Gerund or infinitive after con?

Question

Hello all, I'm trying to translate the phrase "The episode ends with Ron explaining to the documentary crew" and I can't really figure out which part of speech explaining is in this context. Should I write "con Ron explicando" or "con Ron explicar" ? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you for your profile , worthy of a vote from me , a Y bienvenido al fora. A Spanish native speaker may mosey along shortly to deliver a great answer for you . - ray76, Oct 9, 2016

I'm having a problem with the English. What is he explaining to the documentary crew? I thought "explain" was transitive and needs a D/O. - Daniela2041, Oct 9, 2016

You see la capitán ,' speak of angels and they appear '! - ray76, Oct 9, 2016

I believe in this sense explaining is being used as an adjective participle. I ended up doing this:The episode ends with Ron explaining to the documentary crew how he makes his office as uninviting as possible. - CaptainFrosty, Oct 9, 2016

Translation: El episodio termina con Ron quien le explica a la tripulación documental de la forma en que él hace su oficina como poco atractivo como sea posible. I hope that works - CaptainFrosty, Oct 9, 2016

la capitán? did you just call me a girl @ray76 ?? - CaptainFrosty, Oct 20, 2016

Answer 1

What makes confusion, is the fact this is a shortened relative clause. We use it in the same fashion in Spanish.

• (...) con Ron explicando al... (= con Ron que está explicando al...)

Thanks, I just wanted to make sure it was okay to do that in Spanish - CaptainFrosty, Oct 10, 2016

Answer 2

I would say: El episodio termina mientras Ron le explica a la tripulación documental la forma en que él hace su oficina lo menos atractiva que sea posible.

OR ...... con que Ron le explica .......

A tea in storm cup mate , Thank you. - ray76, Oct 10, 2016

Beautiful. Much much better than the original. Now this I can understand! :) - Daniela2041, Oct 10, 2016

Thanks for your help. I didn't think to use mientras. But I thought lo menos meant "at least," I don't get why it would be used in this context. Also, could I simply use cómo instead of la forma de? - CaptainFrosty, Oct 10, 2016