locales

Spanish translation: Variantes regionales

15:48 Nov 12, 2020

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: locales

Hi everyone!
I'm translating a section of a translation agency web page into Spanish. They work with the following:

90 languages
200 locales
110 countries

What would a correct term for "locales" be? I'm thinking "variantes" but maybe it's not very accurate.

Thanks!

Luz Rossi KudoZ activity Questions: 7 (2 open) Answers: 0 Argentina
Local time: 10:21

Spanish translation:Variantes regionales

Explanation:
Just another option, but I do think it refers to local representations of different languages. For example, if you think about Spanish, it is frequently divided between Spanish from Spain and from Latin America, however, within Latin America there are many different locales as well.

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María C Turri
Argentina
Local time: 10:21

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Variantes regionales

María C Turri

sedes/lugares

Mónica Algazi

hablas locales

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

vocabulario local

Leda Roche

oficinas

María Teresa Pérez Mariscal

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

13 mins confidence:

oficinas

Explanation:
I think it might refer to offices. According to the Oxford dictionary, a locale is "a place where something happens", so my attempt is oficina.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/branch_1?q=branch

María Teresa Pérez Mariscal
Germany
Local time: 15:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Maria Teresa! I know this agency and in this case it definitely means the language version, e.g. an ES version for Spain and an ES version for Colombia count as two locales.

19 mins confidence:

vocabulario local

Explanation:
Una idea, no me gusta "variantes", porque, al menos el español es un idioma con distintos usos de las palabras y expresiones en cada lugar.

Leda Roche
Uruguay
Local time: 10:21
Native speaker of:

Spanish

51 mins confidence:

sedes/lugares

Explanation:
Entiendo por locale, lugar/escenario donde opera la agencia.

Example sentence(s):

She spent her holidays in various locales.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/locale#:~:text=1%20%3A%20a%20place%20or%20locality,Sentences%20Learn%20More%20about%20locale

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 10:21
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 84

2 hrs confidence:

hablas locales

Explanation:
Creo que "habla" recoge bien la idea en dos acepciones del DLE:

habla
Del lat. fabŭla.
3. f. Manera especial de hablar.
6. f. Ling. Sistema lingüístico de una comarca, localidad o colectividad, con rasgos propios dentro de otro sistema más extenso.
https://dle.rae.es/habla?m=form

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Ejemplos de este uso:

http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/hacia-los-concept...
Hacia los conceptos de lengua, dialecto y hablas / Manuel Alvar
las HABLAS LOCALES son estructuras lingüísticas de rasgos poco diferenciados, pero con matices característicos dentro de la estructura regional a la que pertenecen y cuyos usos están limitados a pequeñas circunscripciones geográficas, normalmente con carácter administrativo

Amando de Miguel - Hablas locales - Libertad Digitalwww.libertaddigital.com › opinion
Cada día que pasa, se aprende alguna cosa nueva referida a las lenguas, dialectos y hablas locales.

habla materna,habla locales,nacionales y extrajeras - Preziprezi.com › opasgvlva_mw › habla-...
3 Variedad lingüística propia de una región o un lugar determinados que se caracteriza por ciertos rasgos distintivos: hablas regionales y hablas locales.

Dialectos del aragonés - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia librees.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dialectos_d...
El idioma aragonés tiene hablas locales que se agrupan en hablas de valle, de comarca o hablas de varias comarcas. Se encuentran dispersas y generalmente aisladas entre ellas.

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El adjetivo "locales" es optativo. Se puede decir simplemente "hablas":

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 15:21
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 182

16 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Variantes regionales

María C Turri
Argentina
Local time: 10:21
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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