Spanish: sin cortapisasEnglish translation: unreservedly 
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Art/Literary - Anthropology / Mexico/marketing | | Spanish term or phrase: sin cortapisas | I assume that it means "short cuts" but I don't like that in the context of this sentence (this is more from the prologue to the book on Mayan archaeological sites):
Un profundo agradecimiento va, sin cortapisas, para [el editorial], por preservar este acervo abundante, esta memoria remota, a través de la edición del libro ... |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseAida Pons: 7:42pm Oct 11, 2007: cortapisa según el DRAE: Condición o restricción con que se concede o se posee algo.
2. f. Obstáculo, dificultad. U. m. en pl.
3. f. Adorno y gracia con que se dice algo.
4. f. Guarnición de diferente tela que se ponía en ciertas prendas de vestir.
Patricia Rosas: 7:59pm Oct 11, 2007: Aide: Do you think it might be #3? or #2? "Without needing to embellish, we are deeply grateful to the [publisher]"?
MarinaM: 8:04pm Oct 11, 2007: Yes, Patricia. The word came to my mind automatically as if I had read/heard it somewhere. I checked on internet and there are only 6 entries (and no reliable)
MarinaM: 8:07pm Oct 11, 2007: I'd use Alicia's option instead of "unblushingly".
Patricia Rosas: 8:09pm Oct 11, 2007: "unblushingly" was what I suggested, but I don't know if it really works...
xxxCMJ_Trans: 8:12pm Oct 11, 2007: hablar sin cortapisas - to speak freely, without prevarication/sin cortapisas = without strings attached - 2 dictionary definitions
Aida Pons: 8:24pm Oct 11, 2007: Hi Alicia, I was thinking of #1 actually. Sin condiciones o restricciones. As CMJ Trans puts it 'to speak freely...'
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| | unreservedly | Explanation:
That's the sense it conveys (at least at this side of the pond). No qualifications, no strings attached.
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Note added at 14 hrs (2007-10-12 10:18:12 GMT)
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Ah, Patricia: Si "el editorial" se refiere a la empresa editora, es "LA editorial":
editorial.
1. adj.
Perteneciente o relativo a editores o ediciones.
2. m.
Artículo de fondo no firmado.
3. f.
Casa editora.
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| Note from asker to answererThank you again for this pithy word--seems to capture what others were suggesting in phrases. I appreciated everyone's help!
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