Received: from mail-yh0-f61.google.com ([209.85.213.61]:40178) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TYOus-0004PV-Hm; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:25:40 -0800 Received: by mail-yh0-f61.google.com with SMTP id o21sf6456066yho.16 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:25:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=aE2eWkkgb2Z1XpyrSXj8TUX4fKyUzMoW+T3X7tVGA6A=; b=Z9ziulwSpmkhV0b/6SUNTxBE29vzPM2J7aM96W7I0V5Vk/8+Xk+l848CZ0MjqIbmYt /C3ntYqnU6d5gJc1vDchvT7bSNyNl/TkxAe5rp3CXgnY4SAsIMj7YO9P6nXFs01IRnip oPQKUwY/3Po2+zJCUa0iw5PtDCsejs/OrashsGnZhOIk4JKvJR8eEo4S66x7aI8LKcde D7FkLZPzQl75B69y3OPUlO0XJ5fcxBcOzg33WvskePnaw2JeK1g+BwohyvLIWJon30+j guo9osPz+ind7LR8Chophy18lSLqt9m5FXTRuMWdSQSQwurfBFLHWod5WMh9VDhb57SK OZ7g== Received: by 10.68.143.74 with SMTP id sc10mr5372586pbb.5.1352845503494; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:25:03 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.68.190.100 with SMTP id gp4ls30744586pbc.9.gmail; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:25:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.80.4 with SMTP id n4mr116224pax.7.1352845502732; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:25:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.80.4 with SMTP id n4mr116223pax.7.1352845502720; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:25:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-da0-f54.google.com (mail-da0-f54.google.com [209.85.210.54]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h8si2316616pav.0.2012.11.13.14.25.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:25:02 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 209.85.210.54 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.210.54; Received: by mail-da0-f54.google.com with SMTP id z9so3193505dad.41 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:25:02 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.211.42 with SMTP id mz10mr18765905pbc.100.1352845502635; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:25:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.88.200 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:25:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <923be337-ed10-437a-b904-4837473c1f47@googlegroups.com> References: <0457f359-c515-465c-8e11-7e12f1d9e6bb@googlegroups.com> <509827ED.6040603@gmail.com> <50983198.9070305@gmx.de> <509837C3.5030207@gmx.de> <50984A9B.1010806@gmx.de> <509EDCFC.8070504@gmx.de> <509EF14D.8000403@gmx.de> <5cde05c2-ac7e-41cf-9126-87edd5cdc689@googlegroups.com> <3337f44b-fa84-45a7-9559-4621577a80c8@googlegroups.com> <923be337-ed10-437a-b904-4837473c1f47@googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:25:02 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Translating "as" From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?= To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: jjllambias@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 209.85.210.54 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=jjllambias@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: 0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:20 AM, la gleki wrote: > In English the correct translation is "in the capacity of". It's kinda > idiom. > In Russian the correct translation is "v roli" (literally "in the role of"). > It's kinda another idiom. > doi .xorxes., how is this concept expressed in Spanish? The formal/bureaucratic "in the capacity of" would be "en calidad de" (lit. "in quality of"). But the usual way to express this concept in English is "as" and in Spanish it's "como", so I wouldn't call the longer forms "the correct translation". mu'o mi'e xorxes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.