Feb 18, 2008 23:11
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
trabajar sobre la marcha
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
It´s part of an interview answer
"A Caracas le debo gran parte de lo que soy: mi acento, algunas cosas que caracterizan al venezolano como por ejemplo trabajar sobre la marcha"
"A Caracas le debo gran parte de lo que soy: mi acento, algunas cosas que caracterizan al venezolano como por ejemplo trabajar sobre la marcha"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +7 | working on-the-go |
Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
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| 4 +4 | work as you go along |
Henry Hinds
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| 5 +1 | work as you go along [support notes to Henry Hinds] |
Nelida Kreer
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Proposed translations
+7
3 mins
Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
Colombia
Colombia
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Colombia
Legal Translations
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Dutch to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
working on-the-go
I've heard this often enough... :-)
Peer comment(s):
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yockie
: I agree - this sounds good in English
1 hr
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A Kiwi-thank-you for the agree!
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| agree |
Lydia De Jorge
2 hrs
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Gracias, Lydia.
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Kathryn Litherland
4 hrs
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Muchas gracias, Kathryn.
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Ximena Correa
5 hrs
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Muchas gracias, Ximena.
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| agree |
Antonio Cabezuelo Fernández
8 hrs
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Muchas gracias, Antonio.
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Victoria Porter-Burns
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9 hrs
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Muchas gracias, Victoria.
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Bubo Coroman (X)
10 hrs
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Muchas gracias de nuevo, Deborah.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "¡gracias!"
+4
1 min
Henry Hinds
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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355
work as you go along
Ya
Peer comment(s):
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Janine Libbey
1 hr
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Gracias, Viva.
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Egmont
1 hr
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Gracias, AVRVM.
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Nelida Kreer
: This is it. Please see my notes in support of your version. Regards.
5 hrs
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Gracias, Niki, y sobre todo por tu apoyo que implica bastante esfuerzo.
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Cinnamon Nolan
7 hrs
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Gracias, Cinnamon.
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+1
6 hrs
Nelida Kreer
Native in Spanish
Works in field
English/Spanish/Eng Certified Translator
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Argentine, Latin American, Uruguayan)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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32
work as you go along [support notes to Henry Hinds]
This is not my answer but notes in support of Henry's:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=87374
Sobre la marcha: can mean both "there and then" or "as I/you/etc. go along".
Le hicieron los análisis sobre la marcha: He had his tests done there and then.
Los cambios los haremos sobre la marcha: We'll make changes as we go along.
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On the other hand, "on the go" has a different meaning. According to Christinne Ammer in the American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms:
"on the go": in constant activity, very busy, as in "I'm exhausted- I've been on the go since eight this morning" [Mid-1800s]. Vendría a ser algo así como "sin parar".
According to Robert Chapman, Ph.D. in his "Dictionary of American Slang", 3rd. ed.,
1. by 1843. 1. adj. phr. Active, energetic, indefatigable: "I'm on the go day and night" - Calder Willingham
2. adj.phr. Always moving about; restlessly in motion: "I'm on the go all the time and don't see my family".
En tanto que, "sobre la marcha" es hacer algo mientras un proceso o un proyecto o lo que sea se está desarrollando o está sucediendo, al mismo tiempo o a medida que se necesita.
Henry: Hope I'm back in your good graces??
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=87374
Sobre la marcha: can mean both "there and then" or "as I/you/etc. go along".
Le hicieron los análisis sobre la marcha: He had his tests done there and then.
Los cambios los haremos sobre la marcha: We'll make changes as we go along.
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On the other hand, "on the go" has a different meaning. According to Christinne Ammer in the American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms:
"on the go": in constant activity, very busy, as in "I'm exhausted- I've been on the go since eight this morning" [Mid-1800s]. Vendría a ser algo así como "sin parar".
According to Robert Chapman, Ph.D. in his "Dictionary of American Slang", 3rd. ed.,
1. by 1843. 1. adj. phr. Active, energetic, indefatigable: "I'm on the go day and night" - Calder Willingham
2. adj.phr. Always moving about; restlessly in motion: "I'm on the go all the time and don't see my family".
En tanto que, "sobre la marcha" es hacer algo mientras un proceso o un proyecto o lo que sea se está desarrollando o está sucediendo, al mismo tiempo o a medida que se necesita.
Henry: Hope I'm back in your good graces??
Note from asker:
| thank you for the research, but "on-the-go" fits better here. |
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