Jun 29, 2011 11:11
12 yrs ago
Spanish term

la huelga... nos perjudicó

Spanish to English Marketing Advertising / Public Relations Estudios de mercado.
Se trata de la ventas de refrescos de una compañía. En este contexto:

"La Huelga Transportistas nos perjudicó en 2008"

De momento interpreto lo siguiente:

"The strike of road hauliers in 2008 was damaging."

Proposed translations

+9
6 mins
Selected

we were badly affected by the road hauliers' strike

sounds more natural to me in English.

or in a slighly more informal vein "we were hit badly by the strike"

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Note added at 7 mins (2011-06-29 11:19:00 GMT)
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or "hit hard"
Peer comment(s):

agree Lisa McCarthy : Just what I was going to post! 'badly affected' or 'hard hit by'
8 mins
thanks, Lisa
agree Jenni Lukac (X) : I like both suggestions. For a US audience road hauler or other alternatives would be better: freight transportation strike, trucker strike, haulage strike, road haulage strike ...
9 mins
thanks, Jenni, other oprions would work in the UK too, except for "trucker"
agree ClaraVal
13 mins
thanks, ClaraVal
agree Charles Davis : Very good solution
21 mins
thanks, Charles!
agree James A. Walsh : Nice options, Gilla!
25 mins
thanks, James!
agree Marian Vieyra : 'badly hit' sounds good
1 hr
thanks, Marian
neutral philgoddard : It doesn't actually say "badly".
2 hrs
I take your point Phil, but I think that is the sense carried by the word perjudicar.
agree spanruss : Yes, you need to add "badly". Otherwise, "affected" has a neutral connotation.
3 hrs
thanks, spanruss!
agree neilmac : Nicely put. No quibbles this end....
6 hrs
thanks, Neil!
agree Dave Pugh
1 day 0 min
thanks, Dave
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Realmente bien trabajado. Muchas gracias por todo."
2 mins

The strike ...was detrimental (to us)

I think this is better than damaging
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+2
4 mins

the strike..... harmed us

.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
2 hrs
Thanks Phil.
agree Lourdes Zalcik
12 hrs
Thanks Lourdes.
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+1
4 hrs

the strike took a toll on us

A less formal option, if preferred.
Peer comment(s):

agree Lourdes Zalcik
8 hrs
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