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Spanish speaker help please
celestius
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VALE, SI QUIERO, PERO PUEDO PAGAR CONTRAREMBOLSO O CON TARJETA DEBITO VISA'?
Does this mean she wants to pay via bank transfer or direct debit, I can't find the meaning of contrarembolso in google
Does this mean she wants to pay via bank transfer or direct debit, I can't find the meaning of contrarembolso in google
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I'm pretty sure thats cash on delivery!0
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she is asking if you take credit cards or debit cards
"Okay if i want it can I pay by credit card or visa debit?"Save 12k in 2020 #19 £12,429.06/£14,0000 -
I googled it, with an extra e in the word it came up on google translate as COD. Although when translating it back I got a different word so who knows lol.
Still, Cash On Delivery and Credit Or Debit card would both fit wth that.
If you translate the whole sentence with the extra e in that word rather than just the word it says "Okay, if I want to but I PAY ON DELIVERY DEBIT CARD OR VISA"0 -
My spanish is somewhat rusty (was A leve really 6 years ago :eek:), but a bit of googling (in spanish) seems to indicate that this is payment on delivery - so she would pay your courier the cash. http://www.consumoteca.com/economia-familiar/medios-de-pago/pago-contra-reembolso/
It should have an extra E in it though. And yes, tarjeta debito visa translates as visa debit.0 -
Seems to be a slight spelling error;
should contrarembolso actually be contra reembolso?
If so, the translation is "Okay, if I want to, but can I pay cash (COD) or Visa debit card?"0 -
I'd be careful using online translators. When I worked for a council, a colleague did this. He did not want to wait for the normal translators we used. Anyway he manged to write a letter to someone telling them that if they wanted to take their children out in public, they would need to fit a muzzle to them.0
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I'd be careful using online translators. When I worked for a council, a colleague did this. He did not want to wait for the normal translators we used. Anyway he manged to write a letter to someone telling them that if they wanted to take their children out in public, they would need to fit a muzzle to them.
Well, some children do bite...
I agree about online translators though, they can be a bit wrong. There's someone on Youtube who puts song lyrics through online translators and goes through different languages and back to English then sings the song with the results. You get some amusing lines lol.
In this case those that have some knowledge of Spanish seem to be saying the same kind of thing as what the translator has come out with.0 -
It says i want it can i pay by cash on delivery or visa/debit card.0
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In some countries Paypal is less used than here so some people are probably not aware that you can pay with a card through Paypal. This will be simple for her as she will use a Spanish version of Paypal.
You could reply with something like this - we can't send COD but in Paypal you can pay with your Visa card.
No puedo enviar contra reembolso, pero en Paypal puedes pagar con tu tarjeta Visa.
Others, please feel free to correct and improve my pigeon Spanish!0 -
I doubled checked with my husband (native Spanish speaker) and he says it's cash on delivery. I agree that this is often used in Spanish speaking countries, mainly in Latin American rather than Spain though so check where they want the item to ship to.
As a response I would probably say something like:
Solamente acepto pagos por Paypal, lo cual puede usar para pagar con su tarjeta debito VISA. Aqui tiene mas informacion para hacer esto.
https://www.paypal.com/es/webapps/mpp/pay-on-ebay
(I only accept payment by Paypal which means you can use your VISA debit card. Here is more information to enable you to do this).
(Accents missing from this - they'll get the idea though!)0
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