Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
N.S./N.C.
English translation:
DK / NA or NR
Added to glossary by
Nikki Graham
Jul 7, 2008 16:30
15 yrs ago
19 viewers *
Spanish term
Spain
Especialista de marketing
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
N.S./N.C.
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Economics
Piracy survey
This is listed at the bottom of a survey table - Social perception of certain practices as piracy.
Comprar copias de estos productos
a un precio reducido,
a vendedores no autorizados 72.2%
Ninguna 8.8%
**N.S./N.C. ** 13%
Comprar copias de estos productos
a un precio reducido,
a vendedores no autorizados 72.2%
Ninguna 8.8%
**N.S./N.C. ** 13%
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | DK / NA |
Nikki Graham
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| 5 +1 | DK/NA |
John Rynne
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| 4 +1 | Does not know / Does not reply |
Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
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| 5 | No reply/Answer unknown |
Cinnamon Nolan
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| 3 +1 | No reply |
Noni Gilbert Riley
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Change log
Jul 8, 2008 14:47: Nikki Graham Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+2
31 mins
Selected
DK / NA
Please see previous questions
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Note added at 36 mins (2008-07-07 17:07:28 GMT)
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Actually, on second thoughts NR for no response seems more susual
See this proz link:
http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=512573&keyword=NS/NC
And:
[DOC] ID4File Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
BREAD, READY-COOKED FOODS). 0 - None, food supplied by relatives. :. 10 - Ten pesos. :. 500 - Five hundred pesos. :. -8 - NR/DK (No Response/Don’t Know) ...
www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/cebu/codebook/1998/Moms_Girls/EXPE...
[PDF] NURSING HOME RESIDENT INTERVIEW: MET NEEDS AND CARE PREFERENCESFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
DK = “Don’t Know” ; NR = “no response” or “nonsense response”. INCONTINENCE CARE: Toileting Assistance. Interviewer: “I would like to ask you some questions ...
www.geronet.ucla.edu/centers/borun/modules/Quality-of-life_...
PDF] Canadian Council on Learning 2006 Public Poll on LearningFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
DK/NR. a) Lifelong learning is important to Canada’s future success .... Don’t Know/ No Response. b) The proportion of employees who participate in ...
www.ccl-cca.ca/NR/rdonlyres/793CEDDB-BFD5-4424-9550-BE2D3C7...
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Note added at 36 mins (2008-07-07 17:07:28 GMT)
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Actually, on second thoughts NR for no response seems more susual
See this proz link:
http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=512573&keyword=NS/NC
And:
[DOC] ID4File Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
BREAD, READY-COOKED FOODS). 0 - None, food supplied by relatives. :. 10 - Ten pesos. :. 500 - Five hundred pesos. :. -8 - NR/DK (No Response/Don’t Know) ...
www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/cebu/codebook/1998/Moms_Girls/EXPE...
[PDF] NURSING HOME RESIDENT INTERVIEW: MET NEEDS AND CARE PREFERENCESFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
DK = “Don’t Know” ; NR = “no response” or “nonsense response”. INCONTINENCE CARE: Toileting Assistance. Interviewer: “I would like to ask you some questions ...
www.geronet.ucla.edu/centers/borun/modules/Quality-of-life_...
PDF] Canadian Council on Learning 2006 Public Poll on LearningFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
DK/NR. a) Lifelong learning is important to Canada’s future success .... Don’t Know/ No Response. b) The proportion of employees who participate in ...
www.ccl-cca.ca/NR/rdonlyres/793CEDDB-BFD5-4424-9550-BE2D3C7...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jackie Bowman
17 mins
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Thanks Jackie, but which do you prefer NA or NR?
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| agree |
Kenneth Powers
: Yep, asked before
15 hrs
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but difficult to look up in the glossary. I found the links in Google
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Cheers Nikki! Went with DK/NR"
+1
3 mins
Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
Ecuador
Ecuador
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
Ecuador
Language and engineering expert
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Does not know / Does not reply
N. S. no sabe
N. C. No contesta
Interviewee does not know or does not reply.
N. C. No contesta
Interviewee does not know or does not reply.
Note from asker:
| Thanks Patricia - do you know what the standard expressions used in English are? |
10 mins
Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
Quality- Professionalism - Experience
Native in: English (Variants: US, US South, UK, British)
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
No reply/Answer unknown
N.S. - No sabe = Doesn't know the answer.
N.C. - No contesta = Dodn't answer the question.
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Note added at 11 mins (2008-07-07 16:41:55 GMT)
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Sorry, typos: didn't know, didn't answer
N.C. - No contesta = Dodn't answer the question.
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Note added at 11 mins (2008-07-07 16:41:55 GMT)
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Sorry, typos: didn't know, didn't answer
+1
10 mins
Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
The translator people turn to
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
30
No reply
N.S. / N. C. = No sabe / no contesta
Not exactly the same I know, but this strikes me as the standard option in English.
Or perhaps "no opinion"... I'm pretty sure that this standard Spanish two fold option is not used in English.
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Note added at 15 mins (2008-07-07 16:46:10 GMT)
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Aha, I see that like me Lisa is searching for the standard UK version. So far my searching hasn't been very productive (of course many questionnaires are designed to force you to tick an option expressing an opinion. But my two suggestions did come up.
And here at least seems to be a pretty satisfactory equivalent, on page 5 of this pdf: http://qb.soc.surrey.ac.uk/surveymethods/evaluatingquestions... (makes interesting reading by the look of it, by the way)
"In self-completion attitude questions the best advice (for example Dillman, 2000) is to have an even
number of response categories, with the last one being a
* “Don’t know/No opinion” *
option and a “Neutral” option as the central value of the remaining (uneven number) options."
Not exactly the same I know, but this strikes me as the standard option in English.
Or perhaps "no opinion"... I'm pretty sure that this standard Spanish two fold option is not used in English.
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Note added at 15 mins (2008-07-07 16:46:10 GMT)
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Aha, I see that like me Lisa is searching for the standard UK version. So far my searching hasn't been very productive (of course many questionnaires are designed to force you to tick an option expressing an opinion. But my two suggestions did come up.
And here at least seems to be a pretty satisfactory equivalent, on page 5 of this pdf: http://qb.soc.surrey.ac.uk/surveymethods/evaluatingquestions... (makes interesting reading by the look of it, by the way)
"In self-completion attitude questions the best advice (for example Dillman, 2000) is to have an even
number of response categories, with the last one being a
* “Don’t know/No opinion” *
option and a “Neutral” option as the central value of the remaining (uneven number) options."
+1
32 mins
John Rynne
Native in English
Works in field
Experts in finance - Spain
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
:
52
DK/NA
You already know the meaning. See the NY Daily News link for usage
Discussion
Sorry about that.
NA is better. It’s Anglo Saxon. I’m sure you’ll remember Mr Orwell’s views about Anglo Saxon-root words against Latin-root words.
In this context, “answer” is