fail positive

Spanish translation: sin ninguna duda seguro

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English term or phrase:without fail positive
Spanish translation:sin ninguna duda seguro
Entered by: marcom4 (X)

19:19 Oct 19, 2014
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Medical - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Dispositivos para movilidad
English term or phrase: fail positive
Se trata de un dispositivo para ayudar a caminar a personas con una discapacidad. Se plantea la posibilidad de que el uso de este dispositivo en zonas públicas llamaría la atención de los demás, algo molesto para la persona que lo lleva o sus familiares:

"While using the XXXX may draw attention, it is without >>>>>fail positive >>>>>and encouraging. Nonetheless, if you are uncomfortable with this, the XXXX can be used equally successfully within the privacy of your own home or garden/back yard.

Muchas gracias.
Cristina Fernández
Spain
Local time: 10:04
sin ninguna duda seguro (..without fail positive)
Explanation:
Debe incorporarse without para traducir el concepto
... sin falta (literal), sin duda, sin dudarlo

"Si bien su uso/utilización puede llamar al atención, XXX es sin ninguna duda seguro y alentador"
"While using the XXXX may draw attention is without fail positive and encouraging"

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indudablemente,
sin duda, sin dudarlo, sin falta
Without fail" Collins dictionnary
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/without-...

similar expressions: "without question"
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-spanish/...
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4sin ninguna duda seguro (..without fail positive)
marcom4 (X)
4 +1en todos los casos, positiva
Estela Ponisio
3absolutamente confiable/a prueba de fallo
Cándida Artime Peñeñori
Summary of reference entries provided
"without fail"
Mónica Algazi

  

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en todos los casos, positiva


Explanation:
"Aunque el uso de XXX puede llamar la atención, ésta es, en todos los casos, de un carácter positivo y alentador".

Estela Ponisio
Spain
Local time: 10:04
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marta Varela Méndez: Como dice marcom4, hay que incorporar "without" a la expresión, pero creo que los adjetivos se refieren a "attention"
10 hrs
  -> Gracias, Marta.
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absolutamente confiable/a prueba de fallo


Explanation:
Sencillamente, otra opción.

Cándida Artime Peñeñori
Cuba
Local time: 04:04
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sin ninguna duda seguro (..without fail positive)


Explanation:
Debe incorporarse without para traducir el concepto
... sin falta (literal), sin duda, sin dudarlo

"Si bien su uso/utilización puede llamar al atención, XXX es sin ninguna duda seguro y alentador"
"While using the XXXX may draw attention is without fail positive and encouraging"

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-10-19 21:41:29 GMT)
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indudablemente,
sin duda, sin dudarlo, sin falta
Without fail" Collins dictionnary
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/without-...

similar expressions: "without question"
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-spanish/...


marcom4 (X)
Spain
Local time: 10:04
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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agree  JohnMcDove
24 mins

agree  Susana E. Cano Méndez
9 hrs

agree  MarinaM
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18 hrs
Reference: "without fail"

Reference information:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/without fail

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 443
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