Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
no nos podemos casar con una novia que nos nos quiere";
English translation:
It takes two to tango
Added to glossary by
Patricia Luna
May 31, 2003 20:12
20 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Responsibility and accuracy are my goals
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish
no nos podemos casar con una novia que nos nos quiere";
Spanish to English
Other
Proverbs, set phrases , idioms
Estoy traduciendo del castellano al inglés
una carta comercial algo informal en la que aparecen muchas frases hechas,
dichos o refranes tales como "si uno ve la mitad vacia en lugar de la mitad
llena, todo es en vano", "tener buen ojo clínico"; "colaborar a brazo
partido", "no nos podemos casar con una novia que nos nos quiere"; "el tren
pasa y no se lo puede perder" "ver màs allá de las narices " etc. Alguno
conoce algún website de proverbios y refranes a donde pueda consultar .
Desde ya muchas gracias
una carta comercial algo informal en la que aparecen muchas frases hechas,
dichos o refranes tales como "si uno ve la mitad vacia en lugar de la mitad
llena, todo es en vano", "tener buen ojo clínico"; "colaborar a brazo
partido", "no nos podemos casar con una novia que nos nos quiere"; "el tren
pasa y no se lo puede perder" "ver màs allá de las narices " etc. Alguno
conoce algún website de proverbios y refranes a donde pueda consultar .
Desde ya muchas gracias
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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22 mins
William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
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1214
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It takes two to tango.
That should work pretty well for the Hispanic market!
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Note added at 2003-05-31 20:40:10 (GMT)
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I think the figurative meaning ïs \"We can\'t do our job effectively unless you are willing to be our partner\" (dance with us).
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Note added at 2003-05-31 20:40:10 (GMT)
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I think the figurative meaning ïs \"We can\'t do our job effectively unless you are willing to be our partner\" (dance with us).
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muchisimas gracias. De todas las sugerencia esta fue la que más se adapto al contexto de la carta.
Queria agradecer tambien los links de proverbios que me envio Maya B. "
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2 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12685
we can't force someone to like us
I am not familiar with a Website, but I believe what I wrote above may be a pretty close equivalent of what you had in Spanish.
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Henry Hinds
: Sounds good.
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Well thank you, Henry, that's mighty friendly of you! :)
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Gordana Podvezanec
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thank you, Gordana :)
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Ino66 (X)
4 hrs
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thank you, Ino66 Mike :)
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9 mins
Joseph Brazauskas
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
When You Want It Done Right
Native in: English (Variant: British) , Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: Latin to English, English to Latin, Greek (Ancient) to English, and 23 more.
Related KudoZ points
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24
We can't marry up with a fiancee who doesn't love us.
I.e., 'We can't have a fiancee who doesn't love us marrying into our family.'
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Ino66 (X)
4 hrs
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muchas gracias
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37 mins
desdelaisla
Native in Spanish
Native in: Catalan , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, German to Spanish, Catalan to Spanish, and 5 more.
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13
encontré esto
Pero no tuve mucho tiempo de verificar la calidad...
http://www.viajoven.com/proverbios/proverbios1.asp
http://www.proverbios.com/ (puedes pedir que te manden 300 en "free sample"...)
http://www.viajoven.com/proverbios/proverbios1.asp
http://www.proverbios.com/ (puedes pedir que te manden 300 en "free sample"...)
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Oso (X)
: ¡Sí! Yo diría que es un buen sitio. Saludos Maya ¶:^)
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gracias Oso, ¡muchos saludos y que tengas un buen fin de semana!
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William Stein
: Saludos, ya estás viva!
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vivita pero cenando a destiempo y trabajando en sábado ):-
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