Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
left to their own devices
Spanish translation:
si se les deja actuar por su cuenta
Added to glossary by
Hardy Moreno
Sep 25, 2002 15:45
21 yrs ago
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English term
Utmost accuracy and fidelity on time.
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left to their own devices
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Education / Pedagogy
Education
Speaking of autistic children:
They like the predictability of routines and, LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES, often establish their own rigid routines and become very upset if they are disrupted.
They like the predictability of routines and, LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES, often establish their own rigid routines and become very upset if they are disrupted.
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Se si les deja actuar por su cuenta, a menudo.......
Creo que esto transmite el significado del original.
"por su cuenta" - es decir, sin interferencias ajenas.
"por su cuenta" - es decir, sin interferencias ajenas.
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Alfredo Gonzalez
Native in Spanish
10+ years Retail / Training / HR / MKT
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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si se deja en sus manos / si depende de ellos...
si se les deja solos...
esta es la idea
suerte Hardy
esta es la idea
suerte Hardy
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si se los deja librados a sus propios recursos
o leave
sb to her/his own devices dejar que algn se las arregle solo, abandonar a algn a sus
propios recursos
SuperLex Oxford dictionary
sb to her/his own devices dejar que algn se las arregle solo, abandonar a algn a sus
propios recursos
SuperLex Oxford dictionary
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Lila del Cerro
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elizabetta
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María Eugenia Wachtendorff
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Mariana Solanet
Argentina
Argentina
Native in English
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Spanish
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Argentina
Writer, marketing, games, 40 years
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
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por su cuenta
también puede traducirse".. y solos. Pero yo pondría, "...y sin ayuda..", pues creo que de eso se trata, de las conductas que los autistas tienen de por sí, sin recibir la ayuda de nadie
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Ramón Solá
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Specializes in field
MA in Hispanic Philology [Linguistics]
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
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...si se los deja actuar libremenete...
HTH...
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