May 19, 2008 19:07
16 yrs ago
English term

although not everybody does

English to Spanish Medical Medical (general)
This presentation by the transplant coordinator and social worker takes three to four hours and you should expect to have blood drawn (although not everybody does).

Does it mean that "not everybody expects to have blood drawn" or that "not everybody has his/her blood drwan"?
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Non-PRO (1): RNAtranslator

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Discussion

RNAtranslator May 20, 2008:
De acuerdo con Conchi. Aunque podría haber un error en el "does" del texto original, resultaría muy extraño que a unos se les sacara sangre y a otros no; esas cosas están protocolizadas, y si se extrae, se extrae a todos. Conchi, pon la propuesta.
Conchi Otaola May 19, 2008:
Para que se refiriera a los otros verbos, debería decir 'not everyboy should' o 'not everybody has', pero en ningún caso 'does'.
Esta pregunta es de inglés general
Conchi Otaola May 19, 2008:
Si nos regimos por la gramática, el 'does' solo se puede referir al único verbo que está en presente 'takes'. Por lo que se refiere a que no todo el mundo se toma de 3 a 4 horas para hacer dicha presentación o ni tardan de 3 a 4...
Luis Elizondo Herrera May 19, 2008:
Karin y Guadalupe parecen tener razón las dos, pero si pones un poco de texto antes o después se podría decir cual tiene la razón

Proposed translations

+5
3 mins
Selected

aunque no a todos se les extrae sangre

Option B! "not everybody has his/her blood drawn". La otra opción no tendría sentido.
Peer comment(s):

agree Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
9 mins
agree Egmont
11 mins
agree Lydia De Jorge
23 mins
agree Cecilia Gowar
44 mins
agree Rita Tepper
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
14 mins

aunque no todos lo hacen

Creo que el verbo "does" está reemplazando a "expect" en este caso... Supongo que la idea es que en ese determinado momento la persona debería esperar que se le extrajera sangre. Esta salvedad se hace porque parecería ser que no todas las personas lo esperan. Igualmente, para no repetir el verbo y mantener la ambigüedad, se puede utilizar el verbo "hacer" como comodín. En castellano también es posible... Espero que sirva.
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+1
53 mins

aunque no todos lo hacen

se refiere a la accion en la frase.
Example sentence:

aunque no todos lo hacen

Peer comment(s):

agree Luis Elizondo Herrera
1 hr
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2 hrs

aunque no a todos

i.e. not everyone has blood drawn
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