Spanish Verbs for Trying

To try is one of those English verbs that will steer you down the wrong path if you try to translate it with just one Spanish verb. This lesson looks at the most common ways of expressing the idea of trying and related phrases such as to try to or to try out. Fast Facts Tratar de and intentar are are the most common ways of translating try when it means to attempt something.Esforzarse and phrases using esfuerzo can also be used to emphasize the effort given.When try refers to a testing or testing out, the preferred translation is usually probar. Trying as Attempting When try means attempt, it can usually be translated as tratar de or intentar followed by an infinitive. The two are roughly synonymous, although tratar de is more common. Note that intentar is a false friend to the English verb to intend — intentar involves an actual attempt, not a mere intent as the English verb does. Tratamos de hacer lo mejor para conseguir el objetivo. (We are trying to do what is best in order to reach the objective.)Trataron de resucitar al cantante durante mà ¡s de una hora en el hospital. (They tried to resuscitate the singer for more than an hour in the hospital.)Trataremos de resolver sus problemas. (We will try to resolve your problems.)Vamos a tratar de ganar el campeonato. (We are going to try to win the championship.)Intentamos resolver las dudas que puedan surgir. (We are trying to resolve the doubts that may arise.)Intentar es major que esperar. (Trying is better than waiting.)Me intentaron hacer un fraude. (They tried to commit a fraud against me.)Intento comprender la verdad. (I am trying to understand the truth.) Trying as Testing When to try means to test, as the phrase to try out often does, you can often use the verb probar: Probamos algo nuevo. (Were trying something new.)Los estudiantes probaron comidas de los diferentes paà ­ses. (The students tried meals of different countries.)Los terroristas probaban gases venenosos experimentando con perros. (The terrorists tried out poisonous gases by experimenting with dogs.)Me probà © la camisa y vi que estaba hecha exactamente a mi medida. (I tried on the shirt and saw that it was made exactly to my size.)Desde que probà © su consejo, mi vida cambià ³ para siempre. (Ever since I tried her advice, my life has been forever changed.)Pues, pruà ©balo y verà ¡s. (Here, try it out and youll see.)Voy a probar un nuevo truco de magia. (Im going to try a new magic trick.)Probà © suerte de nuevo y abrà ­ mi propio negocio. (I tried my luck again and opened my own business.) Trying as an Effort To try in the sense of put forth an effort can often be translated as esforzarse or a phrase such as hacer un esfuerzo por. Although intentar and tratar de can also indicate an effort, they put less emphasis on it than do esforzarse and phrases using esfuerzo. Sà © que puedes esforzarte mà ¡s. (I know you can try harder.)Me esfuerzo con toda intensidad por ser sincero. (Im trying as hard as I can to be honest.)Pero yo me esfuerzo todo lo que puedo. (Im trying to do everything I can.)Hago un esfuerzo por  apartar de mi mente lo ocurrido y concentrarme en mi trabajo. (Im trying to get my mind off of what happened and concentrate on my work.)Volvià ³ al sillà ³n e  hizo un esfuerzo por  relajarse.  (She returned to the rocking chair and tried to relax.)Es necesario hacer un esfuerzo. (It is necessary to try.) Legal Use of 'Try' To try in the sense of to put on trial can be expressed by procesar or juzgar: El juez procesà ³ ayer a ocho personas por el robo de armas de guerra. The judge yesterday tried eight people for the theft of military weapons.Juzgaron a los activistas de Greenpeace en Espaà ±a. The Greenpeace activists were tried in Spain. 'Try' as a Noun Try as a noun can often be translated well using intento: Haz de nuevo el intento. Give it another try. ¡Al menos hicieron  su mejor intento! At least they gave it their best try!Al menos resulta un intento divertido. (At least it was a fun try.)

