Apr 29, 2016 11:41
8 yrs ago
English term

provide no leads

English to Spanish Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
¿Como podría traducir la siguiente expresión "provide no leads"?
The terrorists had used an artisan device: sodium chlorate associated with ordinary sugar in a 13 kg gas bottle, sold in any store. The reference numbers provide no leads, since eleven million bottles of this kind are sold every year.
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Taña Dalglish Apr 29, 2016:
@ Asker provide no leads > provide no clues (i.e. the reference numbers don't tell you anything), as there are millions sold every year.

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no ofrecen ninguna pista

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Tampoco la habitación y los objetos personales del profesor alemán nos ofrecieron ninguna pista nueva. En este caso, un tallo de hiedra había cedido bajo su ...
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Sin levantar sospechas/sin detección

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Los terrosidas en Bruselas, en el barrio Schaerbeek , pudieron pasar desapercibidos y fabricar bombas sin levantar sospechas.
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no nos dan ninguna pista / no son pista que valga

Un par de variaciones sobre la sugerencia de Patinba...

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No ofrecen pista alguna

En este caso se refiere a que sería como buscar una aguja en un pajar, dada la altísima cantidad de botellas similares vendidas cada año.

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Peer comment(s):

neutral Taña Dalglish : Victor, why post an almost identical answer to Patinba's (except to change the word order). The proper thing would be to agree with the first proposal, and not to enter your own answer (a ProZ etiquette rule, although "unspoken").
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