How’s that for an “absolute”?

Spanish translation: ¿Qué te parece esa afirmación absoluta?/¿Qué te parece [eso] como afirmación absoluta?

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English term or phrase:How’s that for an “absolute”?
Spanish translation:¿Qué te parece esa afirmación absoluta?/¿Qué te parece [eso] como afirmación absoluta?
Entered by: Cantarina

19:12 Jul 9, 2023
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Religion
English term or phrase: How’s that for an “absolute”?
“'For we brought nothing into this world, and it is CERTAIN [how’s THAT for an 'absolute'?] we can carry nothing out' (v.7). You may even lose your hair and teeth before you depart because you didn’t have either when you came in. Job says it (Job 1:21). You come naked; you go naked. You leave everything behind (Eccl. 9:3–6) when you go."

Por favor, necesito alguna idea para esta expresión. Gracias.
Cantarina
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¿Qué te parece esa afirmación absoluta?/¿Qué te parece [eso] como afirmación absoluta?
Explanation:
se lee mejor añadiendo statement o algo similar

¿Qué te parece esa afirmación absoluta?
¿Qué te parece [eso] como afirmación absoluta?

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The historical irony is that when Pilate asked Jesus: “What is truth?”, Truth was standing right in front of him. How's that for an absolute?

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Note added at 12 hrs (2023-07-10 07:58:02 GMT)
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A partir de referencias y foros a propósito de la otra parte de la frase se me ocurren estas otras posibilidades para adaptarla:

¿No es una excelente afirmación absoluta?
¿No es una perfecta afirmación absoluta?
¿No es un caso fetén de afirmación absoluta?
"¿Qué me dices de esta afirmación absoluta [como ejemplo]?
Un ejemplo bastante bueno de afirmación absoluta, ¿no?
Una afirmación absoluta perfecta, ¿no?

Por cierto, "an absolute" lo leo como un adjetivo sustantivado al que, para que la frase adquiera su sentido, se le debe añadir "statement", sustantivo elidido y que aparece en algunas alusiones muy similares:

https://news.ycombinator.com › it...
(How's that for an absolute statement?) Would you say that the people who created the test cannot game it?

https://news.ycombinator.com › it...
What man can create, man can circumvent. (How's that for an absolute statement?) Would you say that the people who created the test cannot game it?

"Black and white" thinking Vs. "multicolored" thinking.
https://saintbryan.livejournal.com › ...
How's that for an absolute statement?

The art of dining | Food News | Detroit - Metro Times
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8 ago 2001 — How's that for an absolute statement?


Retahíla de diccionarios :)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/how's that for
how's that for
idiom
informal
—used for emphasis to describe someone or something one thinks is very impressive
He won first prize! How's that for a guy who almost didn't enter the contest at all!
They took care of everything for us. How's that for hospitality?

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/es/diccionario/ingles/hows...
Definición de how's that for…?
how's that for…?
in British English
a. is this satisfactory as regards…?
how's that for size?
b. an exclamation used to draw attention to a quality, deed, etc
how is that for endurance?
See full dictionary entry for how
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/how-s...
how's that?
phrase
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used when asking if something you have done for someone is satisfactory:
Let me put a cushion behind your back. How's that?
"Could you close the window slightly?" "Sure. How's that?"
I can give you another blanket. How's that?
"Would you turn the music up a bit, please?" "Sure. How's that?"
"The water's a bit too hot." "OK, how's that? Is it better?"

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles-espan...
how's that?

used when asking if something you have done for someone is satisfactory
¿qué tal así?
Let me put a cushion behind your back. How's that?
Déjame que te ponga un cojín en la espalda. ¿Qué tal así?

https://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=Ho...

En inglés, casos parejos de interés y muy inspiradores:

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/hows-that-for-denial...
How's that for denial?
It means "What do you think of my behavior as an example of being in denial?" (A pretty good example, isn't it?)

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/how’s-that-for-a-tautology.2992094/

How's that for a xxxxx? is a colloquial construction meaning: Isn't that an excellent xxxxx!

Intentos de trasladarlo explicarlo
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/hows-that.781781/
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/hows-that.2704537/
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O G V
Spain
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Gracias, Óscar.
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Summary of answers provided
4con toda seguridad // sin lugar a dudas // no se puede decir más claro// afirmación categórica
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
3 +1¿Qué te parece esa afirmación absoluta?/¿Qué te parece [eso] como afirmación absoluta?
O G V
3¿Te/le parece poca certeza?
Susana E. Cano Méndez


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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
how’s that for an “absolute”?
con toda seguridad // sin lugar a dudas // no se puede decir más claro// afirmación categórica


Explanation:
El adjetivo "absolute" es un término muy polisémico. En este caso corresponde a las siguientes acepciones del MW:
c: OUTRIGHT, UNMITIGATED
3: having no restriction, exception, or qualification
4: POSITIVE, UNQUESTIONABLE
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absolute

La expresión "how's that?" es una pregunta retórica que tiene como función subrayar el carácter extremo de algo. En este caso es un inciso referido a "CERTAIN".
Esta construcción es muy idiomática en inglés, pero pierde todo su valor enfático si se calca al español.
Es preferible recoger el sentido en una traducción libre, por ejemplo:

- "Porque nada hemos traído a este mundo y es SEGURO [con toda seguridad] que nada podremos llevarnos".

