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English translation: some random
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| 08:49 Jun 15, 2010 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / construction | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Blanca García-Puente United Kingdom Local time: 08:17 | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1random Explanation: random business initiative |
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13 mins confidence:
The creation of ZZZ is not the result of chance or of any old business initiative. Explanation: I really think your option is about the best. You can also say "product of chance" but that is far less common and could be confusing considering ZZZ could or could not be a product istelf. The only thing I would add would be "old" (that would be slightly colloquial but not very) or normal/ordinary/routine. If not it sounds like ZZZ was not the product of ANY business initiative which I don't think it is. It's saying that it was born from a business initiative, but an extroardinary one. |
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14 mins confidence:
any Explanation: I'd use any, because it can be used as an uncountable |
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20 mins confidence:
particular Explanation: The creation of ZZZ has not come about by chance or because of a particular business iniciative. alternatively, perhaps you could use '(any) specific' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 mins (2010-06-15 09:13:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- looking at it again I think it sounds better in English to say: a specific business iniciative |
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2 hrs confidence:
| cualquiera some (business initiative) or other Explanation: Another way of putting it. Example sentence(s):
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3 hrs confidence:
ordinary Explanation: ...of an ordinary business iniciative... Mi sugerencia. |
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