Trabajado

English translation: 1. (very) welll thought-out; 2.overelaborate

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Spanish term or phrase:	trabajado
English translation:	1. (very) welll thought-out; 2.overelaborate
Entered by:	Michael Powers (PhD)

15:42 Nov 4, 2007

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Advertising / Public Relations

Spanish term or phrase: Trabajado

El anuncio fue muy trabajado.

This was the answer given when the person was aske what he thought of a certain commercial.

mbcj1975 KudoZ activity Questions: 137 (3 open) (3 without valid answers) Answers: 12
Local time: 07:07

1. (very) welll thought-out; 2.overelaborate

Explanation:
Oxford Dictionary

trabajado -da adj ‹ diseño/peinado › elaborate; un plan muy trabajado a carefully thought-out o an elaborate plan; una novela muy bien trabajada an extremely well-crafted novel; tiene un estilo
demasiado trabajado her style is overelaborate

If positive, it means the first one. If negative, it means the second one

Mike :)

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Note added at 6 days (2007-11-11 14:48:50 GMT) Post-grading
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No hay de qué, mbcj1975 - Mike :)

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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 07:07

Grading comment

Muchas gracias Mike :).... Tambien a Sandra, Victoria y Martin :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

1. (very) welll thought-out; 2.overelaborate

Michael Powers (PhD)

4 +1

well thought-out/accomplished/carefully presented

Noni Gilbert Riley

overdone

Henry Hinds

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

12 mins confidence:

overdone

Explanation:
I'd like more context, but this may fit.

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 05:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 104

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi Henry....Thanks for your answer.... There isn't really more context. The commercial is about running shoes. When the person was asked what he thought of the commercial, he just said "fue muy trabajado"

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

well thought-out/accomplished/carefully presented

Explanation:
In Spain the comment wd be taken to be complimentary: it implies that the author of the ad had spent a lot of time and effort on the thing.

And DRAE gives this for 3. Elaborada con minuciosidad y gran cuidado - last of 3 definitions and the only one, imho, applicable in this context.

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 13:07
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

1. (very) welll thought-out; 2.overelaborate

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 07:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 68

Grading comment

Muchas gracias Mike :).... Tambien a Sandra, Victoria y Martin :-)

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