colgado

English translation: will be placed

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Spanish term or phrase:	quedará colgado
English translation:	will be placed
Entered by:	Nikki Graham

18:28 Dec 18, 2001

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: colgado

el fichero quedara colgado en la estructura de arbol
-Webpage contents and blocks

keith

will be placed

Explanation:
I may well be wrong (and I'm sure someone will point it out if I am), but I don't like "hang" in this context. So how about:
The file will be placed in the tree structure

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Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:37

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Summary of answers provided

4 +9

will be placed

Nikki Graham

5 +1

hang

O María Elena Guerrero

"The file will be placed into the directory"

gdomolina

2 -1

the file will remaing hanging from tree like structure

IvanVarona

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

hang

Explanation:
The filing cabinet will hang from the tree structure

O María Elena Guerrero
Spain
Local time: 11:37
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 54

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

the file will remaing hanging from tree like structure

Explanation:
none.

IvanVarona
Local time: 04:37
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 4

34 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

will be placed

Explanation:
I may well be wrong (and I'm sure someone will point it out if I am), but I don't like "hang" in this context. So how about:
The file will be placed in the tree structure

Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 5596

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

agree

Ian Ferguson: You can't "hang" anything in this sort of tree!

2 mins

agree

Julia Bogdan Rollo (X): the only thing I would change is tree structure to directory's tree structure

8 mins

-> Thanks, but I don't think directory is necessary

agree

Maria Karra: Absolutely. I like the option you give (placed); we could also say "will be attached to the tree ..."

8 mins

-> Thanks everybody

agree

Thierry LOTTE: agree with Julia - this is computer vocabulary

25 mins

-> Hi Thierry!

agree

Patricia Myers

37 mins

agree

Claudia Berison

1 hr

agree

Sheila Hardie: all this talk about hanging and trees makes me think of Christmas trees!:)

1 hr

-> It's not really that time of year already , is it?

agree

AngelaMR

2 hrs

-> Thanks again, everyone, for your support

agree

vjtrans

27 days

11 hrs confidence:

"The file will be placed into the directory"

Explanation:
Just from context, "estructura de arbol" could mean "directory structure" or just "directory."

Native speaker of:

11 hrs confidence:

"The file will be placed into the directory"

Explanation:
Just from context, "estructura de arbol" could mean "directory structure" or just "directory."

gdomolina
PRO pts in pair: 4

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