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this is not a simple black or white issue

06:35 Feb 12, 2020
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: this is not a simple black or white issue
How would you translate this expression in a conversation:

This is not a simple black or white issue, Mery.

Thanks!
Diana Flack
United States
Local time: 19:38


Summary of answers provided
4 +6no es simplemente un asunto de blanco o negro
Wilsonn Perez Reyes
5“No se trata de algo tan simple o sencillo”
Rubén Muñoz
4en este asunto importan los matices (no solo los extremos)
Laura Bissio CT


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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
no es simplemente un asunto de blanco o negro


Explanation:
Puede ser una traducción literal. Hay MILES de aciertos (hits) en Google.

También: "no es simplemente una cuestión de blanco o negro"

Wilsonn Perez Reyes
El Salvador
Local time: 19:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcelo González
2 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Marcelo.
agree  abe(L)solano
55 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Abe.
agree  Sara Fairen: En un contexto conversacional, también se podría decir "No todo en la vida es blanco o negro", o "No se trata de elegir entre blanco o negro"
7 hrs
  -> Por supuesto, gracias Sara.
agree  María Paula Gorgone
8 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, María.
agree  crisrodmar
6 days
agree  Diego Rivera
12 days
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
en este asunto importan los matices (no solo los extremos)


Explanation:
Es una alternativa a la traducción directa "blanco o negro" que también es perfectamente válida.

Laura Bissio CT
Uruguay
Local time: 22:38
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 19
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54 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
“No se trata de algo tan simple o sencillo”


Explanation:
Una traducción literal de esta expresión al Español no logra comunicar el sentido que realmente lleva esta expresión en Ingles, el cual conlleva algo de mayor complejidad que un simple Si o No / esto o aquello.

Por eso creo que la expresión: “No se trata de algo tan simple o sencillo”, comunica mejor dicho sentido y se comprende con mayor facilidad en Español.

Rubén Muñoz
United States
Local time: 17:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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