Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Tutear/tuteo
English translation:
informal modes of address
Added to glossary by
Jairo Payan
Dec 11, 2012 19:04
11 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Tutear/tuteo
Spanish to English
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
En la redacción del texto evite el tuteo.
He visto algunas versiones pero me gustaría escoger la mejor basada en los "agrees" de los colegas.
Gracias mil
He visto algunas versiones pero me gustaría escoger la mejor basada en los "agrees" de los colegas.
Gracias mil
Proposed translations
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4 +12 | informal modes of address |
patinba
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4 | on a first name basis |
bizisyl
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informal modes of address
avoid informal modes of address
address - definition of address by Macmillan Dictionary
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informal modes of address. Thesaurus entry for this meaning of address. This is the British English definition of address. View American English definition of ...
Politeness | LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
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Some speakers are able to drop quickly into informal modes of address and create a relaxed atmosphere while others prefer to keep a certain distance between ...
Informality as a mode of official communication | Club Troppo
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1 Dec 2012 – ... are as much part of the real world as supposedly informal modes of address. I'm not sure if that should even be an issue because raising the ...
address - definition of address by Macmillan Dictionary
www.macmillandictionary.com/.../british/address - Traducir esta página
informal modes of address. Thesaurus entry for this meaning of address. This is the British English definition of address. View American English definition of ...
Politeness | LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
www.llas.ac.uk › Resources - Traducir esta página
Some speakers are able to drop quickly into informal modes of address and create a relaxed atmosphere while others prefer to keep a certain distance between ...
Informality as a mode of official communication | Club Troppo
clubtroppo.com.au/.../informality-as-a-mode-of-... - Traducir esta página
1 Dec 2012 – ... are as much part of the real world as supposedly informal modes of address. I'm not sure if that should even be an issue because raising the ...
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Henry Hinds
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macimovic
: Yes, one of the first things I've learned.
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MPGS
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Edward Tully
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Marina56
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philgoddard
: I don't think this quite covers it. It may be quite OK to use informal language (we don't have any context), but not to call the reader "tu". The chances are that this sentence could be left out altogether, since the distinction doesn't exist in English.
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Sonja Scherling
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EirTranslations
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Iván Luchiano
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Gracias!
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franglish
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AllegroTrans
: Whilst it is about not using "tu" etc. I don't think it should be omitted - this solution works well
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True. Thank you!
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Evans (X)
: (tha thou's them as thou's thee)
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Tatty
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Comment: "Mil gracias a todos por sus interesantes aportes"
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on a first name basis
Just contributing what I feel 'tuteo' means, i.e. using the verb form that one chooses when addressing someone by their first name.
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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2012-12-12 23:48:18 GMT)
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Let me share a couple further thoughts on this option!!! My suggestion comes from the fact that this is translating into English and no matter how informal you go, the 'tuteo' verb form just won't exist. So if calling someone 'tú' will translate the same as calling them 'usted' (=you), there's no way an English speaker who's not familiar with Spanish verb forms will understand what is being talked about.
I agree with Allegro that using a person's first name and 'tutearlos' doesn't neccesarily go together, but let's agree that this is the most common use.
So in the case in question, assuming, as the post suggests, this is advice on letter writing, the complete sentence could read like 'Do not address your reader as if you were on a first name basis with them' or something of the sort.
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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2012-12-12 23:48:18 GMT)
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Let me share a couple further thoughts on this option!!! My suggestion comes from the fact that this is translating into English and no matter how informal you go, the 'tuteo' verb form just won't exist. So if calling someone 'tú' will translate the same as calling them 'usted' (=you), there's no way an English speaker who's not familiar with Spanish verb forms will understand what is being talked about.
I agree with Allegro that using a person's first name and 'tutearlos' doesn't neccesarily go together, but let's agree that this is the most common use.
So in the case in question, assuming, as the post suggests, this is advice on letter writing, the complete sentence could read like 'Do not address your reader as if you were on a first name basis with them' or something of the sort.
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AllegroTrans
: Using "tu" and the associated verb form does not always go with using a person's first name - the two concepts are quite separate
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Tatty
: I really like this solution, but I don't think that it fits the context in this particular instance.
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Discussion
But I fear that informal would be talking about register in general, whereas this comment is directly addressing the question of, "how to put it in English", not being too in your face.
Or maybe it is all one and the same thing. Sigh.
If you have to translate it somehow, you could say "overly familiar".