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despiste

English translation: olvido y despiste =memory lapse and confusion (see below)

11:31 May 31, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Slang / conversation
Spanish term or phrase: despiste
Buenos Días prozianos

En una conversación sobre los síntomas del Alzheimer, se usa la palabra despiste, junto con la palabra olvido, olvidos. Ya que me he decidido por forgettings para olvido, o forgetfulness, dependiendo del contexto, me preguntaba cómo podría contrastar otro término para "despiste", con el objeto de no juntar a ambos términos en uno y conservar la diferencia entre uno y otro tal cual está en español. ¿Se os ocurre algo para sugerirme?
Muchas gracias y feliz fin de semana...
Martin Harvey
Argentina
English translation:olvido y despiste =memory lapse and confusion (see below)
Explanation:
I would go for 'memory lapse/laspe of memory/memory loss' for 'olvido' and something like 'slip-up/mistake/clumsiness/confusion/oversight' for 'despiste'. My instinct would be 'memory lapse' and 'confusion'. I do not think that 'forgettings' can work, although people are welcome to disagree with me on that one.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-05-31 13:06:20 GMT)
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Thinking about it, 'oversight' would not work in the context...
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Kate Major Patience
Spain
Local time: 12:38
Grading comment
Yes Kate, you are definitely right. I don't know where I got forgettings. Sounds odd. I don't know how I got this idea from Awakenings, that movie with Robert De Niro. Thank you.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3confusion
Lynda Tharratt
4 +1absent-minding,off the track,swerve
Vladimir Martinez
4 +1olvido y despiste =memory lapse and confusion (see below)
Kate Major Patience
3 +1disorientation
Rafael Martilotti
3slip of the memory
peter jackson


Discussion entries: 1





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
slip of the memory


Explanation:
a possibilty. BTW not sure about forgettings.

peter jackson
Spain
Local time: 12:38
Native speaker of: English
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
disorientation


Explanation:
despiste, desorientación

Rafael Martilotti
Argentina
Local time: 07:38
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell: http://www.trivettetranslations.com/blog/category/certified-... http://tinyurl.com/5wsdz4
22 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
absent-minding,off the track,swerve


Language variant: USA:scatterbrain,off the scent

Explanation:
also it´s usual to say:confused or wrong roaded in west America.

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Note added at 14 mins (2008-05-31 11:45:06 GMT)
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It sounds funny but sometimes people in West USA use to say......"all gone..."as a colloquial or slangy way!

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-05-31 12:46:56 GMT)
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Fabio,sono un freelancer e voglio essere pro,ma non so come posso farlo?Mi aiuti?...per piecere!
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Vladimir Martinez
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fabio Descalzi: Despistado, perdido, desubicado
4 mins
  -> Grazie mille Fabio!
neutral  Kate Major Patience: And please do not tell me to read better: I am a native speaker and I can assure you that 'absent-minding' just does not exist in my language. Sorry to be insistent but I am trying to help you by informing you that this is a non-existent term. Sorry.
1 hr
  -> Absent-minded is the adjetive and absent-minding...the action,please...read better!
neutral  Lynda Tharratt: Kate is right, "absent-minding" does not exist! I've never heard of "wrong roaded" either
1 day 8 hrs
  -> The world is not perfect!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
confusion


Explanation:


despistar also means "to be confused"

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"forgettings" is definitely incorrect, you should use "forgetfulness" as you suggest. If the two words are used together you could say "confused forgetfulness" IMNQHO :)


Lynda Tharratt
Local time: 06:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Segura
14 mins
  -> thanks Carlos!
agree  Ana Roca
15 hrs
  -> thanks Ana!
agree  Kate Major Patience
1 day 6 hrs
  -> thanks Kate, it seems we entered our answers at the same time, snap!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
olvido y despiste =memory lapse and confusion (see below)


Explanation:
I would go for 'memory lapse/laspe of memory/memory loss' for 'olvido' and something like 'slip-up/mistake/clumsiness/confusion/oversight' for 'despiste'. My instinct would be 'memory lapse' and 'confusion'. I do not think that 'forgettings' can work, although people are welcome to disagree with me on that one.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-05-31 13:06:20 GMT)
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Thinking about it, 'oversight' would not work in the context...

Kate Major Patience
Spain
Local time: 12:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Yes Kate, you are definitely right. I don't know where I got forgettings. Sounds odd. I don't know how I got this idea from Awakenings, that movie with Robert De Niro. Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lynda Tharratt: "memory lapse" is also good!
1 day 7 hrs
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