver' aquí no lleva objeto directo.
Según el Merriam-Webster,
1 Intransitive verb (este caso):
'to produce the promised, desired, or expected results : come through.
<“Does the restaurant deliver?” “No, you have to pick up the food yourself.”>

2 Transitive verb:
speak, sing, utter <delivered their lines with style> <deliver a song> <deliver a speech>.

'Tal big' es también "pronunciar grandes discursos", que parece cruzarse semánticamente con la acepción de 'deliver (a speech)', por lo que propongo esta reformulación, sin perder de vista los 'commitments', que se cumplen o no...

Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deliver

RaquelMòdol
Spain
Local time: 20:50
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

11 hrs confidence:

mucho ruido para tan pocas nueces

Explanation:
Es un dicho muy común en México que te podría servir dependiendo del país al que vaya dirigida la traducción.

Otras soluciones posibles son:
"tienden a prometer de más con pocos resultados"
"tienen muchas teorías pero no las llevan a la práctica"
"tienen grandes proyectos pero no concretan nada"

¡Saludos!

Claudia Reynaud
Local time: 13:50
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

13 hrs confidence:

no estar a la altura de lo que dicen

Explanation:
porque hablan sólo para causar buena impresión, aunque luego no cumplan lo que dicen

Rosa Grau
Spain
Local time: 20:50
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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Jan 21 - Changes made by isabel murillo:
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