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Judging and placing

The words a reader needs to weigh something rather than describe it.

This list closes the course, and it holds the words that do not belong to any subject: what a reader reaches for in order to weigh, compare and place what has just been read. One of them is doing three jobs at once. Supuesto in front of a noun means alleged, and says the speaker is not vouching for it — el supuesto culpable is the alleged culprit, and a newspaper that drops the word has convicted somebody. After a preposition it is the commonest « of course » in the language: por supuesto que sí. And on its own, as a noun, it is a case or a scenario — en el supuesto de que llueva means in the event that it rains, and este supuesto no está previsto en la ley says the law does not cover this case. Three jobs, one word, and the grammar around it decides which one is meant every time.

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Verb (14)

notarseto be noticeableVerbC2
Se pide que no se note.A borrowed structure tends to be noticeable to a native reader.
compensarto make up forVerbC2
No para compensarlo con un número.One clear sentence makes up for several clumsy ones.
concluirto concludeVerbC2
Lo tentador es concluir que habría que medirlo todo.It is easier to conclude than to show why.
deformarto distortVerbC2
Medir cuesta y deforma lo medido.A word out of place can distort a whole paragraph.
despreciarto think little ofVerbC2
No porque quien decide desprecie lo demás.To think little of a simple word is how texts get heavy.
evaluarto assessVerbC2
Un servicio se evalúa por el tiempo de espera.To assess a translation you need the original beside it.
optimizarto optimiseVerbC2
Se ha optimizado la espera.To optimise a sentence is usually to shorten it.
privilegiarto favourVerbC2
Privilegia lo que resulta fácil de contar.To favour one reading is to close the others.
trasladarto move elsewhereVerbC2
Traslada el problema un paso más allá.To move a clause elsewhere can save the whole sentence.
demostrarto demonstrateVerbC2
Una frase larga que demuestre soltura.To demonstrate something takes longer than to assert it.
expresarto expressVerbC2
Lo que la persona entiende o puede expresar.To express an idea in few words is the last thing learned.
padecerto suffer fromVerbC2
Quienes lo padecen desarrollan estrategias.A text can suffer from care as much as from neglect.
desarrollarto developVerbC2
Desarrollan estrategias sin que nadie las enseñe.To develop an argument is to give it room.
culparto blameVerbC2
Se culpa a la traducción.To blame the dictionary is the oldest excuse there is.

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