Benefit of the doubt.

Question

Usually I try to figure these things out by myself, but I'm going to be lazy now and wait for some of you to respond. Let's try translating the following sentence:

Sometimes people who post on this site give the impression of being lazy, opportunistic, arrogant, or uneducated, but let's look for the best in what they post and give them the benefit of the doubt.

sorry J I was half way through my post, I've put my translation now too :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 14, 2013

Answer 1

Sometimes people who post on this site give the impression of being lazy, opportunistic, arrogant, or uneducated, but let's look for the best in what they post and give them the benefit of the doubt.

Algunas veces la gente que publica en este sitio da la impresión que es oportunista, arrogante o poco educada, pero esperemos lo mejor de lo que publiquen y démosle el beneficio de la duda.

(post also could be used as write)

Gracias, amigo hispanohablante, démosle es mejor y me gusta el uso del sujunctivo. - Jubilado, Jul 15, 2013

That is because In English corresponds to the subjunctive, right? - chileno, Jul 16, 2013

"Let's..." can mean subjunctive use in another language. In English I'm not sure if it is considered such. When I posted this, I was looking specifically for the translation of "benefit of the doubt". Thanks for participating! - Jubilado, Jul 16, 2013

My posts aren't very popular, but I try to contribute what I can. I may be in and out briefly over the next two weeks. - Jubilado, Jul 16, 2013

You contribute a lot, so don't worry about being popular. - chileno, Jul 16, 2013

Answer 2

Si yo no ha dado la apariencia que soy perezoso arrogante y oportunista ,

entonces he fallado, no duda .

If I did not give the appearance that I'm lazy arrogant and opportunistic,

then I have failed, no doubt.

I should have added ," and hopeless at translations".Pero darme el beneficio de la duda.

No te preocupes, sabemos que todos los australienses son muy flojos... - annierats, Jul 15, 2013

Answer 3

It's pretty much the same - Darle el beneficio de la duda a alguien.

You can also use conceder instead of dar.

Le doy el beneficio de la duda - I give him the benefit of the doubt.

Estamos dispuestos a concederle al presidente el beneficio de la duda.

We want to give the president the benefit of the doubt.

Sometimes people who post on this site give the impression of being lazy, opportunistic, arrogant, or uneducated, but let's look for the best in what they post and give them the benefit of the doubt.

A veces la gente que publica en este sitio da la impresión de ser perezosa, oportunista, arrogante o maleducada, pero ¡veamos lo mejor en lo que publiquen y darles el beneficio de la duda!

A nuestro presidente aquí, lo hacemos siempre. ;-)> - Jubilado, Jul 14, 2013

And thanks for translating the expression in Bold Type. - Jubilado, Jul 14, 2013

jaja I think you have to anywhere if you want to stay optimistic, sorry I was only half way through the post, I've put my translation too but I should wait for a native speaker to be sure :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 14, 2013

Answer 4

Sometimes people who post on this site give the impression of being lazy, opportunistic, arrogant, or uneducated, but let's look for the best in what they post and give them the benefit of the doubt.

A veces las personas que escriben en este sitio parecen ser flojas, oportunistas, arrogantes o maleducadas; busquemos lo mejor de lo que dicen (escriben) y démosles el beneficio de la duda.

Gracias, amigo, es importante recibir tu respuesta. - Jubilado, Jul 15, 2013

Nice :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 15, 2013

Answer 5

Sometimes people who post on this site give the impression of being lazy, opportunistic, arrogant, or uneducated, but let's look for the best in what they post and give them the benefit of the doubt.

A veces las personas que escriban un mensaje en este sitio dan la impresión de ser perezosas, oportunistas, arrogantes, o sin educaciónes, pero veamos a buscar los mejores en lo que escriban un mensaje y darles la mejor respuesta a su mensaje.

probably 'la gente' or 'las personas' would be better for 'people' here. Pueblo can mean people but usually when you refer to a regional, ethnic group etc. And don't forget to make your verbs and adjectives agree ' - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 14, 2013

la gente - 'escriba' and 'perezosa' but 'las personas' 'escriban' and perezosas' - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 14, 2013

I think publicar would be another option for 'posting' too but escribir un mensaje is a good work around, well done :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 14, 2013

Thanks! I know I'm a bit rusty. - SaigeSmith, Jul 14, 2013

How about "estar" instead of "ser"? Is this one of those either / or cases? - Jubilado, Jul 14, 2013

@ Saige No you did great :) @ Jubilado estar can be used with perezoso but in this case as it's going with all those other personality traits I think ser is good (but that's just my take on it) :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 14, 2013

Gracias, Saige. Espero que otros traten. - Jubilado, Jul 14, 2013

Answer 6

De vez en cuando la gente que publica en este sitio se parece perezoso perezosa, arrogante, o maleducada pero debemos buscar lo mejor que escribe aquí y darle el beneficio de la duda.

Y ahora he dado mi traducción de mi proprio ejemplo.

¡OIgan (oíd), hispanohablantes! Vengan (Venid) ayudarnos porque todavía tengo duda.

la gente .....perezosa / ayudarnos (una palabra) :- ) - 005faa61, Jul 15, 2013

Claro, gracias. - Jubilado, Jul 15, 2013