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ten un gesto

English translation: A/Your small gesture for nature will go a long way

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Spanish term or phrase:ten un gesto
English translation:A/Your small gesture for nature will go a long way
Entered by: franglish

17:06 Feb 23, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations
Spanish term or phrase: ten un gesto
I'm not familiar with this expression, is it something like "lend a hand"? It appears in a slogan for an environmental event in Spain:

Ten un gesto con tus espacios naturales

Thanks!
S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 10:15
A/Your small gesture for nature will go a long way
Explanation:
as it's a slogan...
Selected response from:

franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 10:15
Grading comment
Thank you. I had to go with one with the word "gesture" in it as later on in the text it came out that people were actually making a gesture with their hands in solidarity. So good job.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5do your bit for
Noni Gilbert Riley
4 +2stand up for your natural areas (spaces)/show that you care for your natural areas (spaces)
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
4 +2do something nice for
ael
4 +1do a good deed for..
Lisa McCarthy
4 +1Help preserve our green spaces.
Robert Forstag
4take care of
Julio Bereciartu
4share your fare
Anne Smith Campbell
3be respectful / to do act of kindness
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
3do a nice thing
Lucía Vitelleschi
3A/Your small gesture for nature will go a long way
franglish


Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
take care of


Explanation:
Hope it helps.

Julio Bereciartu
Venezuela
Local time: 04:15
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
be respectful / to do act of kindness


Explanation:
Saludos

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Note added at 33 minutos (2013-02-23 17:39:25 GMT)
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a goodwill gesture, a gesture of goodwill, generous gesture...

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 10:15
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 56
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
do a nice thing


Explanation:


Lucía Vitelleschi
Local time: 05:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
stand up for your natural areas (spaces)/show that you care for your natural areas (spaces)


Explanation:
Since this is for an environmental event, there are several choices:

Stand up for your natural areas (spaces)
Show that you care for....
Be supportive of...
You can make a difference for...
stand up for your ....
You can make

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 02:15
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Walsh: Me gusta 'Show that you care... en este contexto
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, Christine!
agree  Lisa McCarthy: I like 'show that you care' too
16 hrs
  -> Thank you, Lisa!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
A/Your small gesture for nature will go a long way


Explanation:
as it's a slogan...

franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 10:15
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you. I had to go with one with the word "gesture" in it as later on in the text it came out that people were actually making a gesture with their hands in solidarity. So good job.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
do something nice for


Explanation:
There's even a Do Something Nice Day (October 5th).

ael
United States
Local time: 03:15
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sean Mitchell
11 mins
  -> Thanks, Sean!
agree  Lisa McCarthy: Or 'do something good/positive'
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lisa! I think it mostly depends on what each of us understands by “tener un gesto”. Since I don’t know the project details/specifications, I was merely trying to translate the message they came up with rather than suggesting a better message.
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
share your fare


Explanation:
This is it for me.


Anne Smith Campbell
Spain
Local time: 10:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lisa McCarthy: I don't really understand where 'fare' comes into it. This would work if they were talking about taxi sharing perhaps.// The first 2 refs in Linguee are incorrect translations! The expression is 'do your fair share'.
6 hrs
  -> Well like in the various meanings it shows here: http://www.linguee.es/ingles-espanol/traduccion/fare share.h...
neutral  MollyRose: Maybe "do your fair share"
1 day 18 hrs
  -> It certainly sounds better!! ;)
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
do a good deed for..


Explanation:
Another suggestion:

Support Us - Business Partnerships - Conservation Volunteers
www.conservationvolunteers.com.au › Support Us
Conservation Volunteers - Connection people with our environment ... Give your customers the chance to ***do a good deed for the environment** without extra effort ...

www.gananoquereporter.com/.../a-good-deed-transformation - Canada
Dec 22, 2011 – Students are to **do a good dead for people, animals or the environment**. ...

Pupils in Citoliby **do a good deed for their town** | T-Mobile t-press
en.t-press.cz/tiskove_zpravy/2008/883/
Jul 15, 2008 – Pupils in Citoliby do a good deed for their town. ... Children involved in ^**environmental activities** The results of the school's environmental ...







Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 10:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 100

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: As in, "your good deed for the day" - sounds well.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Noni :)
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
do your bit for


Explanation:
By "popular demand"! But, seriously, I still feel it sounds rather wimpish, and have been scratching my head to come up with somehting a but pzazzier. But to no avail.

So there it is, in the sense of "do your duty by", "doing the right thing by". I suppose it is appealing to our sense that it is our responsibility, or reminding us that this is the case.

On the other hand, there is a section on Radio 5 on Spanish radio which has a catchphrase "haz gestos"; this might be resonate for Spanish readers of course. In this context it would be something like *every little helps*, which I do thing is an alternative.

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 10:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marian Vieyra
1 hr
  -> Thanks Marian.
agree  Letredenoblesse
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Agnes.
agree  Lisa McCarthy
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Lisa, ;-)
agree  neilmac: DYB!
20 hrs
  -> Ha ha! Thanks Neil.
agree  Marie-Helene Dubois: I like this one too!
23 hrs
  -> Thanks Marie-Helene
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Ten un gesto con tus espacios naturales.
Help preserve our green spaces.


Explanation:
Or:
Help preserve Spain's green spaces.
[Or substitute specific region/city where the campaign in question is being conducted.]

This would seem to be an idiomatic slogan appropriate to a fundraising or other event promoting environmental conservation. The "our" adds a needed emotional element.

Suerte.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-02-23 20:05:59 GMT)
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Addendum:
The "our" here being a more natural sounding functional equivalent of the "tus" used in the Spanish.

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Note added at 19 hrs (2013-02-24 12:57:24 GMT)
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I don't think that any of the literally oriented suggestions for translating "ten un gusto" really work in English. At worst, they sound highly stilted. At best, they seem just "not quite right."

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 04:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MollyRose: Sounds "natural." (get it?) ha!
2 days 3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Molly. :)
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