Please stop translating 'find out more' as 'sepa más' Thread poster: sjmdcl (X)
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sjmdcl (X)
Local time: 11:27
English to Spanish
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I've come across many webpages (specially ads) where they translate 'find out more' as 'sepa más'. I don't know if behind this type of translation is a person or a machine but please stop using that horrible phrase. The right translation is 'averigue más', 'conozca más', 'obtenga más información', etc. but 'sepa más' is a NO NO.
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You are right. Sometimes the best translation would be "Obtenga más información" or just "Más información".
| | | | Jeff Whittaker 
United States
Local time: 11:27
Spanish to English
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| There are some good books about stuff like that | Jun 15, 2015 |
| | | | | A better option | Jun 15, 2015 |
sjmdcl wrote:
I've come across many webpages (specially ads) where they translate 'find out more' as 'sepa más'. I don't know if behind this type of translation is a person or a machine but please stop using that horrible phrase. The right translation is 'averigue más', 'conozca más', 'obtenga más información', etc. but 'sepa más' is a NO NO.
The one that seems more natural for the Spanish-speaking mind, would be simply "Más información." I do not see the need for a verb in this case.
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Ty Kendall
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:27
Hebrew to English
| Every language pair has these... | Jun 16, 2015 |
...little phrases that are badly translated about 90% of the time.
I know if I see "במסגרת" translated as "in the framework of" one more time I'm going to go postal.
| | | | Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 20:57
Member (2006)
English to Hindi
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Ty Kendall wrote:
...little phrases that are badly translated about 90% of the time.
I know if I see "במסגרת" translated as "in the framework of" one more time I'm going to go postal.
The most irritatingly wrong translation in Hindi I have ever come across is the "About" of many websites. Too many Hindi websites have this wrongly translated as के बारे में. This is a totally ungrammatic, ugly and incomplete translation. The correct one would be संक्षिप्त परिचय (a brief introduction) or just परिचय (introduction).
Many such problems are the result of picking words from dictionaries and placing them exactly in the same spot as in the source sentence, in the target sentence too, without taking into consideration whether such an effort makes any sense in the target language or not, or whether it is possible to achieve an equivalent expression in the target language that corresponds to the source expression.
| | | | Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:27
German to English
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| German: Homepage, Startseite, Website | Jun 18, 2015 |
In German-language TV programmes and publications, they often use the English word "Homepage" when they mean what in English is really called a website (i.e. many pages). They don't realise (or they don't care) that "homepage" is the English name of what in German is called the Startseite. If they're a little more correct they sometimes use "Webseite" for website, although strictly a Seite is one page. More correct German terms for website are probably "Internet-Plattform", "Webauftritt", "Webpr... See more In German-language TV programmes and publications, they often use the English word "Homepage" when they mean what in English is really called a website (i.e. many pages). They don't realise (or they don't care) that "homepage" is the English name of what in German is called the Startseite. If they're a little more correct they sometimes use "Webseite" for website, although strictly a Seite is one page. More correct German terms for website are probably "Internet-Plattform", "Webauftritt", "Webpräsenz". ▲ Collapse
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