Jun 1, 2010 16:37
13 yrs ago
Spanish term
Regigc
¿Por qué llora si no le pasa nada?
Non-PRO
Spanish to English
Medical
Medical (general)
Baby care
Hello!
I am doing a translation about newborn baby care, and I have found in there lots of questions such as: ¿por qué llora? ¿por qué no sabe dormir solo? ¿Por qué no come bien? ¿por qué llora si no le pasa nada?
In Spanish is too easy but I don't know how to translate it in English, because I must write a subject.
I have found lots of parallel texts where they used always "she" as subject.
Could you help me please?
Thank you so much!
I am doing a translation about newborn baby care, and I have found in there lots of questions such as: ¿por qué llora? ¿por qué no sabe dormir solo? ¿Por qué no come bien? ¿por qué llora si no le pasa nada?
In Spanish is too easy but I don't know how to translate it in English, because I must write a subject.
I have found lots of parallel texts where they used always "she" as subject.
Could you help me please?
Thank you so much!
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+1
8 mins
Selected
Why is s/he crying for no reason?
I believe this is the most idiomatic way to put it.
Peer comment(s):
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jack_speak
: If the baby is crying, the baby has a reason. Babies do not cry without a good reason (hunger, heat, mosquitos). The point here is we don't know the baby's reason for crying and we are asking what could the reason be? The reason exists but is not obvious.
9 hrs
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Tatty
: For no good reason.
15 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
3 mins
Nexus Translate
Chile
Chile
Native in Spanish
&
English
Chile
Beyond words, communicating ideas!
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Chilean, Mexican) 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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12
Why the tears if nothing is the matter?
I think... it sounds good to me..
+6
4 mins
why is the baby crying if there's nothing wrong?
you could use 'the baby' or 's/he'.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
J Celeita (X)
11 mins
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| agree |
liz askew
: or just "baby" - I have heard midwives use this, i.e. without the definite article.
12 mins
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| agree |
euge bellini
24 mins
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| agree |
Margaret Schroeder
1 hr
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| agree |
Sp-EnTranslator
6 hrs
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| agree |
Muriel Vasconcellos
8 hrs
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9 hrs
jack_speak
Native in English
Competent, diligent, thorough, complete.
Native in: English 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Why does my baby cry even when nothing seems to be wrong?
First of all, I need to say that the person who suggests "it" is wrong - caring parents NEVER call their baby "it."
¿por qué llora? - why do babies cry? / why does my baby cry?
¿por qué no sabe dormir solo? - why won't my baby sleep alone?
¿Por qué no come bien? - why doesn't my baby eat right?
¿por qué llora si no le pasa nada? - why does my baby cry even when nothing seems to be wrong?
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/newborn/babycrying/
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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-06-02 02:41:39 GMT)
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Another option for ¿Por qué no come bien? = Why doesn't my baby want to eat?
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=796686
¿por qué llora? - why do babies cry? / why does my baby cry?
¿por qué no sabe dormir solo? - why won't my baby sleep alone?
¿Por qué no come bien? - why doesn't my baby eat right?
¿por qué llora si no le pasa nada? - why does my baby cry even when nothing seems to be wrong?
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/newborn/babycrying/
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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-06-02 02:41:39 GMT)
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Another option for ¿Por qué no come bien? = Why doesn't my baby want to eat?
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=796686
Reference comments
4 mins
Reference:
You could always say
why is your baby/baby crying?
why is your baby/baby crying?
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