una enfermera gritó traé algodón - What is the English translation? English translators help English translators with the translation of una enfermera gritó traé algodón

Conges terminology question

189 months ago

JENN64 asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	una enfermera gritó traé algodón
Context:	Un bebe naciendo en el auto y una enfermera gritó
Keywords:	aparte de cotton(creo q hay una palabra más específica y menos literal).

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187 months ago

trilinguallady wrote:

A baby was born in a car and a nurse shouted that cotton wool be brought

My comment:

I hope my translation fits with the rest of the paragraph

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188 months ago

trilinguallady wrote:

a nurse shouted bring some cotton-wool

My comment:

i.e something absorbent - it does make sense. There are no quotation marks in the original(?)

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188 months ago

backtrans wrote:

"Lint or gauze"

My comment:

Si no quiere utilizar la palabra "cotton" le quedan pocas alternativas al no ser que quiera utilizar palabras mas "medico-especificas".

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188 months ago

Mario wrote:

a nurse cried : bring a swab!

My comment:

a baby born in a car and a nurse cried: bring a swab!

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189 months ago

Mario wrote:

a nurse shouted: "bring me cotton wool (or absorbent cotton)"

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189 months ago

Mario wrote:

A nurse shouted, "Bring me/give me a cotton towel/wrap."

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189 months ago

chrisbritingles wrote:

The nurse screamed " bring me the cotton wool"

My comment:

the nurse cried, the nurse shouted for....
algodon = cotton wool, That does not make sense.
A babt born in a car, the nurse cried, "bring me a blanket,,, sheet,,,, something to wrap it in," does

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189 months ago

Teresita García Ruy Sanchez wrote:

a nurse yelled "bring some cotton"

My comment:

an option

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