Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Los hechos son mostrencos
English translation:
The facts are ambivelant/unclear/ambiguous
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Edward Tully
Apr 12, 2007 19:08
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Spain
Qualified accountant, finance specialist
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Catalan to English, Spanish to English
Los hechos son mostrencos
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Management
Leadership
I am translating a Business School article about leadership and managing change.
The exact phrase is "los hechos por sí solos son mostrencos. Sin la percepción subjetiva y la posterior interpretación, también subjetiva, los hechos no dicen nada a nadie."
For mostrencos I've found strays, vagabonds, fat or ignorant person. In this context I have no idea.
The exact phrase is "los hechos por sí solos son mostrencos. Sin la percepción subjetiva y la posterior interpretación, también subjetiva, los hechos no dicen nada a nadie."
For mostrencos I've found strays, vagabonds, fat or ignorant person. In this context I have no idea.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | The facts are ambivelant/unclear |
Edward Tully
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| 2 +1 | facts are impersonal/objective/unclaimed/ownerless |
liz askew
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Proposed translations
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Edward Tully
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Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
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The facts are ambivelant/unclear
two more options!
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Comment: "I don't think there is a perfect word but this does the job - in the end I went for "meaningless" Thanks for your help, cheers"
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facts are impersonal/objective/unclaimed/ownerless
Collins Sp-En also has "ownerless/unclaimed".
Perhaps you could use an antonym of "subjective", which appears afterwards.
Objective?
Perhaps you could use an antonym of "subjective", which appears afterwards.
Objective?
Note from asker:
| Objective also works, but the word pops up several more times later in the paragraph so I didn't want to overuse it. Thanks anyway! |
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