Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
buffing your figures
Spanish translation:
puliendo (o refinando) tus números
Added to glossary by
Víctor Nine
Oct 18, 2005 20:14
18 yrs ago
English term
Quality in everything I do
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
buffing your figures
English to Spanish
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
-I know what you're up to, John
-Do you really?
-Been buffing your figures. And now, in the position I'm in, you can´t blame me for wanting to put some of my own values into the way this department operates.
(diálogo entre dos cirujanos, uno de los cuales acaba de desplazar al otro de su cargo).
¿Alguien tiene idea si es una expresión o qué pueden querer decir?
-Do you really?
-Been buffing your figures. And now, in the position I'm in, you can´t blame me for wanting to put some of my own values into the way this department operates.
(diálogo entre dos cirujanos, uno de los cuales acaba de desplazar al otro de su cargo).
¿Alguien tiene idea si es una expresión o qué pueden querer decir?
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 | puliendo (o refinando) tus números |
Víctor Nine
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| 2 +6 | maquillando tus cuentas |
Herminia Herrándiz Espuny
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| 3 | manipulando/alterando las cuentas/los números |
Ramon Inglada
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Proposed translations
2 mins
Víctor Nine
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
Electronic/Military Engineer-MD
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, US)
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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26
Selected
puliendo (o refinando) tus números
...o tus cifras
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+6
3 mins
Herminia Herrándiz Espuny
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Spain
Found in translation.
Native in: Catalan 
, Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, Catalan to Spanish, and 10 more.
Related KudoZ points
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24
maquillando tus cuentas
una sug. creo que viene a decir que los está "mejorando", "hinchando" las cifras, cuentas...
Peer comment(s):
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alcarama
: yo diría que sí
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gcs alcarama :)
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Anabel Martínez
: buena idea!
8 mins
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muchas gcs Anabel :)
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Rebecca Jowers
: Sí, "maquillar las cifras" es la expresión que se usa en España en el sentido de "cook the books"
21 mins
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sí, de ahí la idea :) gcs Rebecca
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luzia fortes
55 mins
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gcs luzia :)
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Claudia Luque Bedregal
3 hrs
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gcs clb :)
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Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
: Sí, muy buena idea.
10 hrs
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Muchas gcs Tomás :)
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24 mins
Ramon Inglada
Native in Spanish
Software localization, mobile apps & IT
Native in: Catalan , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, English to Catalan, Catalan to Spanish, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
manipulando/alterando las cuentas/los números
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