How to translate "work through"

Question

How does one translate, "Plan a combination of fun, recreational activities and another study you can work through."? The "you" is plural.

I believe I could translate it like this: "Planee una combinación de diversión, actividades recreativas y otro estudio que se pueden estudiar juntos."

But I'm not sure that's the best way. I dont know how to best translate "work through". Am I close?

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As we cannot see what your native language it is difficult to know what you mean with your sentence. It makes no sense to me. - ian-hill, Sep 8, 2014

Answer 1

I am not a native but this is one of those phrases where I have learned from experience...you are thinking too much in English. Trabajar sobre...to me that makes no sense just to be honest. It sounds good the way that you translated it. I would not try to dig into that phrase and make sense of it in Spanish. This is one of the things that makes English itself a tricky language...because in a way it makes no sense.

except take out the "se," and say "un otro estudio"...if you say "pueden" then change planear to planeen - charlottequevedo, Sep 8, 2014

I actually got that from the Rae - rac1, Sep 8, 2014

http://www.linguee.com/spanish-english/translation/trabajar+sobre.html - bosquederoble, Sep 8, 2014

http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=work through - rac1, Sep 8, 2014

Another good link. :) - bosquederoble, Sep 8, 2014

Answer 2

I would use something like this:

.... and another study you (all) can work through. Change it to ....and another study/task that you can do together.

.... y una otra tarea pueden hacer juntos.

Now more directly, in this case, for work through I would use Completar. ....pueden completar juntos.

For something like: She is working through some family troubles. I would use Lidiar.

Answer 3

lidiar - to deal with. It sounds the same as work through.

Answer 4

Hello Wbmoore,

Welcome to the SpanishDict forum

Hello To 'work through' is a verbal phrase that can be translated t mean "working through problems" which can be translated with the verb: abordar.

However, as in all cases of translating between different languages context is critical

You asked:

How does one translate, "Plan a combination of fun, recreational activities and another study you can work through."? The "you" is plural. I believe I could translate it like this: "Planee una combinación de diversión, actividades recreativas y otro estudio que se pueden estudiar juntos."

If I am right, it seems that you are wanting to use this word plan in this sentence/ context ... as an instruction to a group of people (perhaps to a group of students?)

You stated above The "you" is plural.so you would need to use planeen (o en España, forma con vosotros: planead)

Translating the idiom/ phrase (to) work through in your sentence accurately depends exactly on what you mean by work through.

If you mean, work together you could use cooperar (estudiar juntos) or colaborar but if you mean to go through each activity in turn that is to deal with each activity/to tackle each activity in order to resolve a problem I think that you would probably need the first verb: abordar

Planeen una combinación de diversión, actividades recreativas y otro estudio que pueden (España: podéis) estudio juntos.

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Planeen una combinación de diversión, actividades recreativas y otro estudio que pueden (España: podéis) abordar juntos.

I am not a native and cannot guarantee perfect responses so you may wish to wait for other responses from natives before taking my advice

Corrijan mi español ,por favor

In this sentence, I am telling an individual to plan a set of fun and recreational activities, as well as a different study for the group of men to complete together. So the "plan" is for an individual, but the "you" is for the group. - wbmoore, Sep 9, 2014

Answer 5

What about, "trabajar sobre" (to manage, to deal with)

Its not really "manage". I think the ideas of work together or complete together fit this well. - wbmoore, Sep 8, 2014