homework-how would you fill in these blanks?

1) The GP's (General Practitioner) office is called a ...
2)Mum, I've cut my finger! Have you got a ... ?
3) A ... is a doctor who specialises in a certain area of medicine.
4) She's sprained her wrist, so her arm's in a ... at the moment.
5) My mum put ... round my broken arm until we got to the hospital.
6) I went to my ... to ask her for something for my stomach-ache.

Those are the sentences I'm having problems with. The exercise consists of 30 sentences which blanks are to be filled in with words given in a list. Some of the words I think may be right for the sentences above are: sick, GP (General Practitioner), in plaster, a plaster, sling, consultant, and bandage.

Any help will be much appreciated :)

1) The GP's (General Practitioner) office is called a ...
2)Mum, I've cut my finger! Have you got a ... ?
3) A ... is a doctor who specialices in a certain area of medicine.*
4) She's sprained her wrist, so her arm's in a ... at the moment.
5) My mum put ... round my broken arm until we got to the hospital.
6) I went to my ... to ask her for something for my stomach-ache.

*I think specialices is spelled with an s instead of a c, but when I tried to submit the thread it gave me an error. It said: "One of your words is blacklisted. Please change it (******)" :confused:

Those are the sentences I'm having problems with. The exercise consists of 30 sentences which blanks are to be filled in with words given in a list. Some of the words I think may be right for the sentences above are: sick, GP (General Practitioner), in plaster, a plaster, sling, consultant, and bandage.

Any help will be much appreciated :)

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Originally Posted by Madgelina

1) The GP's (General Practitioner) office is called a ...
2)Mum, I've cut my finger! Have you got a ... ?
3) A ... is a doctor who specialices in a certain area of medicine.*
4) She's sprained her wrist, so her arm's in a ... at the moment.
5) My mum put ... round my broken arm until we got to the hospital.
6) I went to my ... to ask her for something for my stomach-ache.

*I think specialices is spelled with an s instead of a c, but when I tried to submit the thread it gave me an error. It said: "One of your words is blacklisted. Please change it (******)" :confused:

Those are the sentences I'm having problems with. The exercise consists of 30 sentences which blanks are to be filled in with words given in a list. Some of the words I think may be right for the sentences above are: sick, GP (General Practitioner), in plaster, a plaster, sling, consultant, and bandage.

Any help will be much appreciated :)

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Hi Madgelina. I hope this helps

2)Mum, I've cut my finger! Have you got a bandaid... ?
3) A Pediatrician ./cardiologist/etc .is a doctor who specializes in a certain area of medicine.*
4) She's sprained her wrist, so her arm's in a .cast/in a plaster ..at the moment.
5) My mum put .bandage ..round my broken arm until we got to the hospital.
6) I went to my doctor..to ask her for something for my stomach-ache.

HI Madgelina, please give your own try yourself next time, we do not do homework on this forum:)

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Originally Posted by Madgelina

1) The GP's (General Practitioner) office is called a clinic...
2)Mum, I've cut my finger! Have you got a bandage...or Bandaid... ?
3) A specialist... is a doctor who specializes in a certain area of medicine.
4) She's sprained her wrist, so her arm's in a sling... at the moment.
5) My mum put tape... round my broken arm until we got to the hospital.
6) I went to my mother... to ask her for something for my stomach-ache.

Those are the sentences I'm having problems with. The exercise consists of 30 sentences which blanks are to be filled in with words given in a list. Some of the words I think may be right for the sentences above are: sick, GP (General Practitioner), in plaster, a plaster, sling, consultant, and bandage.


Any help will be much appreciated :)

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It would be imensely helpful to have the list of words in order to be certain that you get the correct answer. My answers are based on what I think they might be in the U.S. but they might not be on your list. Use of the word "mum" suggests that this is an excercise in British English so the list is important.

Hola magelina, no es buena idea repetir los threads.

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Originally Posted by HUMBERTO-SC

Hola magelina, no es buena idea repetir los threads.

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Tampoco es bueno ni ayuda a nadie hacer los deberes de los demás;)

(sobre todo teniendo en cuenta de que la persona lo ha dicho en su post de manera señalada)

Este hilo no solo está repetido sino que a la persona en cuestión le han hecho los deberes dos veces. Eso no ayuda a nadie, sobre todo no a ella.

This thead might have been repeated simply by accident and there is no reason to become upset over the repetition nor the request. There is no strict policy against helping with homework. Some of us don't mind. As for me I think any thread that generates interest and discussion is of value. We have had many good exchanges as a result of a simple request. If the original poster does not learn from from it, that should not be our concern. It might offend our members who are classroom teachers but the real question is whether members of the forum learn anything by the exchange of ideas the post generates.

