May 6, 2005 21:08
19 yrs ago
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English term
make a ton
Non-PRO
English to Spanish
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este es el contexto: It doesn’t make a ton of business sense for the broadcasters to invest hundreds of millions of dollars
Proposed translations
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1 min
David Hollywood
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
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no tiene mucho sentido comercial
una opción
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Note added at 2 mins (2005-05-06 21:10:58 GMT)
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this is understatement in the English, so I would suggest something along these lines in Spanish
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-05-06 21:14:02 GMT)
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OR: no es muy rentable en el sentido comercial
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Note added at 2 mins (2005-05-06 21:10:58 GMT)
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this is understatement in the English, so I would suggest something along these lines in Spanish
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-05-06 21:14:02 GMT)
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OR: no es muy rentable en el sentido comercial
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Comment: "gracias"
2 mins
Carmen Schultz
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no tiene mucho/no tiene demasiado
no tiene mucho/no tiene demasiado sentido de negocios...
10 mins
no sea aconsejable
sug.
it is not advisable...it doesn't make sense, stand to sense (British)
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no sea muy aconsejable
it is not advisable...it doesn't make sense, stand to sense (British)
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no sea muy aconsejable
14 mins
margaret caulfield
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El que los presentadores de televisión inviertan cientos de millones
de dólares, no cree un gran volumen de negocios.
4 mins
Carolingua
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United States
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no tiene ningún sentido
"doesn't make a ton of sense" is basically saying that it makes no sense...though in a seemingly roundabout way. It's a common expression though...
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OR
\"no tiene un montón de sentido (comercial/empresarial)\"
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Note added at 21 mins (2005-05-06 21:29:39 GMT)
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\"no es nada lógico de un punto de vista comercial...\"
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Note added at 10 mins (2005-05-06 21:18:28 GMT)
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\"no tiene un montón de sentido (comercial/empresarial)\"
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Note added at 21 mins (2005-05-06 21:29:39 GMT)
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\"no es nada lógico de un punto de vista comercial...\"
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