Across the Street

Question

Greetings I want to say, "We had a campaign across the street from the national fair." The translators said Tuvimos una campaña a través de la Calle de la feria nacional" Is A TRAVÉS DE the correct way to say this__ Thanks for the help

Answer 1

al otro lado de la calle

Answer 2

"a través de" works just fine. However, I hear "al otro lado" much more often.

Answer 3

And to answer your question about whether "a través de la calle de" translates as "across the street from" I really don't know, but would like to hear more from others as to whether that is indeed a viable translation. My gut tells me that you would use "a través de la calle" when you are describing the movement from one side of the street to the other rather than just describing the location of something as being across the street. But my gut is nothing to go by. But using "enfrente de" as I did in the last post is certainly correct.

Answer 4

"Enfrente" was the word of the day on August 11, 2012. One of the examples was as follows: Trabajo justo enfrente de mi restaurante favorito=I work just across the street from my favorite restaurant. So, using that example as a reference point, it would seem that you could say, tuvimos una campaña enfrente de la feria nacional.