Feb 25, 2014 13:01
10 yrs ago
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Spanish term

en modo alguno

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
La necesidad de forzar tan sutiles distinciones para quedar fuera del artículo 10 provoca en algún momento que se pierda el hilo en la argumentación de la parte instada, como ocurre en la p. 19 de su escrito de conclusiones, al decir: "en modo alguno el precepto pretendía impedir que el grupo incrementara su actividad por sí mismo o mediante nuevas sociedades filiales

Proposed translations

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8 mins
Selected

by no means

the provision was by no means intended to prevent...
Peer comment(s):

agree Catarina Lopes
7 mins
Thanks!
agree Neil Ashby
1 hr
Thanks!
agree Carlos Blanco, B.Sc. in Chemistry
1 hr
Thanks!
agree Cecilia Barraza-Mukherjee
3 hrs
Thanks!
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+2
3 mins

in any way

...did not, in any way, ...
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : There are several different ways of saying this, none any better or worse than the other. But you were first.
4 hrs
Ta, Phil! Thanks for your comment. :-)
agree Beatriz Zorron-Minhondo : I agree with philgoddard.
9 hrs
Thanks so much, Beatriz! :)
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3 mins

this provision does not try to interfere/impede in any way with

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Note added at 5 mins (2014-02-25 13:06:47 GMT)
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...the groups own attempts to increase their activity or...
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38 mins

in no manner

would fit better in this context
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50 mins

in any shape or form

The provisions weren't intended to prevent the group from increasing its activities by itself or through new business affiliations in any shape or form;
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+1
1 hr

in no way

books.google.com/books?id=AAs_AQAAMAAJ : Great Britain. Parliament, ‎Thomas Curson Hansard - 1875 - ‎Great Britain. "They could ... enforce discipline, but in no way did the statute appear to contemplate granting them a power to regulate the ..."

europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-267_en.htm‎ : Europa. In no way does the Regulation affect national legislation on the right to strike, nor would it create obstacles to the right to strike..."

masscases.com/cases/sjc/375/375mass85.html‎ : "In no way does the rule invalidate or dilute any citizen's vote. The plaintiffs' reliance on the ballot-access cases involving candidates for public office similarly is ..."
Example sentence:

"In no way was the provision aimed at preventing the group from expanding its activities either directly or through new subsidiaries."

"In no way did the provision prevent the group from expanding its activities either directly or through new subsidiaries."

Peer comment(s):

agree Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes : Es la versión que más me gusta: al principio manteniendo el énfasis y con la preceptiva inversión.
5 hrs
Gracias, Alejandro.
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