Sep 12, 2012 07:57
11 yrs ago
Spanish term
United States
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chinas
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Retail
Hi everyone,
I'm translating an application for a loan from El Salvador, from a person who owns a small store. The word "chinas" appears in the loan request as something he wants to purchase with the loan, and I'm not sure what it means - any ideas?
El préstamo que esta solicitando es para comprar más mercadería para la tienda como chinas y ropa deportiva; porque sus clientes le buscan esa mercadería y no la posee.
For confidentiality purposes I can't include any of the rest of the text, but it's incredibly short and doesn't provide ay further context.
Thanks!
I'm translating an application for a loan from El Salvador, from a person who owns a small store. The word "chinas" appears in the loan request as something he wants to purchase with the loan, and I'm not sure what it means - any ideas?
El préstamo que esta solicitando es para comprar más mercadería para la tienda como chinas y ropa deportiva; porque sus clientes le buscan esa mercadería y no la posee.
For confidentiality purposes I can't include any of the rest of the text, but it's incredibly short and doesn't provide ay further context.
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | porcelain |
Benjamin A Flores
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| 4 | fine ceramics |
Jaime Hyland
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| 4 | clothes of Chinese origin |
camilapedraza
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| 3 | convenience store with mixed assortment |
Maria Popova
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Proposed translations
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Maria Popova
United States
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I localize Spanish & English to Russian
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convenience store with mixed assortment
In Central America (I believe, as in some other countries also) chinese immigrants open small convenience stores with a varied assortment from food and beverages to home supplies and small items like T-shirts, paper fans, flip-flops) that eventually together are called as "(tiendas) chinas".
+1
3 hrs
Benjamin A Flores
Native in Spanish
Research, Research, Research
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Spanish term (edited):
china
porcelain
chinas, changed for china for Glossary purposes.
My family used to own a store, and china was just porcelain, especially table ware.
My family used to own a store, and china was just porcelain, especially table ware.
Example sentence:
¡cuidado y se te quiebra, que es de china!
Ni platos de china tenían, solo plasticos.
7 hrs
Jaime Hyland
Native in English
Professional IT translation into English
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Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
fine ceramics
Another alternative
1 day 20 hrs
camilapedraza
Native in Spanish
&
English
Native in: Spanish , English
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clothes of Chinese origin
Por el contexto y debido a que es poco probable que se venda porcelana y ropa deportiva en una misma tienda, es mucho más probable que chinas se refiera a "marcas chinas", "prendas chinas", "ropas chinas" (que además incluyen la ropa deportiva de este origen).
Adicionalmente, china y el salvador tienen un altísimo nivel de comercio.
Adicionalmente, china y el salvador tienen un altísimo nivel de comercio.
Discussion
china_
1.f. Porcelana, loza fina.
2. Tejido de seda o lienzo procedente de China.
Es decir: oriental silk / Chinese silk / China silk / Chinese textiles
En el caso de ser porcelana china: chinaware
Un saludo