Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
suspender la actividad
English translation:
suspend their activities
Added to glossary by
Piniwiny (X)
Apr 28, 2008 10:32
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Piniwiny (X)
suspender la actividad
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
El objetivo perseguido es doble, por una parte lograr la regularización de todas las actividades y en segundo lugar conseguir que ninguna empresa deba suspender su actividad
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | suspend their activities |
Jane Ashford (X)
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| 4 +1 | depending on context, see below |
Carol Gullidge
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| 3 | shut down activity |
Taylor Kirk
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| 3 | [ensure that no business] ceases to operate |
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
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Proposed translations
+4
8 mins
Selected
suspend their activities
or you could use discontinue
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Comment: "Thanks!"
+1
10 mins
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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38
depending on context, see below
suspend trading (this usually applies to, e.g., the stock exchange)
OR, change it around,
...to enable every business to carry on (trading) as usual
with "trading" being optional
OR, change it around,
...to enable every business to carry on (trading) as usual
with "trading" being optional
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Bubo Coroman (X)
: yes, or "suspend business activities", depending on context
31 mins
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thanks Deborah :=) Good suggestion, and as you say, it depends on context.
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13 mins
Taylor Kirk
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Translating into native U.S. English
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English
shut down activity
just another option...
1 day 8 hrs
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
Related KudoZ points
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305
[ensure that no business] ceases to operate
This is very difficult to translate without more context.
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