Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
opacar los esfuerzos de alguien
English translation:
play down someone´s efforts
Added to glossary by
Clare Hogg
Jul 26, 2011 19:30
12 yrs ago
3 viewers *
Spanish term
Spain
My passion is your project
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
opacar los esfuerzos de
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Human Resources
I am translating responses to the final "comments" section of an employee survey about their company.
I´m having real difficulty thinking of an appropriate translation for "opacar los esfuerzos de" in the below context.
Thanks in advance for your ideas!
"la gerencia menosprecia los trabajos de sus subordinados opacando los esfuerzos para ellos coger el credito."
I´m having real difficulty thinking of an appropriate translation for "opacar los esfuerzos de" in the below context.
Thanks in advance for your ideas!
"la gerencia menosprecia los trabajos de sus subordinados opacando los esfuerzos para ellos coger el credito."
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+3
30 mins
Shelley Martinez
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Native in English
Specializes in field
Trinidad and Tobago
Reliability assured each and every time
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
Selected
obscuring/downgrading the efforts their subordinates
by obscuring or playing down the efforts of their subordinates they are able to take the credit
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: ""play down" is just what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!"
+2
18 mins
hiding the efforts/achievements of the subordinates
!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
liz askew
: I prefer "hiding", so that management takes the credit.
57 mins
|
| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
1 hr
|
7 hrs
Pablo Julián Davis
Native in Spanish
&
English
Specializes in field
La palabra justa/The right word
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
20
dismissive of (their) efforts
esta es una propuesta de solución mediante el refraseo... esencialmente, al dar vuelta la oración, lo de 'opacando sus esfuerzos' se traslada al principio de la oración; y lo de 'menosprecia' se traduce con 'discounts their contributions' i.e. what the employees do for the success of the company or organization.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 7 hrs (2011-07-27 03:18:03 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
(una curiosidad personal nomás: el texto fuente suena fuertemente a español caribeño, de casualidad, ¿es así?)
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 7 hrs (2011-07-27 03:18:03 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
(una curiosidad personal nomás: el texto fuente suena fuertemente a español caribeño, de casualidad, ¿es así?)
Example sentence:
Dismissive of the employees' effort, management discounts their contributions in order to claim the credit for themselves.
19 hrs
belittling
= playing down the employees' efforts , so they can take all the kudos themselves.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 19 hrs (2011-07-27 14:38:08 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Doesn't maintain the opacity notion, but:
be·lit·tle: to make (someone or something) seem unimportant: "this is not to belittle his role".
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 19 hrs (2011-07-27 14:38:08 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Doesn't maintain the opacity notion, but:
be·lit·tle: to make (someone or something) seem unimportant: "this is not to belittle his role".
Something went wrong...