English term
Spain
poniendo lenguas en contacto
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish, German to Spanish, French to Spanish
a plunk of mislaid fingers
Now, when students address me as “professor” in e-mails—even though I’ve told them to call me by my first name—it strikes an odd note, a plunk of mislaid fingers on a piano. I’m not a professor. If I disappeared at the end of the semester, the school would replace me without much trouble, having invested nothing at all in my career. This sensation—a great responsibility, precariously held—is also like nothing else I’ve experienced.
Gracias
Saludos
May 9, 2016 10:20: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Proposed translations
un golpe seco en un piano desafinado
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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-05-09 13:13:52 GMT)
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Soy consciente de que el término en inglés indica que el sonido desagradable se produce porque se colocan mal los dedos y no porque el piano esté desafinado, pero yo creo que para este contexto no tiene mucha importancia la distinción entre una y otra cosa.
Spain
The translator people turn to
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
un caer de dedos mal colocados
Ofrezco una versión para que vengan mejores. Me hubiera gustado algo mejor para "Plunk".
Argentina
Linguistic Solutions
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Argentine, Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish
no da en la tecla
Dar en la tecla = dar en el clavo: Indica que se acertó en algo.
Mi duda es si la frase "dar en la tecla" se usa solo en Argentina.
Cuando me llaman "profesor" (...) suena mal, no da en la tecla. No soy profesor.
Saludos.
Mexico
Confianza, certeza, creatividad.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Mexican)
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 6 more.
dar un manotazo
Guatemala
Translation from many languages to many
Native in: German (Variants: Germany, Bavarian) , Spanish (Variants: Guatemalan, Mexican)
Works in: German to Spanish, English to Spanish, Ukrainian to Spanish, and 1 more.
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