Sep 28, 2021 10:25
2 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Cuando conectas, desconnectas

Spanish to English Marketing Business/Commerce (general)
Help please!! The more suggestions, the merrier. Need something pithy.

The meaning here is that when you pick up your mobile phone/go online/check your social media account/send an SMS, etc., you're not paying attention to your surroundings, which can lead to accidents.

Proposed translations

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On your phone, off your guard

A first stab.
Peer comment(s):

agree AllegroTrans : excellent
5 mins
agree Heather Langdale
35 mins
agree patinba
47 mins
agree María Perales
59 mins
agree Orkoyen (X)
1 hr
agree Danielys Pulve Fernandez
2 hrs
agree neilmac : This sounds rather UK (which is not necessarily a bad thing)
21 hrs
agree Carol Gullidge : Instead of rhyming, you opted for the on/off contrast - nice one!
1 day 6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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2 hrs

On your phone, accident prone

Decided to try something with rhyming. I don't know if this is too specific with "accident prone," as "off your guard" better captures the general sense of driving distracted.
Peer comment(s):

agree AllegroTrans
2 hrs
agree Orkoyen (X)
4 hrs
agree Robert Rutledge
11 hrs
agree neilmac : Neat :)
18 hrs
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21 hrs

When you log on, you switch off

= When you log on/in (whether it's your mobile phone or a computer, a tablet... etc), you switch off (disconnect) from your surroundings.
Example sentence:

No problem, simply log in and switch off while on the move...

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