Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

En las últimas horas

English translation:

In the last few hours

Added to glossary by MacLeod Cushing
Apr 16, 2008 04:23
16 yrs ago
2 viewers *
Spanish term

En las últimas horas

Spanish to English Other Military / Defense
En las últimas horas, tropas del Ejército Nacional, ubicaron tres caletas de las bandas criminales. -- Government Press Release
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Erik Bry

When entering new questions, KudoZ askers are given an opportunity* to classify the difficulty of their questions as 'easy' or 'pro'. If you feel a question marked 'easy' should actually be marked 'pro', and if you have earned more than 20 KudoZ points, you can click the "Vote PRO" button to recommend that change.

How to tell the difference between "easy" and "pro" questions:

An easy question is one that any bilingual person would be able to answer correctly. (Or in the case of monolingual questions, an easy question is one that any native speaker of the language would be able to answer correctly.)

A pro question is anything else... in other words, any question that requires knowledge or skills that are specialized (even slightly).

Another way to think of the difficulty levels is this: an easy question is one that deals with everyday conversation. A pro question is anything else.

When deciding between easy and pro, err on the side of pro. Most questions will be pro.

* Note: non-member askers are not given the option of entering 'pro' questions; the only way for their questions to be classified as 'pro' is for a ProZ.com member or members to re-classify it.

Proposed translations

+10
1 hr
Selected

In the last few hours

Perhaps a bit more common.

Oswaldo J.Paya Sardiñas, in the last few hours the Cuban government has launched a full scale offensive against members of their Movement. ...
www.oswaldopaya.org/es/index.php?s=launched

Shows searches that have sudden surges in popularity in the last few hours. Click the arrow to choose how many searches are shown. Google Hot Trends (USA) ...
www.google.es/ig/directory?recommend=www.internetcollaborat... -

Peer comment(s):

agree Lorraine Bathurst
47 mins
Thanks, Lorraine. :->
agree CMJ_Trans (X)
1 hr
Thanks a lot. :-)
agree Sandra Holt : I think that "Within the last......" would also be valid.
2 hrs
Thanks, Sandra. And I agree that "within..." would also fit.
neutral Erik Bry : Nolan, it's not more common in my parts (and throughout history), without few is. Besides, it's not there in Spanish.
2 hrs
Bry, "in his/her/your (etc.) last hours" and "in the last hours of (something)" are certainly most common. And I'd be interested in reading your linguistics study on the use of "in the last hours" throughout history. Thanks for your input.
agree Noni Gilbert Riley : Ah yes, that "few". Within/in/over
4 hrs
And more than a few thanks to you, Noni. ;->
agree Lisa McCarthy : Yep!
4 hrs
Thanks, LisaMac. :-)
agree Edward Tully : what came to my mind too!
4 hrs
Many thanks, Edward. Great minds.... ;->
agree margaret caulfield
6 hrs
Thanks, Margaret. :-)
agree Ximena P. Aguilar
7 hrs
Gracias, Ximena. ;->
agree Ruth Rubina
7 hrs
Thanks, Ruth. :)
agree Sibylle Gray : Yes, "few" should be added.
8 hrs
Thanks for the support, Sibylle. :->
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Good answer. Thanks. . ."
+2
19 mins

In the last hours

Una opcion.
Peer comment(s):

agree Patrice
44 mins
1000 gracias!
neutral CMJ_Trans (X) : you really need the word "few" to make this work in English
2 hrs
Ok.
agree Erik Bry : the word "few" takes away from the strong emphasis of the phrase
3 hrs
Muito obrigado!
neutral Lisa McCarthy : I agree with CMJ_Trans that you need the word `few' here. Otherwise it doesn't sound English.
5 hrs
Something went wrong...
1 hr

In recent hours

This sounds best to me for a press release.

HTH
Something went wrong...
5 hrs

during the last few hours

The idea here of a timescale in flows in English much better than the usage of "in."
Something went wrong...
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search