Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
forma tan artificial
English translation:
..sets such unrealistic deadlines
Added to glossary by
Lydia De Jorge
Sep 29, 2007 07:04
16 yrs ago
Spanish term
forma tan artificial
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Journalism
No podemos aceptar una ley que pone fechas limites de un modo tan artificial.
Change log
Sep 29, 2007 07:04: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Oct 5, 2007 18:17: Lydia De Jorge Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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6 hrs
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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12
Selected
..sets such unrealistic deadlines
sugg
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You are very welcome!
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You are very welcome!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks"
5 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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27
which sets deadlines in such an artificial/contrived manner/way
:)
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we can't accept/tolerate a law that imposes deadlines in such a contrived/artificial manner/way ...
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condensed version: we can't accept a law that imposes such contrived deadlines/time limits
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Note added at 8 mins (2007-09-29 07:12:37 GMT)
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we can't accept/tolerate a law that imposes deadlines in such a contrived/artificial manner/way ...
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condensed version: we can't accept a law that imposes such contrived deadlines/time limits
29 mins
Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
Quality- Professionalism - Experience
Native in: English (Variants: US, US South, UK, British)
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
so artificially
a law that imposes deadlines so artificially/arbitrarily.
I think the adverb will do in this case.
Harris could then discard amended ballot counts that come in after the deadline, but she could not do so "arbitrarily," Lewis ruled. ...
dir.salon.com/story/politics/trail/2000/11/14/trail_mix/
He thereupon held, as a matter of law, that when the Commission fixed 50 cents as ... due process of law; or (5) if the Commission acted so arbitrarily and ...
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=222&invol=541
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-STATE AS DErENDANT.-The State of Oklahoma created a ... that if it is administered with a partial eye or so arbitrarily that it makes ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-2234(191503)13%3A5%3C416%3ACLSAD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H
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If you prefer "artificially", it's more emphatic to place it earlier in the sentence:
a law that so artificially imposes deadlines.
This standard, so artificially created, was said to be the law or laws that were eternal and unchangeable, for they must be eternal and unchangeable if they ...
oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=680&chapter=51124
At the same time it is a mistake to speak of land-law reformers as if the term denoted ..... and so artificially to increase the overcrowding of our towns, ...
oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=291&chapter=20832&layout
I think the adverb will do in this case.
Harris could then discard amended ballot counts that come in after the deadline, but she could not do so "arbitrarily," Lewis ruled. ...
dir.salon.com/story/politics/trail/2000/11/14/trail_mix/
He thereupon held, as a matter of law, that when the Commission fixed 50 cents as ... due process of law; or (5) if the Commission acted so arbitrarily and ...
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=222&invol=541
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-STATE AS DErENDANT.-The State of Oklahoma created a ... that if it is administered with a partial eye or so arbitrarily that it makes ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-2234(191503)13%3A5%3C416%3ACLSAD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H
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If you prefer "artificially", it's more emphatic to place it earlier in the sentence:
a law that so artificially imposes deadlines.
This standard, so artificially created, was said to be the law or laws that were eternal and unchangeable, for they must be eternal and unchangeable if they ...
oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=680&chapter=51124
At the same time it is a mistake to speak of land-law reformers as if the term denoted ..... and so artificially to increase the overcrowding of our towns, ...
oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=291&chapter=20832&layout
3 hrs
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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48
in such an arbitrary fashion (or rephrase below)
OR
...that sets such arbitrary deadlines
...that sets such arbitrary deadlines
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