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profesionales del texto

English translation: professional writers/copywriters

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Spanish term or phrase:profesionales del texto
English translation:professional writers/copywriters
Entered by: Edward Tully

20:53 Nov 13, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: profesionales del texto
Context: Tanto en editoriales como en centros educativos hay profesionales del texto que echan de menos una formación más específica sobre el mundo de la gráfica. También hay directores de arte, diseñadores, ilustradores, fotógrafos… interesados en el ámbito de la palabra. Sin embargo es frecuente que signo y significado se enseñen separadamente.”
Kathleen Shelly
Local time: 16:19
professional writers/copywriters
Explanation:
Difficult without more context, but these are possible options.
Selected response from:

Edward Tully
Local time: 22:19
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3professional writers/copywriters
Edward Tully
4 +2professional wordsmiths
philgoddard
4 +1writers and editors
Charles Davis
3text (processing) professionals/specialists
David Hollywood
3writing professionals / publishing professionals
Simon Bruni


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
professional writers/copywriters


Explanation:
Difficult without more context, but these are possible options.

Edward Tully
Local time: 22:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 212
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Maddux
21 mins
  -> Many thanks Chris! ;-)
agree  Ana Vozone
1 hr
  -> Many thanks Ana! ;-)
agree  neilmac
10 hrs
  -> Many thanks Neil! ;-)
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
text (processing) professionals/specialists


Explanation:
couple of options

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will depend on what their actual tasks involve

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Note added at 20 mins (2014-11-13 21:14:16 GMT)
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and not clear if they're professional writers ...

David Hollywood
Local time: 17:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 190
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
writers and editors


Explanation:
I don't think we have a single term for this. "Text professionals" is not much used in English, unfortunately, and is not idiomatic. "Profesionales del texto" refers to editors more than anything else, but it covers journalists, writers, editors, copy editors and translators. You and I are "profesionales del texto" too! The trouble is that listing them all will be a bit long, and I think you can cut it down to writers and editors, but no further than that. This would cover journalists too. You could add "translators" if you like, but in this context I don't think it's really necessary.

"Conferencia: “Fundamentos de corrección de estilo para profesionales del texto” (Periodistas, redactores, correctores y traductores)
Conferencista: D. Antonio Martín Fernández, Correspondiente de la Real Academia Española"
http://www.anle.us/cal/view_entry.php?id=22&date=20120603

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Note added at 24 mins (2014-11-13 21:18:13 GMT)
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By the way, I don't think you need to add "professional" in English; it's taken as read.

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It mentions "profesionales del texto" in publishers and educational institutions. In the former, at least, they will mostly be editors and copy editors in practice; not many of the people working in publishing companies are writers.

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 22:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 287

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karen Dinicola: I like this option because it includes editors, the main employees of publishing houses.
39 mins
  -> Exactly! Thanks :)
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
professional wordsmiths


Explanation:
This has the advantage of being very nonspecific, as it refers to anyone who writes for a living.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 123

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karen Dinicola: I like this one very much, too. It's a nice catchall term. As a potential glossary entry, this could be very useful.
10 mins
neutral  Charles Davis: I don't really disagree with this, but "wordsmith", to me, is a somewhat quaint and old-fashioned word, which the Spanish term isn't. Moreover, "wordsmith" normally implies a writer, and it's not a word you would usually apply to an editor.
2 hrs
agree  neilmac: On this rare occasion I'm afraid I disagree with Charles. Just as a smith transforms metal, I transform words. One man's quaintness is another's charm :)
9 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
writing professionals / publishing professionals


Explanation:
If it refers to writers and editors, this is how I'd say it. However, given the context, I wonder if it could mean "publishing professionals".

https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q="writing professional...

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 182
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