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Originally Posted by vicente

There is no strict policy against helping with homework. Some of us don't mind. As for me I think any thread that generates interest and discussion is of value. We have had many good exchanges as a result of a simple request.

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Good point my dear friend! I completly agree with you!:)

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Originally Posted by exxcéntrica

Tampoco es bueno ni ayuda a nadie hacer los deberes de los demás;)

(sobre todo teniendo en cuenta de que la persona lo ha dicho en su post de manera señalada)

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Justamente mi amiga Exx:) ... su pedido fue muy cortéz y honesto. No le veo lo malo en ayudar a alguien que se trabó en unas palabras. Eso no quiere decir que le vamos a hacer la tarea a medio mundo, pero sí que cada uno de nosotros es libre de contestar si así lo desea. (como aquel hilo con palabras ofensivas para algunos, pero necesarias de traducción para otros, recuerdas?)

Un beso,
Mer

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Originally Posted by mem286

Good point my dear friend! I completly agree with you!:)

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Well, I couldn't agree less. If this forum wants to keep its serious standard it is essential that requests like this stay unanswered, until the minimum we might expect is given: the forer gives her/his best try.

I am a teacher, not a translator, and trust me, you are not HELPING this poster in the least and certainly not her learning nor her teacher!

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Justamente mi amiga Exx:) ... su pedido fue muy cortéz y honesto. No le veo lo malo en ayudar a alguien que se trabó en unas palabras. Eso no quiere decir que le vamos a hacer la tarea a medio mundo, pero sí que cada uno de nosotros es libre de contestar si así lo desea.

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En efecto, cada uno es libre de hacer de este foro lo que le de la gana. Así es;)

Y por muy cortés que sea un pedido no por eso es menos útil poner al final "I hope it helps" si le has hecho SU trabajo!

Lo siento, pero no estamos de acuerdo.

Entiendo tu punto Exx, y comparto el criterio de que no se ayuda a las personas haciendo la tarea por ellas. Pero en este caso, le di el beneficio de la duda a Madgelina cuando dijo que intentó 30 oraciones y tuvo problemas con 5 o algo así. En este caso entiendo que ella hizo el esfuerzo y pidió ayuda con las oraciones que no pudo realizar por su cuenta. Me pareció que merecía ser ayudada

Saludos

Hebe, solo te quedan 5...y no quiero señalar el qué....:p

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Originally Posted by exxcéntrica

Hebe, solo te quedan 5...y no quiero señalar el qué....:p

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Hahaha cuando llegue a la meta voy a experimentar toda una sensación de "accomplishment" :D

Kind regards

Siiiii, Hebe!! Ya estás ahí nomás... :)

Chicas, please, no es para tanto Exx. Yo muchas veces he respondido que no hacemos tarea y muchas veces he ayudado a hacerlas también. En este caso coincido con Hebe y con Vicente, no posteó 30 oraciones... hizo el esfuerzo y no le veo nada de malo en ayudarla.

Aún así, Exx. cada uno es libre de responder los hilos que desee...:)

With due respect to everybody here, until the administrator of this board makes it a policy not to accept "homework" requests and they become subject to deletion I will continue to help people who ask for help if I choose to do so. If this had been an improper post I, as a moderator, would have deleted it...but it does not fit the criteria for deletion and therefore it is perfectly proper for members to answer the poster's questions. To try to dictate what we read and write here is improper...and has been addressed previously. It is tantamount to censorship. Each member may and should decide for themselves without being intimidated by other members with differing opinions.

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Originally Posted by vicente

With due respect to everybody here, until the administrator of this board makes it a policy not to accept "homework" requests and they become subject to deletion I will continue to help people who ask for help if I choose to do so.

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As I said before, vicente, you can do as you wish, it is not my call. I will however continue to express my opinion as well as you do, dear.


And I think my opinion is quite clear on this subject and I will certainly not allow anybody to even try to "shut me up". ;)

I insist that it is no help if you do work (namely homwork) for others who do not learn anything if you do their work for them!

However, if you find it pleasing to do other people's work, that is up to you. Just dont think you are helping a student if you are doing their work for them!

If this post had been posted on forums I moderate ,,I would not have deleted it either but would have given the same opinion.

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Each member may and should decide for themselves without being intimidated by other members with differing opinions.

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I am surprised that you of all people should be intimidated by anybody. I am certainly not;)

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Originally Posted by exxcéntrica

I am surprised that you of all people should be intimidated by anybody. I am certainly not;)

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hahaha Exx. I'm sure he's not talking about himself!! You know that...

BTW, no one is trying to shut you up (?) Your opinions have always been respected. Do you think you can do the same?:)

Best Regards,

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Originally Posted by mem286

hahaha Exx. I'm sure he's not talking about himself!! You know that...

