Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

fenómeno real

English translation:

real phenomenon of

Added to glossary by Eugenio Llorente
Feb 17, 2010 11:35
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term

fenómeno real

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Advertising / Public Relations
Si hablamos del fenómeno real “ver una cadena de TV durante el bloque publicitario”, las variables de estado podrían ser las siguientes:

De momento tengo:

If we talk about the real phenomenon "watching a TV channel during an advertising break", the state variables could include:

Proposed translations

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real phenomenon of

I think that's fine but you need to add 'of'.

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John Tyndall: The "Holocaust" Racket
Here Appleyard is, of course, putting his finger on a very **real phenomenon of** modern media propaganda, and he is to be praised for doing so. ...
spearhead.com/0007-jt2.html

3rd SDUK Annual Sustainable Development Conference - “Acting Today ...
... to ensure that we continue to enjoy secure energy supplies, while tackling the very ***real phenomenon** of climate change by cutting our carbon emissions. ...
www.berr.gov.uk/aboutus/ministerialteam/.../page47729.html - Cached - Similar

Land, learning, and the nature of spatiality
by GM Hodgson - 1996 - Cited by 4 - Related articles - All 2 versions
in identifying the allegedly **real phenomenon of*** 'globalization' as its battering ram. Taylor's argument has subjectivist leanings. ...
www.envplan.com/epa/fulltext/a28/a281940.pdf

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You could also use 'TRUE' instead of 'real' here.
Peer comment(s):

agree Evans (X) : yes, or "the actual phenomenon of"
2 mins
Thanks, Gilla :)
agree Mróz de León
2 mins
Thanks, Mróz:)
agree Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
13 mins
Thanks, Patricia :)
agree baligh : Suena mejor "actual phenomenon of" tal y como indica Gilla
14 mins
Thanks, baligh:)
neutral philgoddard : I don't think watching TV can be described as a phenomenon.
35 mins
Not much of a phenomenon for me either - I limit my viewing to about 15 mins a day, but that's what it says here :-)
agree Bubo Coroman (X) : I think it's best as you put it
2 hrs
Thanks, Deborah :-)
agree Victoria Frazier
4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Perfect, as ever. Thank you Lisa."
51 mins

act

"In terms of the act of watching a TV channel during an advertising break..."
I also think "status" might be a better translation than "state".
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1 day 4 hrs

actual fact

The actual fact of... as opposed to just surmising.

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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2010-02-18 15:52:33 GMT)
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actual: existing and not merely potential or possible. See synonyms for "real"...

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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2010-02-18 15:56:15 GMT)
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"the actual fact of watching a TV channel during a commercial break" ... or ...
"the actual fact of being able to watch a TV channel during an ad(-vertising) break" ...
etc.

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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2010-02-18 15:58:57 GMT)
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I agree with phil, the only pheneomenon about TV in Spain is if there is ever anything worth watching, or if Antena3 one day actually do remember to hit the VO button when showing the Simpsons. I'm fed up sending them emails trying to get them to show Simpsons in VO, but systematically get no reply, am considering a bomb...
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1 day 11 hrs

unreal circumstances

The author is talking about the odd fact that this happens not that it is a phenomenon that this happens.
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