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Spanish translation: marcado / señalado

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English term or phrase:tabbed
Spanish translation:marcado / señalado
Entered by: Endre Both

13:36 Apr 5, 2001
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: tabbed
Context: It's an educational manual. I´m working on the introduction, which explains how the manual is set up.
The sentence is:
These steps are the essence of the process and each of the five chapters is tabbed in this guide.

The problem is with the word "tabbed". All the translations I've seen "sound funny" to me. I don't like "aleta" or "pestaña". I´d be grateful for any help.
Thanks.
Liliana Vitor
United States
Local time: 01:23
MARCADO / SEñALADO ( those words are enough)
Explanation:
Here , TABBED is a VERB.
Since you do not want to use "pestaña" or "aleta" , YOUR ONLY CHOICE IS NOT TO USE THESE WORDS AT ALL.
You can manage perfectly well if you just say: ESTá SEñALADO, ESTá MARCADO.

In Spanish there is no need to add PESTAñA or ALETA or any other word. If a book is "MARCADO" it is understood that it has a TAB.
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From ENCARTA WORLD ENGLISH DICTIONARY:transitive verb (past tabbed, past participle tabbed, present participle tab·bing, 3rd person present singular tabs)
attach tab to: to attach a tab to something


[Early 17th century. Origin unknown.]

keep tabs on somebody or something to watch somebody or something closely (informal)

pick up the tab U.S. Canada Australia to pay the bill (informal)

Encarta® World English Dictionary

Greetings,:)

BD
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Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
United States
Local time: 23:23
Grading comment
Estoy de acuerdo con tu explicación. Fue lo primero que se me ocurrió, pero no estaba segura de si debía decir expresamente que había una aleta. Me parece que decir "estan marcados" a secas se entiende. Gracias por tu ayuda.
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Summary of answers provided
na...y cada uno de los cinco capítulos está marcado con una pestaña
Aurora Humarán (X)
naetiquetas, separadores de carpetas
Gabriela Tenenbaum (X)
naMARCADO / SEñALADO ( those words are enough)
Bertha S. Deffenbaugh


  

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36 mins
...y cada uno de los cinco capítulos está marcado con una pestaña


Explanation:
Creo que es lo que quiere expresar.
That easy.


Aurora Humarán (X)
Argentina
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 524

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Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
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1 hr
etiquetas, separadores de carpetas


Explanation:
Es una contribución
Saludos #:)

Gabriela Tenenbaum (X)
Uruguay
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 373
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2 hrs
MARCADO / SEñALADO ( those words are enough)


Explanation:
Here , TABBED is a VERB.
Since you do not want to use "pestaña" or "aleta" , YOUR ONLY CHOICE IS NOT TO USE THESE WORDS AT ALL.
You can manage perfectly well if you just say: ESTá SEñALADO, ESTá MARCADO.

In Spanish there is no need to add PESTAñA or ALETA or any other word. If a book is "MARCADO" it is understood that it has a TAB.
*****************************

From ENCARTA WORLD ENGLISH DICTIONARY:transitive verb (past tabbed, past participle tabbed, present participle tab·bing, 3rd person present singular tabs)
attach tab to: to attach a tab to something


[Early 17th century. Origin unknown.]

keep tabs on somebody or something to watch somebody or something closely (informal)

pick up the tab U.S. Canada Australia to pay the bill (informal)

Encarta® World English Dictionary

Greetings,:)

BD


    Mi idioma es el espa�ol + toda mi vida tratando de mejorarlo
Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
United States
Local time: 23:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 743
Grading comment
Estoy de acuerdo con tu explicación. Fue lo primero que se me ocurrió, pero no estaba segura de si debía decir expresamente que había una aleta. Me parece que decir "estan marcados" a secas se entiende. Gracias por tu ayuda.
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