Sep 20, 2007 21:01
17 yrs ago
Spanish term
United States
servicios para autores académicos
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
no es una posibilidad vana
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
History
Religion
Could someone please suggest something other than "is not a vain possibility"? TIA!
Sin embargo, agrega: “Uno se pregunta cuándo sucederá que alguien presente una demanda para que las referencias a Dios y la Biblia sean borradas del Monumento a Lincoln, para no ofender a aquellos que odian o detestan la expresión religiosa”. [el autor] dice que esa no es una posibilidad vana.
Sin embargo, agrega: “Uno se pregunta cuándo sucederá que alguien presente una demanda para que las referencias a Dios y la Biblia sean borradas del Monumento a Lincoln, para no ofender a aquellos que odian o detestan la expresión religiosa”. [el autor] dice que esa no es una posibilidad vana.
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7 mins
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
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52
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it is not an unthinkable possibility
Ya
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Or "unrealistic", "inconceivable", etc.
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Or "unrealistic", "inconceivable", etc.
Note from asker:
| Thanks to everyone. Henry's answer is right on the button since the author happens to hope that this won't happen but believes that it might. I really like "not an inconceivable possibility" but I sent it forward with "unthinkable" :-( |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, Henry! I appreciate everyone's input."
3 mins
this is not completely impossible/ this is not a faint possibility
I´d use the first option
8 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
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55
... has more than a remote chance of happening.
I changed it quite a bit in order to attempt to keep the idea of what is being said in a way we actually talk.
Mike :)
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Random Roger's Big Picture: Routine
He is clear to say that he is not making a prediction but I read his post to say that a 30% decline has more than a remote chance of happening. ...
randomroger.blogspot.com/2006/08/routine.html - 33k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
DC / Virginia MLB Team Nickname [Archive] - OOTP Developments Forums
I'd love to see them named the Grays, but I doubt it has more than a remote chance of happening. The modern business of sports craps on tradition and cares ...
www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/archive/index.php/t-74455.ht... - 53k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Mike :)
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Random Roger's Big Picture: Routine
He is clear to say that he is not making a prediction but I read his post to say that a 30% decline has more than a remote chance of happening. ...
randomroger.blogspot.com/2006/08/routine.html - 33k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
DC / Virginia MLB Team Nickname [Archive] - OOTP Developments Forums
I'd love to see them named the Grays, but I doubt it has more than a remote chance of happening. The modern business of sports craps on tradition and cares ...
www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/archive/index.php/t-74455.ht... - 53k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
11 mins
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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80
it's not asking the impossible
or
it's not an impossibility
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or
it's not inconceivable
it's not an impossibility
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or
it's not inconceivable
44 mins
Robert Forstag
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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103
not an entirely ludicrous proposition
"Unthinkable possibility" strikes me as a tad awkward. Clearly, the author thinks that even the idea of such an action is ridiculous or ludicrous, so I think that one of these words would fit here.
Suerte.
Suerte.
44 mins
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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40
ineffectual/pointless possibility
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5 hrs
one can't rule out that possibility
in other words, it might actually happen ...
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