dimpled chad
Spanish translation: pestaña preñada
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Are you sure it is "dimpled chad", I don't find it in english Explanation: UHMMM |
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I have just remembered Explanation: Papeletas preñadas - Pregnant chads was also the name in English. Spanish Newspapers Reference: http://es.news.yahoo.com/001202/4/nwut.html |
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urna embarazada Explanation: it's not exactly the meaning of dimpled chad, but I'd use it if I were translating the term. Sounds funny, no? It was pretty usual here in Mexico |
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dimpled chad Explanation: Newsweek this week had a small article on the various ways some of these terms were rendered in other languages. I think I remember pregnant chad being translated as "pestaña preñada". I'm a little foggy as to the actual difference between a pregnant and a dimpled chad, however. If there is one. |
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7 hrs
In Spain this was called "mariposas preñadas" Explanation: because of the butterfly-like appearance of the lines... RTVE, Telemadrid, Telecinco |
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See below, Explanation: The chad which didn't fall from the ballot but keeps the impression of the voter's action is called "dimpled" (which means "con pequeños hoyuelos") in English, but Spanish looks at the ballot from the opposite side and sees the small bulge formed by the dimple, and calls those ballots "pregnant" ("preñadas") . By the way, the correct Spanish for "ballots" is "boletas". |
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pestaña embarazada Explanation: OK, the reason I know this is from watching CNN - they had a blurb where they put the translation of all the "chad" things into other languages all over the world and how they were handling it (face it, we'd never heard of a "chad" before this either.....) Anyway, Mexico is translating dimpled or pregnant chads as this. Hope this helps! CNN |
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