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Visite o ponerse en contacto

English translation: Opcion C

14:53 Dec 19, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial / Punctuation
Spanish term or phrase: Visite o ponerse en contacto
A translation came back for my company, and the following contact paragraph was translated like this:

Para aprender más sobre ABCD, visite nuestra
página www.abcd.com o ponerse en contacto con su
distribuidor local de ABCD.

Is it OK to have to different modes here, or should they be in a parallel structure?

a) Visite ... ponerse en contacto... (how it currently is)
b) Visitar...ponerse en contacto...
c) Visite ...póngase en contacto...
samtediou
English translation:Opcion C
Explanation:
For consistency with the second peson mode
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George Rabel
Local time: 11:28
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Summary of answers provided
5 +7Opcion C
George Rabel
5contact us, visit us at....use inifinitive reflexive in SPanish
Eric Heuberger
5Another option
yolanda Speece


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Opcion C


Explanation:
For consistency with the second peson mode

George Rabel
Local time: 11:28
Native speaker of: Spanish
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agree  Raquel Gil Martínez (X)
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agree  Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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agree  Henry Hinds
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agree  silviantonia: It is NEVER all right to have different modes.
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agree  Aïda Garcia Pons: Option C's the best. silviantonia's right.
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agree  Manuel Rossetti (X)
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agree  Taña Dalglish: Agree. Like this one best!
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Another option


Explanation:
Para aprender más sobre ABCD, consulte nuestra página en línea a: www.abcd.com o comuníquese con su distribuidor local de ABCD.


Just another option if you like but C is good.





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Note added at 8 mins (2006-12-19 15:02:35 GMT)
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Parallel structure.

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Note added at 10 mins (2006-12-19 15:04:14 GMT)
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You can also say

Puede consultar nuestra página en línea o comunicarse con su ...

yolanda Speece
Local time: 10:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
contact us, visit us at....use inifinitive reflexive in SPanish


Explanation:
Option C) is best. But after the conjunction one can also change the mode. The best solution is to change the overall sentence and avoid the imperative.

Para......visitar nuestro....y ponerse en contacto. More polite and client friendly

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Note added at 10 mins (2006-12-19 15:04:19 GMT)
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Sorry, responded too fast. I think B) is best. In concordance with Para aprender....visitar y ponerse en contacto.

The imperative is more 'american' sounding but also correct.

Eric Heuberger
United States
Local time: 17:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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