Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
responsibilities
English answer:
re-spon-si-bil-i-ties
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English term
responsibilities
My document is being published and some words have to be divided at the end of the line.....
thanks
Oct 15, 2009 09:17: cmwilliams (X) changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to English" to "English"
Oct 15, 2009 10:59: Charlesp changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
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Responses
United Kingdom
Insightful, timely, accurate
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English
re-spon-si-bil-i-ties
| agree |
cmwilliams (X)
10 hrs
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| agree |
Jenni Lukac (X)
: if it must be done...
10 hrs
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| agree |
Veronika McLaren
: with Jenni
12 hrs
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| agree |
Rolf Keiser
13 hrs
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| agree |
kmtext
13 hrs
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Spanish and French into English
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, Wales / Welsh, US, Scottish, Canadian, Irish)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
respon- (next line) sibilities
| the thing is that I have doubts when I divide the words. for example can you divide unitary for me? thank you so much |
| neutral |
cmwilliams (X)
: not res-....
23 hrs
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Argentina
Thorough, fast and dependable
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
re-spon-si.bil-ities
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-10-14 15:17:26 GMT)
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Webster's Collegiat Dictionary: re-spon-si-bil-i-ties
re/spons/i/bi/i/ty
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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-10-14 18:31:12 GMT)
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Sorry for the TYPO, as well(!):
re/spons/i/bi/li/ty
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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-10-14 18:33:00 GMT)
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Discussion
re/spon/si/bil/ities (Oxford) or re/spon/si/bil/i/ties (Longman)
<sp>, a pesar de que la vocal anterior es corta, no se divide pues <spon> lleva acento secundario.
va con <bil>, a pesar de que la vocal anterior es corta, pues <bil> lleva acento principal.
Esto es un tema muy complicado y no se ponen de acuerdo los propios diccionarios monolingües. Lo mejor que puedes hacer: no dividir nunca. En caso de tener que hacerlo, seguir la división silábica ortográfica indicada por un solo diccionario.