make due

Spanish translation: se las arreglan con lo que hay

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English term or phrase:	make due
Spanish translation:	se las arreglan con lo que hay
Entered by:	tonchis

01:56 Oct 10, 2013

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / Formulación, análisis y comunicación de políticas

English term or phrase: make due

Se encuentra dentro del siguiente párrafo, con el título: "Producing Policy Analysis can resemble a poorly managed lumber mill"

"...The problem is that someone has forgotten to build the mill to turn the logs into lumber in all its usable forms. The logs continue to pile up at one end of the system while the construction companies continue to ***make due*** at the other end"

tonchis KudoZ activity Questions: 237 (none open) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 62 Colombia
Local time: 20:52

se las arreglan con lo que hay

Explanation:
Creo que la expresión adecuada es “make do” que es conformarse con lo que hay o arreglarse con lo que hay. Si dijera “make do with much less” se diría “se conforman/se las arreglan con mucho menos”

En el link abajo, se usa esta expresión en la pagina 14

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Lucia Samayoa
Guatemala
Local time: 19:52

Grading comment

Thanks a lot, Lucía and Wolf617 !!!
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se las arreglan con lo que hay

Lucia Samayoa

4 +4

hacen lo que pueden

Wolf617

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peer agreement (net): +7

se las arreglan con lo que hay

Lucia Samayoa
Guatemala
Local time: 19:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thanks a lot, Lucía and Wolf617 !!!

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

hacen lo que pueden

Explanation:
Como Lucía, tampoco tengo dudas de que corresponde "make do". La forma usada aquí es un error muy extendido en el inglés de USA. Tiene que ver con que "do" y "due" son homófonas (se pronuncian exactamente igual)

Sobre el mal uso del término encontré este sitio: http://www.reference.com/motif/language/make-do-vs-make-due

Wolf617
Argentina
Local time: 22:52
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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