Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
al servicio de
English translation:
service
Added to glossary by
Henry Hinds
Jun 1, 2008 21:47
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Spain
Analytical and creative (DipTrans, MA)
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Galician to English, English
al servicio de (ver contexto)
Spanish to English
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Tourism & Travel
Hotel Information
Disfrute de todo el sabor de la comida mediterránea
Gastronomía. La comodidad al servicio de la buena cocina
This is from the publicity and information website for a hotel. I have looked at a whole load of questions related to the phrase above, but can't get my head round the wording. 'Convenience at the service of great cuisine'??
Thanks again for your help in advance: much appreciated, especially at this time of night on a Sunday!
Gastronomía. La comodidad al servicio de la buena cocina
This is from the publicity and information website for a hotel. I have looked at a whole load of questions related to the phrase above, but can't get my head round the wording. 'Convenience at the service of great cuisine'??
Thanks again for your help in advance: much appreciated, especially at this time of night on a Sunday!
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Jun 2, 2008 21:51: Henry Hinds Created KOG entry
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Henry Hinds
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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service
La comodidad al servicio de la buena cocina
Comfort, service and great cuisine
It's just a slogan that does not make a lot of sense in Spanish; you just have to come up with something snappy.
Comfort, service and great cuisine
It's just a slogan that does not make a lot of sense in Spanish; you just have to come up with something snappy.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Went with Henry on this one, but there were loads of options. as many of you commented, there we are translating tourism texts with the BS filter on, and really in some cases anything would do. Henry's 'snappy' answer worked well on this one, but I want to thank you all for your sound and entertaining comments. Great. :0)"
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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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52
servicing
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15 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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28
at the service of
Comfort at the service of great cuisine
Doesn't make too much sense to me, without further context for "comodidad".
Something is convenient in English when it's easy to do, so I don't tink
that fits here.
But you've got the whole doc... and it's late for me, too. ;->
Just for curiosity, how did you translate Gastronomía in that line?
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Could it be "Great cuisine, served in comfort"?
Doesn't make too much sense to me, without further context for "comodidad".
Something is convenient in English when it's easy to do, so I don't tink
that fits here.
But you've got the whole doc... and it's late for me, too. ;->
Just for curiosity, how did you translate Gastronomía in that line?
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Note added at 19 mins (2008-06-01 22:07:44 GMT)
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Could it be "Great cuisine, served in comfort"?
Note from asker:
| Yeah, good points all round: generally 'Gastronomia' is the most redundant word ever. When it's a 'gastronomical restaurant' (haha) in Spanish I tend to turn it into a gourmet one...But have not decided what to do here, because their definition of gastronomy is weird: convenience and great cuisine? I don't see gourmet food being 'convenient'....Hmmm...:) |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
eloso (X)
: e.g: "At Her Majesty's secret service".
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Thank you!
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Sussie Sufyasih Umsari
Spain
Spain
Works in field
Spain
Translator make the world becomes one
Native in: Indonesian
Works in: Spanish to Indonesian, English to Indonesian, French to Indonesian, and 3 more.
The great service of the good cuisine/food
Al ver este texto, yo creo que ´comodidad al servicio´ es que el restaurante tiene un buen servicio para los clientes a la hora de servir/atenderlos.
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could be ''Good service of the great food'' ??
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Note added at 35 minutos (2008-06-01 22:23:43 GMT)
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could be ''Good service of the great food'' ??
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Patricia Rosas
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
servicios para autores académicos
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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64
see suggestion
just another stab:
fine dining in a comfortable ambience.
My take on it is: "food supported by a pleasant atmosphere" (comodidad can mean "amenities") ...
fine dining in a comfortable ambience.
My take on it is: "food supported by a pleasant atmosphere" (comodidad can mean "amenities") ...
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Terry Burgess
Mexico
Mexico
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Specializes in field
Mexico
I place Quality and Accuracy above speed
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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4
comfort/convenience, combined with superb cuisine
Rather you than me, Kate:-(
As usual, disgusting punctuation, etc. Anyway, this is basically the best idea I can come up with.
I also thought of "luxury/delectation personified by superb cuisine" ..but that was perhaps a little optimistic.
Luck:-)
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Not so sure about the "sensible"..but I do endeavor to do my George Best! Thanks for the piropo:-)
Unless some Prozian pulls an inspired rabbit out of the hat, I fear you may have to resort to your safety net [of course it's a viable option!!..a.k.a. : "BS filter"..jajaja] but I'm sure you'll find something that works well for you.
All the luck in the world and finish soon!
As usual, disgusting punctuation, etc. Anyway, this is basically the best idea I can come up with.
I also thought of "luxury/delectation personified by superb cuisine" ..but that was perhaps a little optimistic.
Luck:-)
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Not so sure about the "sensible"..but I do endeavor to do my George Best! Thanks for the piropo:-)
Unless some Prozian pulls an inspired rabbit out of the hat, I fear you may have to resort to your safety net [of course it's a viable option!!..a.k.a. : "BS filter"..jajaja] but I'm sure you'll find something that works well for you.
All the luck in the world and finish soon!
Note from asker:
| Yes- while I was waiting to see what help people could give me I left it as 'combined with' as a safety net. It is an option, isn't it. Thanks for your sensible input, as usual. :) |
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Edward Tully
Native in English
Because your words matter
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: Spanish to English
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110
great cuisine supported by fine service
it maybe an idea to turn the sentence around in this way...
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or "complemented by"...
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Note added at 57 mins (2008-06-01 22:45:27 GMT)
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or "complemented by"...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Terry Burgess
: and a very nice idea, at that! You may be the 'rabbit', Edward:-) [see my notes to Kate]. Saludos:-)
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thank you Terry! Now where's my hat...;-)
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Jairo Payan
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thank you Jairo! ;-)
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Gabriel Csaba
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
A passion for meaning and detail
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine) , Hungarian
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, German to English, and 1 more.
in the service of
It's a classic case of brochure lingo, otherwise known as "shootin' da bull". Comfort can never be in the service of cuisine -in any case, effort is.
But brochure -or website- makers don't let things like "making sense" get in their way.
They just juggle connectors to combine a set of obligatory words (comfort, cuisine, luxury, pleasure, blaaaaaah).
But brochure -or website- makers don't let things like "making sense" get in their way.
They just juggle connectors to combine a set of obligatory words (comfort, cuisine, luxury, pleasure, blaaaaaah).
Example sentence:
Comfort in the service of great/superb cuisine
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