Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Saldo Blanco
English translation:
No incidents (were reported)
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May 29, 2019 16:14
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Experienced, Accurate, and Affordable.
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Saldo Blanco
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The source file is a work report by a manager talking about some work accidents that took place earlier that year in Mexico. Here's the sentence in question:
En cuanto a los accidentes refirió que en el 2017 hubo un registro de 8 asociados contra 5 en el 2018 y estando con saldo blanco en clientes.
I can't find anything on what "saldo blanco" could mean, and with the words "en clientes" it makes even less sense... any ideas?
thanks!
En cuanto a los accidentes refirió que en el 2017 hubo un registro de 8 asociados contra 5 en el 2018 y estando con saldo blanco en clientes.
I can't find anything on what "saldo blanco" could mean, and with the words "en clientes" it makes even less sense... any ideas?
thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +4 | No incidents (were reported) |
Helena Chavarria
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References
| Saldo (en) blanco |
Helena Chavarria
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Adolfo Fulco
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Change log
May 29, 2019 16:24: Taña Dalglish changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"
Proposed translations
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Helena Chavarria
Spain
Spain
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Spain
Striving for excellence
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
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No incidents (were reported)
Ayer, aquí en México, tuvimos un temblor de 7.2 grados. El gobierno anunció que hubo un "saldo blanco", o sea, sin daños, sin heridos y sin muertes.
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/saldo-blanco.1093324...
There are no reports of casualties or significant damage, but frightened residents across the Mexican capital fled their homes as the tremor began.
The earthquake was felt in several southern and western Mexican states at 09:27 local time (14:27 GMT).
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27081799
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/saldo-blanco.1093324...
There are no reports of casualties or significant damage, but frightened residents across the Mexican capital fled their homes as the tremor began.
The earthquake was felt in several southern and western Mexican states at 09:27 local time (14:27 GMT).
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27081799
Peer comment(s):
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Adolfo Fulco
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Thank you, Adolfo :-)
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Robert Carter
: Something like that, or "none at all among customers". ¡Saludos Helena!
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I also thought of something with 'none' but it depends on how the rest of the text has been translated. Thank you, Robert :-)
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Thomas Walker
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Thank you, Tom :-)
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Juan Jacob
: O como cuenta la leyenda: OK = Zero Killed.
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Comment: "Thanks to all, great answer, perfect fit!"
Reference comments
24 mins
Helena Chavarria
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Striving for excellence
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
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67
Reference:
Saldo (en) blanco
Saldo en blanco para Santander
En blanco terminó Santander la primera jornada de finales, al no obtener presea alguna en la final de los 300 metros contrarreloj individual, que se disputó anoche en el patinódromo mundialista de la capital del Valle, en donde se realiza el Open Internacional de Patinaje - Cali 2009, que comenzó ayer con cerca de 1.000 deportistas en todas las categorías.
https://www.vanguardia.com/deportes/otros-deportes/saldo-en-...
Saldo blanco in this context means that there was no one injured, harmed, mugged, etc. There were no incidents to report regarding security during this gathering of people. All the participants are safe and sound. Clean record.
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/saldo-blanco-durante...
Saldo (en) blanco means that there were no accidents, though I'm not completely sure what 'en clientes' means. None of the accidents affected the customers?
En blanco terminó Santander la primera jornada de finales, al no obtener presea alguna en la final de los 300 metros contrarreloj individual, que se disputó anoche en el patinódromo mundialista de la capital del Valle, en donde se realiza el Open Internacional de Patinaje - Cali 2009, que comenzó ayer con cerca de 1.000 deportistas en todas las categorías.
https://www.vanguardia.com/deportes/otros-deportes/saldo-en-...
Saldo blanco in this context means that there was no one injured, harmed, mugged, etc. There were no incidents to report regarding security during this gathering of people. All the participants are safe and sound. Clean record.
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/saldo-blanco-durante...
Saldo (en) blanco means that there were no accidents, though I'm not completely sure what 'en clientes' means. None of the accidents affected the customers?
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Adrian MM.
: ...with no impacting of customers, perhaps, unless clientes is a (rhyming) typo for accidentes.
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I like the idea of a rhyming typo! Thank you, Adrian :-)
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Adolfo Fulco
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
Libraries raised me!
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Reference:
refs.
http://www.academia.org.mx/espin/respuestas/item/saldo-blanc...
¿Por qué se dice saldo blanco?
...es probable que el origen de la expresión saldo blanco sea similar al de las frases anteriores, puesto que denota ‘falta o carencia de violencia, muertes, sangre’ y puede aludir a diversas situaciones: una jornada electoral, unas vacaciones, una manifestación, una reunión, etc.
https://www.milenio.com/opinion/marco-provencio/la-intemperi...
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/saldo-blanco.1093324...
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¿Por qué se dice saldo blanco?
...es probable que el origen de la expresión saldo blanco sea similar al de las frases anteriores, puesto que denota ‘falta o carencia de violencia, muertes, sangre’ y puede aludir a diversas situaciones: una jornada electoral, unas vacaciones, una manifestación, una reunión, etc.
https://www.milenio.com/opinion/marco-provencio/la-intemperi...
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/saldo-blanco.1093324...
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Note added at 57 mins (2019-05-29 17:11:33 GMT)
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Recién veo que en la discussion entry copiaron el mismo enlace...
Discussion
http://www.academia.org.mx/espin/respuestas/item/saldo-blanc...