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Old April 18, 2008, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Alfonso View Post
I'm thinking Spanishly.
I'd say:
I'm thinking in Spanish.
I'm thinking like a Spanish speaker.
I'm thinking like a Spaniard.

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  • In Spanish you can use jerga de abogados, if the English term hasn't got a very good connotation.
  • In Spanish you can use jerga de abogados, just in case the English term hasn't got a very good connotation.
Let's see if I understand. What you're saying is:

If the English term (legalese) doesn't have a very good connotation, then in Spanish you can use the term jerga de abogados, which also doesn't have a very good connotation.

The way you've written it isn't very understandable. If you want to say it like this, I'd turn the sentence around and say:

If legalese doesn't have a very good connotation, you can use jerga de abogados, which also has a negative connotation, otherwise try lenguaje jurídico, which is more neutral.
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