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If not, what recommendations would you make if a negative message was posted on social media about your service? Explain and provide recommendations for change. Answers: 1. What is the basic business philosophy and corporate/business strategy of the company that provides this service? Describe how this service fits with the corporate philosophy and corporate strategy. Lion Bridge provides global social media marketing services. The philosophy of Lion Bridge defines that appreciation of benefits and satisfaction of things and services is a genuine effort to build a long term relationship with customers. The company has been able to achieve success in global marketing by utilizing the most used platform to appreciate their clients product and services. The business strategy of the organization is to utilize social media platforms for brand recognisation and brand building. 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Bargaining power of substitutes: Bargaining power of substitutes is also less because of the increasing trend of social media popularity. Bargaining power of buyers: Buyers power is high because of the high competition in the industry. In this scenario, quality of service affects the services most. Threat of new entrants: Threat of new entrants is also high as there are so many new starters entering in the industry. Industry rivalry: Industry rivalry is high because of the new emerging market and popularity. 4. Who is the target market for the service? Why do you believe this? What should be a future market segment and why? For this future market segment, what strategy should be used and why? Be specific. 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Annual growth of mobile social users is increasing day by day; customer engagement via social media marketing has been so easy for the organizations. The increasing trend of social users depicts a continuous growth in share of the service. On the basis of annual growth in Jan 2016 the market will be growing in coming year. As per the product life cycle stage, at growing stage the company needs increase brand preference in order to gain share gains. Source: Global Social Media Statistics Summary 2016 The organization can build their own channels to gain completive advantage in the market as being leader on inventor of a new channel. If the company gets success in achieving market position that it will help the organization to gain sustainable competitive advantage in the market. The return on investment will be worth because the market is in growth stage and it will remain for long period. In this scenario, if a company can target new market position that it would definitely reflect good ROI. 7. Identify 2-3 challengers (competitors) of this service. If you were a consultant for the challenger, what strategy would you recommend to gain share over this service? For each challenger, is the best strategy being used? Why or why not? How would you counter this strategy if you were the decision maker regarding the service you identified in question 1? Why do you think this strategy would be the best? Provide specific examples. SEO services: The first competitor of the service is search engine optimizers who utilizes online and offline strategies to gain market share in online global marketing industry. Social media platforms such as face book have been tough competition to search engines like Google and yahoo. SEO services can gain share by focusing on providing value to customers and readers to get organic traffic. 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Explain and provide recommendations for change. The company has been using SMM (social media marketing) to market itself, as the company itself been a online marketing company it has to be good in it. The company is using effective SMM techniques to engage its customers. Recommendation If there are some negative comments about the company then it can utilize online reputation management where positive posts are written and posted so that negative posts get downs in search engine ranking. References Global Social Media Solutions | Global Marketing Services | Lionbridge. (2016). Lionbridge.com. Retrieved 17 July 2016, from https://www.lionbridge.com/solutions/global-social-media/ Global Social Media Statistics Summary 2016. (2016). Smart Insights. Retrieved 17 July 2016, from https://www.smartinsights.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-strategy/new-global-social-media-research/

Zeus vs. Odin Essay Example For Students

Zeus vs. Odin Essay Greek and Roman mythology are almost identical. It is very interesting, however, that the mythology of Vikings has many similarities with Greek myths. These myths are not identical to the Greek ones, but they are very distinct commonalities between the two. The god of all gods in the Greek myths is Zeus and the god of all gods in Norse myths is Odin. Zeus is the ruler of the Greek gods. He is the son of Cronos and Rhea, in fact the only son of these two to survive to adulthood. Zeus had been hidden by Rhea so that Cronos would not swallow him like he had all of his other offspring; he had been warned that one of his children would eventually overthrow him. Rhea sent Zeus to the island of Crete where he was raised. Zeus eventually killed his father. After he killed Cronos, he restored life to his brothers and sisters. He then drew lots with his brothers Poseidon and Hades to see who would become ruler of the various parts of the universe. Zeus won the draw and became the supreme rule r of the gods. He is lord of the