https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/other/750738-auto-medicaci%F3n-en-ni%F1os%3A-padres-abstenerse.html
This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. Spanish to English
  3. Other

"Auto-medicación en niños: padres abstenerse"

English translation: Parents should refrain from medicating their children

15:00 Jun 29, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Other / Other
Spanish term or phrase: "Auto-medicación en niños: padres abstenerse"
Me trae algunas complicaciones traducir esta oración, que se trata del título de una nota periodística acerca de la automedicación en niños donde se recomienda que los padres se abstengan de dar medicamentos a sus hijos sin la previa consulta con el especialista.
Se les ocurre algo para "padres abstenerse"...
Escucho atentamente vuestras sugerencias....
Cariños,
Débora de Argentina
debbiepamo
English translation:Parents should refrain from medicating their children
Explanation:
Please note: you can't use self=medicating..it's the parents who are doing the medicating...

Journalistic language: to REFRAIN FROM

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs 32 mins (2004-06-29 17:32:59 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

OR

Warning to Parents: Don\'t Allow Your Children to Self-Medicate

PROBLEMA: los ninos se audo-administran los medicamentos?? O los padres se los dan los medicamentoss??

1) Parent Should Refrain from Medicating their children [los padres lo hacen y no deben

2) Parents Should Stop Allowing Their Children to Self-medicate

[los ninos lo hacen y los padres deben prohibirlo]
Selected response from:

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Grading comment
Muchísimas gracias a todos!!!
Las sugerencias recibidas han sido de gran ayuda...
Besos,
Débora de Argentina
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3Parents should refrain from medicating their children
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4 +3Warning to parents: Do not give medication to kids
George Rabel
5Parents should refrein from auto medicating their children without the previos advice of a specialis
Xenia Wong
4Parents should refrain from self-midacation in children
Maria Faella
4Child self-medication: Parents should stop allowing this
anaell
4Parents, please refrain (from prescribing medication for your children without consulting ......)
Linda Tyrer (X)
4Children's self-medication: Parents abstain
mariadelsol


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
"Auto-medicación en niños: padres abstenerse"
Warning to parents: Do not give medication to kids


Explanation:
Short and attention-grabbing.

George Rabel
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 111

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Refugio: This is good as a title, then all the qualifiers can be included in the text to follow
49 mins
  -> Exactly my thoughts. Ruth. This is common practice in journalism
agree  Carmen Loren: muy claro
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias, Carmen °<
neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): no el original no esta tan claro..ver mi respuesta
2 hrs
  ->  I agree with the conflict of "auto-medicación" if it the parents who are giving the stuff to the kids. BUT Debbie writes "que los padres se abstengan de dar medicamentos a sus hijos". Both of our answers are the same: "Do not" and "refrain from".
agree  Agustina Pogliano Conte: I would use "auto medicate" and "children", but I like also George's version
11 hrs
  -> Thanks
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Parents should refrain from self-midacation in children


Explanation:
-

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 mins (2004-06-29 15:06:49 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

sorry, medication

Maria Faella
Argentina
Local time: 00:16
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Child self-medication: Parents should stop allowing this


Explanation:
es una sugerencia......suerte

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 mins (2004-06-29 15:07:07 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

.... parents should refrain from doing this

entiendo que son los padres los que administran los medicamentos en este caso

anaell
Spain
Local time: 05:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Parents should refrein from auto medicating their children without the previos advice of a specialis


Explanation:
My thoughts.


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 10 mins (2004-06-29 15:10:36 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

refrain....
specialist....did not fit.

Xenia Wong
Local time: 22:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 108

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): auto-medicatin is self=medicating if the parents are doing it eh kids aren't
2 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
padres abstenerse
Parents, please refrain (from prescribing medication for your children without consulting ......)


Explanation:
I am tempted to suggest "Keep out of the reach of parents"!

Linda Tyrer (X)
Local time: 04:16
Native speaker of: English
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Children's self-medication: Parents abstain


Explanation:
Another option that could work as a title for the article

mariadelsol
Argentina
Local time: 00:16
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Parents should refrain from medicating their children


Explanation:
Please note: you can't use self=medicating..it's the parents who are doing the medicating...

Journalistic language: to REFRAIN FROM

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs 32 mins (2004-06-29 17:32:59 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

OR

Warning to Parents: Don\'t Allow Your Children to Self-Medicate

PROBLEMA: los ninos se audo-administran los medicamentos?? O los padres se los dan los medicamentoss??

1) Parent Should Refrain from Medicating their children [los padres lo hacen y no deben

2) Parents Should Stop Allowing Their Children to Self-medicate

[los ninos lo hacen y los padres deben prohibirlo]

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 133
Grading comment
Muchísimas gracias a todos!!!
Las sugerencias recibidas han sido de gran ayuda...
Besos,
Débora de Argentina

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  colemh
37 mins
agree  BelkisDV: Correct, especially the omission of the "self" portion of the sentence in the English version.
1 hr
agree  Nora Bellettieri
3 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations