Thread: Distinctive trademark or symbol

Hola, tengo esta definición un poco ambigua y quería saber si "distinctive" se refiere sólo a "trademark" o también a "symbol" ...

A Logotype is a distintive trademark or symbol.

¿Está modificando a ambos sustantivos o sólo a trademark?

Gracias........................

Does anyone know?

Hola spanish_guitar!
Yo creo que modifica sólo a trademark, pero esperá otras opiniones.

Estoy de acuerdo con Guadalupe.

Originally Posted by Guadalupe

En cualquier caso, para traducir este tipo de cuestiones que a veces no son posibles de dilucidar, es útil invertir el orden de los sustantivos para mantener la ambigüedad. P. ej.: "El logotipo es un distintivo que identifica un símbolo o una marca de manera peculiar".

Coincido Guadalupe, pero lo expresaría así:

A Logotype is a distintive trademark or symbol.

"Un logotipo es un símbolo o una marca distintiva"

Saludos,

"Un logotipo es un símbolo o una marca distintiva"

Perfecto, muchas gracias a todos

As your English quote indicated, a Logotype (or simply "logo" in its simpler form) is a distinctive trademark or symbol. It is most often the legal possession of a commercial organization (but I have seen logos in informal use which are not legally protected.) It is the inherent nature of a logo that it be a distinctive "shorthand" reference to just one organization.

Since the distinctive nature of the logo is understood, the adjective "distinctive" would probably not be used when referring to the logo in general. However, if one wished to emphasize its distinctive nature at some point in the conversation or writing, it would be perfectly acceptable (and clear) to refer to a "distinctive logo" or a "distinctive trademark," just not every time logo or trademark was used.

Hope this helps.