sky, the rain god. His weapon is a thunderbolt, made for him by the Cyclopes under the direction of Hephaestus, which he hurls at those who displease him. (Hodge, 97)Odin is the leader of the Norse gods and has a myriad of names including Allfather, Ygg, Bolverk, and Grimnir. He also has many functions within the myths including being a god of war, poetry, wisdom, and death. Odins symbol is his magical spear named Grungir which never misses its mark. He also owns a magic ring called Draupnir which can create nine of itself every night. It was this ring that Odin laid on his son Balders funeral pyre and which Balder returned to Odin from the underworld. Odin also has two wolves, Geri and Freki, and two ravens, Hugin (thought) and Munin (memory). He sends his ravens out every day to gather knowledge for him. Odin was destined to die at Ragnarok; Fenris-Wolf swallowed him. Knowing his fate, he still chose to embrace it and do battle, showing the true wa rrior ethic. He is the god of warriors and kings, not the common man. (Picard, 29)Zeus and Odin were respective rulers over the gods in their mythologies. Zeus was known for upholding the law and social order. This is quite similar to Odins recording of all the laws, contracts and agreements onto his spear which he was bound to uphold. They both had their palaces in the sky to some extent. Mt. Olympus was very high. It is also important to note that when the three brothers were deciding which part of the world each would get, Zeus chose the sky. There are many stories of Zeus looking down from Mt. Olympus into the lives of other men. This is also the case with Odin. He could watch other people, gods and mortals alike, from his throne Hlidskialf in Asgard, Asgard being the palace in the sky where the gods met. So there are distinct similarities between Asgard and Mt. Olympus. Both were in the sky, both allowed for the observation of the rest of the world, both were the meeting place for the gods. We will write a custom essay on Zeus vs. Odin specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now The actions of the two gods are very important to look at as well. Zeus is well-known for going off into the world of mortals and trying to have relations with the mortals. Often times he would change shape in order to accomplish this. He took such forms as a bull, swan, golden shower, and a quail, for example. This shape-shifting was also a typical action of Odin. He changed himself into animals occasionally, such as a snake or an eagle. But, more often than not, Odin changed himself into The Wanderer. In this form he was known to wear a long gray cloak and a wide brimmed hat that covered or cast shadows over his missing eye. In this form he attempted, on many occasions, to have relations, often spawning offspring. There is one story of Odin and Rind where Odin must change his shape multiple times to meet the needs of Rind who he is wooing. 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Zeus has his lighting bolt, and Odin has his spear. Both of these items have a somewhat negative interpretation. Lighting is a destructive force and a spear is a weapon used to kill. Also the way these gods interact with mortals in another commonality. In both their visiting and aiding of these mortals Zeus and Odin identified certain people that they considered great and offered them their assistance. One last thing to be considered about these two gods, and their manliness, is that both of them were very fertile. They were both fathers to many offspring, thus spreading their wonderful qualities around to other beings. What I think these societies needed was a powerful man, one who was warlike, strong, large, intimidating and prolific. This was they type of god that in those times could fear and respect, and therefore worship fairly easily. Bibliography:o Hodge, Jessica, Whos Who in Classical Mythology, Bison Books Ltd. 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Evaluate the usefulness of Marxist theory free essay sample

Evaluate the usefulness of Marxist theory to our understanding of crime and deviance (40 marks) Synopticity Crime Deviance sociological theory Marxist explanations of crime and deviance, like their work on other areas like the family and education, rest on an economic and structural analysis of society that sees a class struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. This struggle comprises the attempts by the proletariat to free themselves from the domination of the bourgeoisie as they seek to take over the means of production. David Gordon argues that crime is an inevitable product of capitalism and the nequality that it generates. He argues that inequalities in wealth and income create poverty and homelessness for the working class and crime is a rational response to these problems. This idea is supported by research which shows property crime rising during recession. Gordon suggests capitalism encourages values such as greed and materialism which are conducive to all classes committing crime. We will write a custom essay sample on Evaluate the usefulness of Marxist theory or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page Such values promote non-economic crimes such as violence, rape, child abuse, vandalism and hooliganism because inequalities in wealth and power lead to frustration, hostility, nw and alienation for some members of the working class who may commit crime in an attempt to retrieve power and status. This theory argues that it is surprising that there is not more working class crime. The idea explained is one of continual conflict and of crime being a continuation