refuses to be held

Spanish translation: se niega a estar en brazos/a que lo tengan en brazos

20:17 Feb 19, 2017

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English term or phrase: refuses to be held

Estoy haciendo una tarea en que tengo que traducir instrucciones para dar de alta de pacientes que tienen una enfermedad similar a la gripe. Los instrucciones son para los hispanohablantes en los EU que no hablan ingles. Alguno de las frases en el texto explica tener que regresar a la sala de emergencia "if your child is not drinking enough fluids, will not wake up, has skin that looks blue, or seems very fussy and refuses to be held." Para esa frase, debo decir “rechaza estar cogido en brazos” o “Resista estar cogido en brazos”? No puedo decidir cual palabra es mejor en el contexto. Las dos son casi similares en que no hay una gran diferencia en instruir como darse cuenta cuando si hijo no quiere estar en los brazos (y que hay un problema), pero estoy curiosa lo que piensa Ustedes. Tienen el mismo sentido en ese caso? ¡Gracias por su ayuda!

deowen
United States

Spanish translation:se niega a estar en brazos/a que lo tengan en brazos

Explanation:
One of several possibilities, I prefer the first version.
I would avoid the passive voice in Spanish, it does not sound natural

Although coger is perfectly valid (you could say se niega a que lo cojan) it is a bad word in some LA countries so as a general rule I try to avoid it when interpreting/translating for Latinos in the US.

Querer estar en brazos es natural en los bebés
http://www.elbebe.com/bebes/claves-para-responder-al-bebe-qu...

Tener al bebé en brazos: la gran polémica familiar
http://es.paperblog.com/tener-al-bebe-en-brazos-la-gran-pole...

If you do a search for bebe + estar en brazos or bebe + tener en brazos you will find tons of hits :-)

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Note added at 6 hrs (2017-02-20 02:51:35 GMT)
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I should have said, TWO of several possibilities...

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