Read over this sentence?

Question

Como tal, ella crea un vínculo afectivo emocional entre ella misma y los obreros, y asocia esos sentimientos de frustración y tristeza con la fecha, el 17 de octubre de 1945, porque fue el día que el General fue detenido.

I want to say: "She creates an affective (rhetorical term) emotional link between herself and the workers, and associates those feelings of frustration and sadness with the date, because it was the day the General was detained."

Is this the best possible way to say this?

Also: Sus intereses y éstos de los obreros son lo mismo.

"Her interests and the workers interested are the same"

Did you mean ,"would you please read this sentence" ? - ray76, Dec 3, 2014

Answer 1

Hola, dyruse,

Creo que la primera parte está bien. Una pequeña corrección.

En vez de decir "Como tal" lo que traduce "as such" creo, yo preferiría : "Así, ella crea-------etc."

La frase no es como lo espresaría un hispanohablante, pero como estás dando una traducción de los pensmientos que expresaste en ingles--no está nada mal.

En cuanto a lo de " Sus intereses y éstos de los obreros son lo mismo."

I would make a little change to" Sus intereses y los de los obreros son lo mismo ( o son iguales)

I don't know at what level you speak Spanish. If you have any problem with understanding what I have said, feel free to send a PM.

Chau, y buena suerte.

Daniela, wouldn't it be "los mismos" since "interests" is plural? - Winkfish, Dec 3, 2014

Well, this is in the middle of my essay after I analyzed a quotation... sorry it's so out of context! I believe 'as such' fits for my context. Thank you for the rest of the comments though! Very helpful. - dyruse, Dec 4, 2014

I used "lo mismo" to mean "the same thing" I could be wrong there. - Daniela2041, Dec 4, 2014

Answer 2

Dyruse, I can't speak to much of what you have in Spanish, and Daniela is a great teacher here. I do believe, though, that "effective" is the English word you want rather than "affective." So I would suggest "efectivo" instead of "afectivo."

hi! i actually did mean affective. In terms of 'affect' in the rhetorical sense. - dyruse, Dec 4, 2014

As Rosana Rosana Dana would say, "Oh. Well. That's different. Never mind!" - Winkfish, Dec 4, 2014

Answer 3

Sus intereses y éstos de los obreros son los mismos. (plural agreement)

gracias! se lo agradezco mucho :) - dyruse, Dec 4, 2014