pushing the envelope

Spanish translation: ir más allá de lo convencional

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English term or phrase:pushing the envelope
Spanish translation:ir más allá de lo convencional
Entered by: jlm

11:00 Jul 25, 2005
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Marketing / Retailing
English term or phrase: pushing the envelope
"Raising the bar" means either radically taking cost out of the operating model or *pushing the envelope* on some aspect of benefit to the shopper.
jlm
Local time: 21:18
ir más allá de lo convencional
Explanation:
establecer nuevos límites

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Note added at 11 hrs 3 mins (2005-07-25 22:03:06 GMT) Post-grading
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suerte y saludos
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Cecilia Della Croce
Argentina
Local time: 17:18
Grading comment
Gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1trascender los límites
Ana Brassara
4 +2ir más allá de lo convencional
Cecilia Della Croce
5zanjar, abandonar o cerrar
Gerardo Comino
4transpasar las reglas establecidas
starlight
3ir ás allá de los límites establecidos
Andy Watkinson


Discussion entries: 1





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
ir ás allá de los límites establecidos


Explanation:
Encontrarás una explicación del significado en el enlace:

http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxpushth.html

Andy

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Note added at 10 mins (2005-07-25 11:10:58 GMT)
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ir MÁS allá de los......

Andy Watkinson
Spain
Local time: 22:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1347
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
trascender los límites


Explanation:
ProZ glossary

Push the envelope

Meaning:
Go to the limits of known performance.

Push the envelope

Meaning:
Go to the limits of known performance.

Ana Brassara
Local time: 17:18
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 4865

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marina Soldati
2 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
zanjar, abandonar o cerrar


Explanation:
Un saludo

Gerardo Comino
Local time: 22:18
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
transpasar las reglas establecidas


Explanation:
Asi tambien se puede decir. Suerte!!

starlight
Local time: 15:18
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 462
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ir más allá de lo convencional


Explanation:
establecer nuevos límites

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Note added at 11 hrs 3 mins (2005-07-25 22:03:06 GMT) Post-grading
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suerte y saludos

Cecilia Della Croce
Argentina
Local time: 17:18
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 2743
Grading comment
Gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pilar Esteban
26 mins
  -> gracias, Esteban

agree  Noelia Fernández Vega
36 mins
  -> gracias, Noelia
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