Question about Spanish translation

[Cecilia Wilkinson Enns]

If it comes down to coining a new word or phrase, it is always 
better to find out how a "native speaker" (someone for who speaks 
the language as their *first* language) would say it. Instead of 
creating a new word, they might use existing words to make a 
phrase that conveys the same meaning. So you would need to find 
someone whose first language is Spanish but who also speaks 
English fluently, so that they can understand what you mean when 
you explain to them what "nondiet" means to you.

Celia



> I am working on a Spanish translation of a nondiet nutrition program.  I am 

> responsible for the adult portion, and a colleague is helping with the teen 

> program.  Both of us are struggling with some of the terminology, and we are 

> wondering if maybe this is the first time words such as "nondiet" have been 

> translated?  We have found eating disorder terminology, but some of the other 

> words just aren't to be found.  Before we coin our own terms, we are checking 

> all possible resources to see if someone else has already done this legwork.


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Cecilia Wilkinson Enns
USDA/ARS/BA/BHNRC/Food Surveys Research Group
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10300 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705-2350
E-mail: cenns at rbhnrc.usda.gov