swiss-speaking region??

Spanish translation: en la región suiza de habla alemán o francés

20:47 Nov 29, 2018
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English term or phrase: swiss-speaking region??
Hola, en un texto publicitario de un software, me encuentro con esta frase:

"XXX's operation places unique demands on their software. They need to be able to print labeling information in three different languages. Based on the location of their bakeries (either in the ​​Swiss-, German- or French-speaking region of the country), they need to be able to select the appropriate combination of languages, and print all information on the label in the proper format.​"


Mi pregunta es, ¿puede referirse a una regón de Suiza donde se hable suizo? ¿O se refiere al alemán suizo? ¿Cómo produzco una traducción precisa y a la vez fiel al original?

¡Gracias!
Cecilia Franetovich
Argentina
Local time: 12:31
Spanish translation:en la región suiza de habla alemán o francés
Explanation:
I spent a year in Geneva and there are 4 languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh

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en tu contexto debería ser: in the ​​Swiss-German or French-speaking region of the country

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no existe una "Swiss-speaking region"

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Switzerland has four languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh and the majority of the population speak a form of German (so many dialects and basically incomprehensible to a a native German speaker), Swiss French is not so bad but has it's variances too ... intonation a bit different but perfectly understandable

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Un idioma suizo no existe

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de todas maneras si tenés que incluir tres idiomas sería "alemán, francés e italiano" ...

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Romanche suizo no es necesario
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David Hollywood
Local time: 12:31
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1en la región suiza de habla alemán o francés
David Hollywood
Summary of reference entries provided
El romanche
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
en la región suiza de habla alemán o francés


Explanation:
I spent a year in Geneva and there are 4 languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh

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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-11-30 01:25:57 GMT)
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en tu contexto debería ser: in the ​​Swiss-German or French-speaking region of the country

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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-11-30 01:29:10 GMT)
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no existe una "Swiss-speaking region"

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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-11-30 01:35:21 GMT)
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Switzerland has four languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh and the majority of the population speak a form of German (so many dialects and basically incomprehensible to a a native German speaker), Swiss French is not so bad but has it's variances too ... intonation a bit different but perfectly understandable

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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-11-30 01:37:24 GMT)
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Un idioma suizo no existe

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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-11-30 01:40:54 GMT)
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de todas maneras si tenés que incluir tres idiomas sería "alemán, francés e italiano" ...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-11-30 01:42:22 GMT)
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Romanche suizo no es necesario

David Hollywood
Local time: 12:31
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 183
Notes to answerer
Asker: ¡Muchas gracias, David!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christian [email protected]: ...alemana o francesa?
49 mins
  -> por supuesto Christian y muchas gracias

neutral  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro: El original dice claramente "three different languages", y no menciona el italiano.
11 hrs
  -> de acuerdo Beatriz pero en Suiza domina el alemán en sus varios dialectos, aunque la mayoría de los suizos alemanes hablan Hochdeutsch)
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Reference comments


2 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: El romanche

Reference information:
Romanche
Lengua
El romanche es el nombre genérico para las lenguas retorrománicas que se hablan en Suiza, donde goza del reconocimiento como lengua nacional. Como lengua del grupo retorrománico tiene una gran afinidad con el ladino dolomita y el friulano, lenguas habladas en el norte de Italia. Wikipedia
Región: Cantón de los Grisones
Hablantes: 35 000
https://www.google.es/search?q=suiza idiomas oficiales roman...

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 1762

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Chema Nieto Castañón: Efectivamente, el romanche, del cual existen diferentes variedades en Suiza, es una de las cuatro lenguas oficiales ("nacionales") de Suiza, pero no creo que nadie se refiera a éstas (completamente minoritarias en el país) como "suizo".
2 hrs
agree  Marcelo González: We don´t know the linguistic sophistication of the speaker. I would not be at all surprised if this is what s/he meant.
5 hrs
agree  abe(L)solano
13 hrs
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