Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
podemos ponernos en el caso
English translation:
we can take Lonely George as an example
Added to glossary by
Antonio Berbel Garcia
Jul 8, 2006 09:44
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
United Kingdom
podemos ponernos en el caso
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Dialogue on conservation
The speaker has been talking about cloning to some length and then says:
Entonces dentro de ese mismo paralelismo podemos ponernos en el caso del Solitario George.
I am not too sure how to translate ponerse en el caso.
Entonces dentro de ese mismo paralelismo podemos ponernos en el caso del Solitario George.
I am not too sure how to translate ponerse en el caso.
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | we can take Lonely George as an example |
Antonio Berbel Garcia
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| 4 +1 | take someone else's perspective |
María Eugenia Wachtendorff
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| 3 | put ourselves in S's shoes |
Elena López Pachón
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Proposed translations
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4 mins
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we can take Lonely George as an example
Una idea
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Note added at 7 minutos (2006-07-08 09:51:34 GMT)
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we can put ourselves in George's position es otra posibilidad.
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Note added at 7 minutos (2006-07-08 09:51:34 GMT)
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we can put ourselves in George's position es otra posibilidad.
Peer comment(s):
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Elena Robles Sanjuan
37 mins
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Abrazos, Elena
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Armando Diaz
: si
47 mins
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Muchas gracias, Armando.
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Michael Powers (PhD)
: Nice - Mike :)
1 hr
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gracias, Michael. Un saludo cordial
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María Eugenia Wachtendorff
: Tu sugerencia corresponde a "poner por caso", Gnomo. /// Exactamente, pero la pregunta es "ponerse en el caso"
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A mi me parece que poner por caso y tomar como ejemplo es lo mismo.
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Elena López Pachón
: Es verdad, la frase indica "ponerse en el lugar de S." y no tomarle como ejemplo
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me parece muy semejante.
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Mónica Ameztoy de Andrada
: We can take Lonely George as an example
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gracias, Monica.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "You provided tow good possibilities. many thanks!"
2 hrs
Elena López Pachón
Germany
Germany
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Germany
10 years working on the medical field
Native in: Spanish
Works in: German to Spanish, English to Spanish
put ourselves in S's shoes
Creo que ésta es otra opción que puede ir bien aquí.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-07-08 12:52:27 GMT)
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The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit - the ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes; to see the world through those who are different from us - the child who's hungry, the laid-off steelworker, the immigrant woman cleaning your dorm room.
Ref.: http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060616-northwestern_universit...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-07-08 12:53:01 GMT)
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La expresión es: to put yourself in someone else's shoes.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-07-08 12:52:27 GMT)
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The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit - the ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes; to see the world through those who are different from us - the child who's hungry, the laid-off steelworker, the immigrant woman cleaning your dorm room.
Ref.: http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060616-northwestern_universit...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-07-08 12:53:01 GMT)
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La expresión es: to put yourself in someone else's shoes.
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2 hrs
María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Chile
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Chile
40 Years Business, Legal, Certificates
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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56
take someone else's perspective
YoungMinds | Policy | A Work in Progress: the Adolescent and Young ...... it is necessary to step into their ‘mental shoes’ and take their perspective. 3 ’ These findings may link with Peter Fonagy’s work on mentalisation 7 . ...
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Emotional Intelligence in Schools... of a situation and being able to act appropriately requires understanding the feelings of the others involved and being able to take their perspective. ...
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Note added at 1 day7 mins (2006-07-09 09:52:06 GMT)
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"Poner (alguien o algo) por caso" significa "tomar a X como ejemplo", que es lo que Gnomo tradujo.
"Ponerse en el caso de (alguien)", que es lo que pregunta Adam, significa, coloquialmente, "meterse en los zapatos/en el pellejo de X", que es lo que Polytongue tradujo. Yo ofrezco la versión formal, que es "asumir el punto de vista / mirar las cosas desde la perspectiva de X". EMHO, esto no tiene nada que ver con ejemplos.
www.youngminds.org.uk/sos/brain.php - 26k - Cached - Similar pages
Emotional Intelligence in Schools... of a situation and being able to act appropriately requires understanding the feelings of the others involved and being able to take their perspective. ...
www.connected.org/learn/school.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 1 day7 mins (2006-07-09 09:52:06 GMT)
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"Poner (alguien o algo) por caso" significa "tomar a X como ejemplo", que es lo que Gnomo tradujo.
"Ponerse en el caso de (alguien)", que es lo que pregunta Adam, significa, coloquialmente, "meterse en los zapatos/en el pellejo de X", que es lo que Polytongue tradujo. Yo ofrezco la versión formal, que es "asumir el punto de vista / mirar las cosas desde la perspectiva de X". EMHO, esto no tiene nada que ver con ejemplos.
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