or extension of the class battle. However, critics point out that such a view is a bit sweeping, and that the whole of the working class isnt in revolt or criminal. To see all crime as a rebellion against the system ignores individual motivation, choice and the act that many people do choose not to break the law; indeed the majority are law abiding. This point was later took up by the New Left Realists, Taylor and Young, who tried to offer a neo-Marxist analysis which allowed for the fact that people, criminal or otherwise, do make choices and dont have to break the law. They turned to aspects such as deprivation and marginalisation to explain much of youth crime. As well as focusing on working class crime Marxists have looked at crime in a wider focus. One sees elsewhere, as with the education system, that Marxists link xplanations of internal processes, such as selection, streaming and such, to a wider sort of conspiracy theory tied to the power structure of society. In the education system control of the system is in the hands of the bourgeoisie who order the system for their own needs. Similarly with crime and deviance one sees in writings by people They talk of things like crimes of the powerful, noting how some crimes, such as those linked to price rigging, health and safety and so on are seen in a much lesser sight by society. The image we have of the criminal is of the young black male ugger and off working class street crime, and the crime of the middle class is ignored. Marxists further argue that the powerful in society control the law-making system along with everything else and thus are able to pass laws which might appear to be fair and reasonable but which actually work to help preserve their position of power and authority. Yet, these Marxists tend to have a rather simplistic view of the distribution of power in capitalist societies. While the group which Marxists define as a ruling class might have a disproportionate amount of power, it may be misleading to see this group as onopolising power. A range of non-Marxist theories suggest that the distribution of power is more complex than Marxists tend to believe. Stephen Jones points out that the activities of capitalists are sometimes criminalised. He gives the example of insider trading. If it werent illegal, capitalists would be free to make substantial profits out of their knowledge about proposed mergers and takeovers. The illegality of such activity suggests that capitalists cant always get the laws they want. The major problem with Marxist analyses of crime and deviance is with their weeping generalisations, trying to apply actions to all people that clearly apply to only a minority. Similarly, their assumption that everything is driven by the economic class struggle is hard to sustain. A convincing case can be made that Marxism provides one of the best explanations of many phenomena identified within societies, but the politics of the world has changed and Marxism is no longer the major social movement for liberation from oppression that it used to be, so it is argued that Marxisms conceptual apparatus has become less relevant. In a society where most eople have undergone considerable improvements in their standard of living and where peasant struggles which might have been applicable in the 19th century when Marx was writing seem to be no longer of much relevance. This thus suggests that Marxist theories arent useful to our understanding of crime and deviance in contemporary society. Other writers on crime and deviance strongly disagree with the Marxist analysis. For instance Functionalists might attribute more to imperfect socialisation and see crime as a necessary element of society to help bring about social change but also to einforce the collective conscience of society. Interactionists criticise Marxists for ignoring the processes involved in criminality and the system, for instance Becker and Lemert focus much more on processes of labelling to identify how and why people are called delinquent and criminal. Many feminist writers, such as Oakley, argue more in common with Marxist writings but with an emphasis more on the evils of patriarchy rather than capitalism. Indeed, they criticise Marxists for ignoring the role of patriarchy in influencing the way the criminal Justice system operates. crime, at the expense of other types of crime. They argue that crimes such as burglary, robbery, and other violent crimes cause greater harm than Marxist theories seem to imply. The victims of such crimes are usually working class, and the consequences can be devastating for them. To left realists, Marxism offers a rather one-sided view of crime and, in doing so, offers no way of dealing with the types of crimes which are of most concern to most members of the population. In conclusion, one can see that Marxist explanations of crime and deviance are no longer seen as relevant or provable in the modern world and that many from lternative perspectives argue that Marxist thoughts are out of date and invalid. Indeed, Postmodern criminology rejects Marxist criminology as a metanarrative which is neither believable nor defensible. Nonetheless, although it has fallen somewhat out of fashion in recent years, Marxist criminology continues to influence some sociologists who dont call themselves Marxists. In a study of corporate crime, Slapper and Tombs describe their approach as critical social science. They stop far short of advocating communism, but still believe that key features of Marxist analysis are essential to explain corporate crime.

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