- "Porque nada hemos traído a este mundo y es SEGURO [sin lugar a dudas] que nada podremos llevarnos".

- "Porque nada hemos traído a este mundo y es SEGURO [no deja lugar a dudas] que nada podremos llevarnos".

- "Porque nada hemos traído a este mundo y es SEGURO [no se puede decir más claro] que nada podremos llevarnos".

- "Porque nada hemos traído a este mundo y es SEGURO [afirmación categórica] que nada podremos llevarnos".

- "Porque nada hemos traído a este mundo y es SEGURO [afirmación categórica donde las haya] que nada podremos llevarnos".

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
¿Qué te parece esa afirmación absoluta?/¿Qué te parece [eso] como afirmación absoluta?


Explanation:
se lee mejor añadiendo statement o algo similar

¿Qué te parece esa afirmación absoluta?
¿Qué te parece [eso] como afirmación absoluta?

ycombinator.com
https://news.ycombinator.com › it...
·
Traducir esta página
(How's that for an absolute statement?) Would you say that the people who created the test cannot game it?

The problem with psychometric tests is that they're easy to ...
https://news.ycombinator.com › it...
·
Traducir esta página
What man can create, man can circumvent. (How's that for an absolute statement?) Would you say that the people who created the test cannot game it?

I'm Sick of Millennials... - LinkedIn

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28 sept 2017 — I guess we are ALL human - how's that for an absolute? (LinkedIn is an international platform. For those who live outside the United States, ...

Screen Rant - Quite the plot twist. Source: u/ThatOneJake12

facebook.com
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25 mar 2022 — How's that for an absolute ! 1 yr. Tom Hart. Obi-Wan, she has the high ground… Tenor. 1 yr. 4. View previous reply. Brandon James Smith.

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The historical irony is that when Pilate asked Jesus: “What is truth?”, Truth was standing right in front of him. How's that for an absolute?

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 12 hrs (2023-07-10 07:58:02 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

A partir de referencias y foros a propósito de la otra parte de la frase se me ocurren estas otras posibilidades para adaptarla:

¿No es una excelente afirmación absoluta?
¿No es una perfecta afirmación absoluta?
¿No es un caso fetén de afirmación absoluta?
"¿Qué me dices de esta afirmación absoluta [como ejemplo]?
Un ejemplo bastante bueno de afirmación absoluta, ¿no?
Una afirmación absoluta perfecta, ¿no?

Por cierto, "an absolute" lo leo como un adjetivo sustantivado al que, para que la frase adquiera su sentido, se le debe añadir "statement", sustantivo elidido y que aparece en algunas alusiones muy similares:

https://news.ycombinator.com › it...
(How's that for an absolute statement?) Would you say that the people who created the test cannot game it?

https://news.ycombinator.com › it...
What man can create, man can circumvent. (How's that for an absolute statement?) Would you say that the people who created the test cannot game it?

"Black and white" thinking Vs. "multicolored" thinking.
https://saintbryan.livejournal.com › ...
How's that for an absolute statement?

The art of dining | Food News | Detroit - Metro Times
https://www.metrotimes.com › the...
8 ago 2001 — How's that for an absolute statement?


Retahíla de diccionarios :)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/how's that for
how's that for
idiom
informal
—used for emphasis to describe someone or something one thinks is very impressive
He won first prize! How's that for a guy who almost didn't enter the contest at all!
They took care of everything for us. How's that for hospitality?

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/es/diccionario/ingles/hows...
Definición de how's that for…?
how's that for…?
in British English
a. is this satisfactory as regards…?
how's that for size?
b. an exclamation used to draw attention to a quality, deed, etc
how is that for endurance?
See full dictionary entry for how
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/how-s...
how's that?
phrase
Add to word list
used when asking if something you have done for someone is satisfactory:
Let me put a cushion behind your back. How's that?
"Could you close the window slightly?" "Sure. How's that?"
I can give you another blanket. How's that?
"Would you turn the music up a bit, please?" "Sure. How's that?"
"The water's a bit too hot." "OK, how's that? Is it better?"

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles-espan...
how's that?

used when asking if something you have done for someone is satisfactory
¿qué tal así?
Let me put a cushion behind your back. How's that?
Déjame que te ponga un cojín en la espalda. ¿Qué tal así?

https://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=Ho...

En inglés, casos parejos de interés y muy inspiradores:

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/hows-that-for-denial...
How's that for denial?
It means "What do you think of my behavior as an example of being in denial?" (A pretty good example, isn't it?)

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/how’s-that-for-a-tautology.2992094/

How's that for a xxxxx? is a colloquial construction meaning: Isn't that an excellent xxxxx!

Intentos de trasladarlo explicarlo
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/hows-that.781781/
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/hows-that.2704537/


O G V
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Gracias, Óscar.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Víctor Zamorano: Sí, es una forma retórica. Algo como "¿(acaso) no es eso un/algo absoluto?".
12 hrs
  -> muy posible, Víctor, he añadido un comentario arriba. Saludos.
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
¿Te/le parece poca certeza?


Explanation:
"An absolute is a rule or principle that is believed to be true, right, or relevant in all situations" (noun, not adjective).

Es decir, se trata de una certeza.


    https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/absolute
Susana E. Cano Méndez
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