Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
No precisa
English translation:
No answer
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Muriel Vasconcellos
Jul 22, 2011 05:27
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Spanish term
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
No precisa
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Estimates of earthquake damage - Peru
In a report on a survey, this phrase appears as a final option in each of the survey questions. Does it mean 'undecided', or 'not stated'?
For example:
Percepción del nivel de limpieza en los lugares donde los miembros del hogar realizaban sus necesidades
Muy bueno 5%
Bueno 24%
Regular 38%
Malo 24%
Muy malo 7%
**No precisa** 2%
For example:
Percepción del nivel de limpieza en los lugares donde los miembros del hogar realizaban sus necesidades
Muy bueno 5%
Bueno 24%
Regular 38%
Malo 24%
Muy malo 7%
**No precisa** 2%
Proposed translations
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| 4 | No answer |
paragonc
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| 4 +12 | Not specified |
Pablo Julián Davis
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| 3 | Not applicable |
John Cutler
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Proposed translations
3 hrs
Selected
No answer
suggestion
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
+12
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Pablo Julián Davis
Native in Spanish
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English
La palabra justa/The right word
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
Not specified
Creo que es la traducción más apta, aunque en realidad signifique que 'no sabe' o 'no respondió'.
Peer comment(s):
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Martina Pokupec (X)
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Muchas gracias, Martina.
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Bubo Coroman (X)
: agree with the explanation, I would put "no answer"
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Gracias Deborah, me parece que es un muy buen equivalente.
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FVS (X)
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Gracias FVS!
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Jenni Lukac (X)
: My first reaction is to choose not specified or not stated, but I'd consider how the wording of this answer fits all the questions in the survey to decide which would be the most appropriate and consider Deborah's too. I often do a corpus search for this.
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Gracias Jenni, un muy buen proceder sin duda.
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Thayenga
: "no answer" :)
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Gracias Thayenga!
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James A. Walsh
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Gracias James!
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CARMEN MAESTRO
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Gracias Carmen!
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Robert Forstag
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Gracias Robert!
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MedTrans&More
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Gracias MedTrans!
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Silvia Hanine-Studnicki
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Gracias Silvia!
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Sam Cogdell
: Or *no response*
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Gracias, Sam.
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coolbrowne
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Thanks coolbrowne!
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John Cutler
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
A unique combination of skills
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English, English to Spanish, and 1 more.
Not applicable
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