Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
De por si
English translation:
as it is//in fact
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Lydia De Jorge
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Sep 15, 2009 22:34
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term
De por si
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Written by someone in Brazil
Esta es la respuesta de flete marítimo sobre esta consulta: Hay que hacer todo em um lote. De por si 600 mton son pocas como para dividirlas en 3 entregas.
Com tan poco volumen, nadie te quiere tomar las carga desde Santos o Rio.
Com tan poco volumen, nadie te quiere tomar las carga desde Santos o Rio.
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Change log
Sep 19, 2009 00:20: Lydia De Jorge changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/0">'s</a> old entry - "De por si "" to ""as it is//in fact""
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4 mins
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Specializes 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.
Related KudoZ points
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175
Selected
as it is//in fact
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all"
+1
3 mins
Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Spain
Sworn & legal. Contracts & CVs. PhD
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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71
+1
6 mins
"already"
...600m tons are already too little...
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11 mins
Jennifer Levey
Chile
Chile
Native in English
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
113
It's (blatantly) obvious that ...
... that 600 mtons isn't worth splitting into three loads.
My reading, bearing in mind this is e-mail, not choice literature.
My reading, bearing in mind this is e-mail, not choice literature.
+2
1 hr
David Russi
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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172
Leave it out add "just" for emphasis
600 mtons are just not worth splitting into three loads.
Peer comment(s):
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Alexandra Goldburt
: I agree with you, David. You've succeeded to capture the meaning, while not giving a literal translation - which will not work in this context.
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Sp-EnTranslator
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7 hrs
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