Need help with translation of "follow up"

Question

I am trying to communicate to a Spanish speaking student that they need to follow up on letters already sent to doctors who could be expert witnesses in a case. I see that the closest translation seems to be "hacer un seguimiento de" but could I say, for example "necessitamos hacer un seguimiento con los doctores que contactaron ya." for "we need to follow up with the doctors who we have already contacted."

• "Necesitamos hacer seguimiento con los doctores previamente contactados" - RicardoP Sep 9, 2009
• doctors "whom" we have already contacted - qfreed Sep 9, 2009

Answer 1

Hacer seguimiento

Answer 2

Would it be Dar seguida?

• "Dar seguimiento o hacer seguimiento" , both are correct - RicardoP Sep 9, 2009

Answer 3

Would it be "...con los doctores que ya se contactaron. (passive) or ...con los doctores que ya se han contactados.

I like Ricardo-Pati's answer best, however:

"con los doctores previamente contactados".

Answer 4

it is: "necesitamos dar seguimiento con los doctores que se contactaron"

Answer 5

What exactly is follow up? To contact? Who is they here

that they

Hacer un seguimiento de qué? to follow up, if this is the word, what exactly?

Answer 6

Don't you have to love confusion.¿!?¡

Once again I consulted my "Big Fat" Span/Eng Eng/Span Dictionary (HarperCollins 7th Edition, 2003) where I found these two items:

Follow-up letter - una carta recordatoria

and

Follow-up (phone) call - (Telec) una llamada de reiteratión

Also see the SpanishDict.com dictionary entry about mid-page under "Follow-up" at this URL:

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/follow-up

Given all the choices offerred in this posting, is there anyone willing to offer a definitive answer so we can "vote up" the one or more correct answer(s)?

Answer 7

Heidi

I think it is to ask for a reply.

Answer 8

A reply? For what?

Hacer un seguimiento means to follow up on something: an illness for example.

But here? what exactly are they following up on?

If it is a reply, hacer un seguimiento is not the correct term.

• It's not clear form the original question. it could mean "another letter" because the first one wans't answered or because there are additional points that need clarification. - samdie Sep 9, 2009