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He is not??:D

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Your opinions have always been respected.

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First of all , I dont think so, and I dont think that is essential at all, mem, at least not to me. I will express my opinion anyway.

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Do you think you can do the same?:)

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No, mem, I do often not respect others opinions, which should not really bother anybody.

I respect those which deserve respect. Not everybody does, neither does everybody's opinion.

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Originally Posted by exxcéntrica

No, mem, I do often not respect others opinions, which should not really bother anybody.

I respect those which deserve respect. Not everybody does, neither does everybody's opinion.

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My dear friend... Just one more thing and I'm done with this matter. In my opinion, Hebe and Vicente deserve that respect, since they decided to answer this thread.

Best regards,:)

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Originally Posted by mem286

My dear friend... Just one more thing and I'm done with this matter. In my opinion, Hebe and Vicente deserve that respect, since they decided to answer this thread.

Best regards,:)

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I am of course not talking about either Vicente or Hebe, if this has been the impression, it is simply wrong.

My previous post was meant in a general sense.

From a teacher's point of view, their participation in this thread was not appropiate.

It would have been different if the poster had given her own try, which was not the case.

I know you have a daughter. I don't think you will like her getting her homework done on a forum when she will be able to use one.

In any case, and I said so before, on this forum, this is not my call;) So be it.

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Originally Posted by exxcéntrica

I am of course not talking about either Vicente or Hebe, if this has been the impression, it is simply wrong.

My previous post was meant in a general sense.

From a teacher's point of view, their participation in this thread was not appropiate.

It would have been different if the poster had given her own try, which was not the case.

I know you have a daughter. I don't think you will like her getting her homework done on a forum when she will be able to use one.

In any case, and I said so before, on this forum, this is not my call;) So be it.

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Thanks Exx, but I do not need anybody to tell me where it is appropriate for me to post. This is a forum for discussing translation related matterss, not a classroom and we are adults, not students.

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Originally Posted by exxcéntrica

He is not??:D
First of all , I dont think so, and I dont think that is essential at all, mem, at least not to me. I will express my opinion anyway.

No, mem, I do often not respect others opinions, which should not really bother anybody.

I respect those which deserve respect. Not everybody does, neither does everybody's opinion.

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To this I can only say that people who do not respect the opinions of others have no right to expect others to respect their's.

I hope this is the end of this thread as it is going nowhere and will only cause further disharmony. So I'm outta here!

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Originally Posted by vicente

Thanks Exx, but I do not need anybody to tell me where it is appropriate for me to post. This is a forum for discussing translation related matterss, not a classroom and we are adults, not students.

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Then you obviously do not realize that you answered a classroom matter. It had nothing to do either with translation nor translation issues.

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To this I can only say that people who do not respect the opinions of others have no right to expect others to respect their's.

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I wonder why everybody needs to think that respecting the opinion of idiots ( I mean in real life not on this forum) is such a good thing. I certainly do not respect people who have nothing but idiocies to say.
This has nothing at all to do with this forum, though, it is only my personal opinion. So completely off topic.

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I hope this is the end of this thread

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And if you think a man is going to have the last word...well, welcome to women's world!:p

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Then you obviously do not realize that you answered a classroom matter. It had nothing to do either with translation nor translation issues.

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The poster ask questions about the best choice of English words in certain phrases which, of course, is what translating is about. Maybe they are of no interest to you but perhaps there are members here who would find those answers to be useful.

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And if you think a man is going to have the last word...well, welcome to women's world!:p

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I think the appropriate way to phrase this would be "welcome to the world of women"

You see, this thread is about translations after all.:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by vicente

This thead might have been repeated simply by accident and there is no reason to become upset over the repetition nor the request. .

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you're right about that Vicente. please know that I didn't get upset about the request or the repetition, I only said that it wasn't a good idea becasue I saw another thread like this one. As to the help in the homework I think is a nice thing to do, of course I mean to help not to do the hoemework

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Originally Posted by HUMBERTO-SC

you're right about that Vicente. please know that I didn't get upset about the request or the repetition, I only said that it wasn't a good idea becasue I saw another thread like this one. As to the help in the homework I think is a nice thing to do, of course I mean to help not to do the hoemework

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Very nicely phrased, Humberto;)

Nobody got upset about the repetition, but it is never a good idea to repeat a thread. If I had moderated this forum I would have combinded the threads as there were two answers. ;)

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Originally Posted by vicente

I think the appropriate way to phrase this would be "welcome to the world of women"
You see, this thread is about translations after all.:rolleyes:

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I always appreciate corrections, Vicente, no doubt about that at all.

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I hope this is the end of this thread as it is going nowhere and will only cause further disharmony. So I'm outta here!

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tse, tse, tse...men!:p

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