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tiene esa impronta

English translation: be of the same (or similar) nature

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Spanish term or phrase:tiene esa impronta
English translation:be of the same (or similar) nature
Entered by: Eileen Brophy

09:16 Jan 29, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / Health and safety
Spanish term or phrase: tiene esa impronta
This is the context and I understand "impronta" as having a negative effect, is that correct?

Si los comportamientos comunicativos, que serían la unidad global donde podemos encerrar todo, tanto los elementos lingüísticos como no lingüísticos, los sociológicos, etc., son de carácter idiosincrásico, la enseñanza tiene también esa impronta.
Eileen Brophy
Spain
Local time: 17:52
be of the same (or similar) nature
Explanation:
Whether it is positive or not, I don't know.
I read it this way: "if the communicative behaviour.... is idiosyncratic, then the teaching will be along the same (are similar) lines..."

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Note added at 2 hrs (2015-01-29 11:30:03 GMT)
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(OR similar) ... naughty Dragon...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2015-01-29 11:32:09 GMT)
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BTW: whether it is negative or not is moot IMO. "Ours not to reason why" ...
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 17:52
Grading comment
Thanks Nielmac
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3has that / the same quality // so is (the) teaching
Charles Davis
4 +1has this effect/impact/influence
Simon Bruni
4be of the same (or similar) nature
neilmac
4will be cut from the same cloth/ will be of a piece with
Pablo Julián Davis
3leaves that mark/stamp
Gad Kohenov


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
has this effect/impact/influence


Explanation:
Not negative at all as far as I can tell (though you don't mention what your text's about)

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:52
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Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 319
Notes to answerer
Asker: Mu text is about language learning and the cultural influences on language learning and teaching. Your answer seems logical though Simon, thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  crina_petrican
2 mins
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
has that / the same quality // so is (the) teaching


Explanation:
Literally stamp or mark ("marca o huella que, en el orden moral, deja una cosa en otra"): in other words, the "comportamientos comunicativos" are idiosyncratic and so is teaching (or "the teaching"; from this extract it's difficult to tell whether it needs the article — whether it's teaching in general or a particular kind of teaching): it is marked with the same characteristic.

In practice "impronta" really means the same as "carácter" here. You could translate it as "also has that character" or "has the same character", but you may be using "character" just before this for "carácter idiosincrásico", so you could use "quality" instead, I think, or possibly "attribute". But actually I think you could just say "so is (the) teaching" (in other words, teaching or the teaching is also of an idiosyncratic character): it would be neater, perhaps, and the essential meaning would be conveyed.

I agree with Simon: imponta is not inherently negative.


Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 17:52
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 676

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Toni Castano: I was thinking of "nature/same nature", but quality is also fine. Your explanations outstanding, as usual.
19 mins
  -> Thanks, Toni! "Nature" would be perfectly OK, of course.
agree  neilmac: Like Toni, "of a similar nature" was what sprang to kind...
1 hr
  -> Fair enough! Thanks, Neil :)
agree  Pablo Julián Davis: I think 'quality' is just right, and clearly 'impronta' is not negative, indeed, generally bears no value judgment in particular.
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Thank you, tocayo! Great to hear from you :)
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
leaves that mark/stamp


Explanation:
From the Collins Spanish>English dictionary.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 18:52
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Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 8
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
be of the same (or similar) nature


Explanation:
Whether it is positive or not, I don't know.
I read it this way: "if the communicative behaviour.... is idiosyncratic, then the teaching will be along the same (are similar) lines..."

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Note added at 2 hrs (2015-01-29 11:30:03 GMT)
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(OR similar) ... naughty Dragon...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2015-01-29 11:32:09 GMT)
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BTW: whether it is negative or not is moot IMO. "Ours not to reason why" ...

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 17:52
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 527
Grading comment
Thanks Nielmac
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1 day 17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
will be cut from the same cloth/ will be of a piece with


Explanation:
"When they roll into dealerships in December, the new F-150 models will be cut from the same cloth as their predecessors. Four doors, four wheels, beds and cabs of varying sizes;" http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-f-150-first-d...

"Though both Stingrays will be “cut from the same cloth”, they each bear their own aesthetic characteristics. The Atlantic Coast convertible will feature a more..." http://bestride.com/blog/2015-corvette-offers-atlanticpacifi...

"Let's shoot it in Albuquerque, let's get as much of the crew back together as possible, and let's do it the way we did it before so that it will be of a piece with that pre-existing fictional universe that we had so much fun creating.”

Example sentence(s):
  • If the communicative behaviors, ... linguistic, non-linguistic, sociological, and other elements are idiosyncratic in nature, the teaching will be cut from the same cloth.
  • If the communicative behaviors, ... linguistic, non-linguistic, sociological, and other elements are idiosyncratic in nature, the teaching will be of a piece with them/with those behaviors.
Pablo Julián Davis
Local time: 10:52
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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