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se da el hecho curioso

English translation: curiously,strangely enough, Ironically, Oddly, on a curious note, the interesting thing is,

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Spanish term or phrase:	se da el hecho curioso
English translation:	curiously,strangely enough, Ironically, Oddly, on a curious note, the interesting thing is,
Entered by:	yolanda Speece

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22:59 Oct 15, 2009

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History

Spanish term or phrase: se da el hecho curioso

A pesar de una obstrucción de las ventas en los primeros años de este período , el expediente indica que "se da el hecho curioso que la crisis del comercio existente en los países vecinos no se ha dejado sentir en XXXX.

yolanda Speece KudoZ activity Questions: 876 (2 open) (24 closed without grading) Answers: 1870 United States
Local time: 13:33

curiously,

Explanation:
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Selected response from:

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 17:33

Grading comment

Even though all of these answers were good answers as Chriswa pointed out, I decided to give it to the first person who answered. In the Glossary, I will give everyone credit even though the points will be going to patinba.

Thanks to everyone who paticipated
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +10

strangely enough, ...

MariaMast

4 +1

curiously,

patinba

the curious thing is

David Ronder

oddly

David Russi

on a curious note, the crisis...

Lydia De Jorge

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

curiously,

Explanation:
.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 17:33
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

strangely enough, ...

Explanation:
Another possibility.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/strangely enough

strangely enough
in a way that is unusual or surprising His mother, strangely enough, seemed to be happy that he got arrested.

MariaMast
Australia
Local time: 06:33
Native speaker of:

Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

margaret caulfield: I think this fits perfectly!

18 mins

-> Muchísimas gracias y saludos margaret :))

agree

Chriswa: First thing that came to my mind!

1 hr

-> Mil gracias y saludos Chris :))

agree

Muriel Vasconcellos

4 hrs

-> Muchísimas gracias Muriel :))

agree

Henry Hinds

4 hrs

-> Muchísimas gracias Henry :))

agree

rosa paredes: Perfect.

5 hrs

-> Muchisimas gracias y saludos rosa :))

agree

Rebecca Hendry

7 hrs

-> Muchisimas gracias Rebecca :))

agree

Gilla Evans

8 hrs

-> Thank you very much Gilla :))

agree

Deborah Lockett: yes, "curiously enough" is also used

11 hrs

-> Thank you very much Deborah :))

agree

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes: Muy bien. Alejandro

18 hrs

-> Muchísimas gracias y saludos Alejandro :))

agree

LadyofArcadia

1 day39 mins

-> Muchísimas gracias LadyofArcadia :))

31 mins confidence:

oddly

Explanation:
another possibility

David Russi
United States
Local time: 12:33
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

32 mins confidence:

on a curious note, the crisis...

Explanation:
sugg

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 14:33
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 36

40 mins confidence:

the curious thing is

Explanation:
All the other responses are perfectly possible. I'm a history graduate and edit a historian and sort-of write history. They/we love "the curious thing is...". It's quite close to a literal translation of "se da el hecho curioso". My only criticism of the other answers is that they are too elegant and linguistic, i.e. not historical enough.

David Ronder
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20