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kludge

Spanish translation: emparche / solución con poco futuro / chantada

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English term or phrase:kludge
Spanish translation:emparche / solución con poco futuro / chantada
Entered by: Gabriela Mejías

03:45 May 15, 2005
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
English term or phrase: kludge
It is mentioned in the following quotation of a business article:
"For a year or
two, it was by no means clear which system would
win. The new IBM PC—DOS’s platform—was a
kludge. But the growing base of DOS/IBM users
encouraged software developers such as Lotus to
write for DOS."
Arlie
un emparche/ una solución con poco futuro/ una chantada
Explanation:
Es la idea... no sirvió de mucho lo de IBM PC. El tema es que como es slang.... habría muchas maneras de traducirlo. Es una idea la que te doy, como para orientarte. Saludos!!

kludge [ klooj ] or kluge [ klooj ]


noun

patched solution: a makeshift combination of hardware and software put together to solve a computing problem, that, while effective, is usually inelegant and not suitable for manufacture ( slang )




transitive verb (past kludged, past participle kludged, present participle kludg·ing, 3rd person present singular kludges) (past kluged, past participle kluged, present participle klug·ing, 3rd person present singular kluges)

fix something with a kludge: to solve a computing problem using a kludge ( slang )


[Mid-20th century. Formed on the model of botch and fudge.]


kludg·y adjective



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Gabriela Mejías
Argentina
Local time: 15:51
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1un emparche/ una solución con poco futuro/ una chantada
Gabriela Mejías
Summary of reference entries provided
parche
Montse Ballesteros

  

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un emparche/ una solución con poco futuro/ una chantada


Explanation:
Es la idea... no sirvió de mucho lo de IBM PC. El tema es que como es slang.... habría muchas maneras de traducirlo. Es una idea la que te doy, como para orientarte. Saludos!!

kludge [ klooj ] or kluge [ klooj ]


noun

patched solution: a makeshift combination of hardware and software put together to solve a computing problem, that, while effective, is usually inelegant and not suitable for manufacture ( slang )




transitive verb (past kludged, past participle kludged, present participle kludg·ing, 3rd person present singular kludges) (past kluged, past participle kluged, present participle klug·ing, 3rd person present singular kluges)

fix something with a kludge: to solve a computing problem using a kludge ( slang )


[Mid-20th century. Formed on the model of botch and fudge.]


kludg·y adjective





Gabriela Mejías
Argentina
Local time: 15:51
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
gracias

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Reference comments


1469 days
Reference: parche

Reference information:
Soy de España y yo diría "parche". No conocía la palabra "emparche", la he buscado en la RAE y no aparece.

La palabra EMPARCHE no está en el Diccionario.

En cambio, "parche":
8. m. coloq. Solución provisional, y a la larga poco satisfactoria, que se da a algún problema. No ponemos más que parches y la situación empeora.

Montse Ballesteros
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
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