Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

trascendente o tracendente

English translation:

environment or enviroment

Added to glossary by schmetterlich
May 3, 2019 05:18
5 yrs ago
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Spanish term

trascendente o tracendente

Spanish to English Other Education / Pedagogy cuestionario
No está seguro si la palabra se escribe trascendente o tracendente, Ud:

a. Vería las palabras en su mente y elegiría la que mejor luce.
b. Pensaría en cómo suena cada palabra y elegiría la que mejor luce
c. La buscaría en un diccionario.
d. Escribiría amas palabras y elegiría una

Proposed translations

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environment or enviroment

A direct translation will not work here because the question is about a spelling mistake in Spanish, and the specific example chosen has no direct equivalent in English. Unless the word "trascendente" has to be retained for reasons that are not evident from the context quoted (in which case I suppose you will have to put "transcendent or trascendent"), it would be better to replace this example with one that works in English; "transcendent" is a much more unusual word in English than "trascendente" in Spanish, and omitting the "n" is not a common spelling mistake in English.

The choice is really arbitrary, but the example I've suggested here is a common error (included in this list: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/spelling/common-misspellin... ) and involves a phonetic element, like "tra(s)cendente" in Spanish (though I suppose that element is not so clear in American Spanish). This is important, because option (b) requires that the sound of the word should be relevant. If you hear "environment" properly pronounced in your head you will include the "n", though people sometimes leave it out because the word is not pronounced clearly. So I think this example would work in this context.
Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac : I se what you mean; use an example word that has the same misspelling potential in EN.
1 hr
Thank, Neil ;-) Yes, I think that's the way to go here.
agree ormiston : like 'goverment' vs 'government'
1 hr
Thanks, ormiston :-) Exactly; that would do equally well, or possibly better.
agree Chema Nieto Castañón : Nice. I like ormiston's example also
2 hrs
Many thanks, Chema ;-)
agree Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales : Excellent explanation. I like ormiston's example too.
6 hrs
Thanks very much, Liz :-) I agree.
agree Robert Forstag
7 hrs
Thank you, Robert :-)
agree Georgina Grigioni
16 hrs
Thanks, Georgina :-)
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1 day 22 hrs

transcendent

La forma correcta es trascendente.

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Note added at 1 day 22 hrs (2019-05-05 03:38:40 GMT)
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Definitivamente la buscaría en un diccionario
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