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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

hone in on

Spanish translation:

centrarse

Added to glossary by maria pla
Jun 7, 2005 16:22
21 yrs ago
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English term

hone in

Non-PRO English to Spanish Science Genetics
Por favor:
¿Cómo traducirían hone in es este contexto?
Scientists have honed in on a segment of chromosome 17 as the likely home of a gene strongly linked to autism.
Proposed translations (Spanish)
5 +1 centrarse
Change log

Jun 7, 2005 17:18: Michele Fauble changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to English" to "English to Spanish"

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Jun 7, 2005:
Much�simas gracias. Me encant� tu lib�lula Campanilla
Margaret Schroeder Jun 7, 2005:
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/48/hone/ O sea, la expressi�n verdadera que hay que traducir es "home in on".

Proposed translations

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centrarse

home in on: ubicar el objectivo y dirigirse a ella

(Ver la referencia de mi nota arriba, porque "home" y no "hone"."
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