Breakdown of El informe sanitario es malo debido a que la seguridad alimentaria falló.
ser
to be
que
that / than
el informe
the report
fallar
to fail (machines, plans) / to crash
malo
bad
la seguridad
security
debido a
due to
alimentario
food (adjective, relating to food)
sanitario
health (adjective, relating to healthcare or hygiene)
Questions & Answers about El informe sanitario es malo debido a que la seguridad alimentaria falló.
Why do we need que after debido a here?
Since the outcome is negative, could we use por culpa de que instead of debido a que?
Yes. Por culpa de que explicitly assigns blame for a negative outcome, which fits a failed safety inspection. However, debido a que is more neutral and objective, which perfectly matches the formal tone of an informe sanitario (health report). Just avoid gracias a que, as that is strictly for positive outcomes.
Why is food safety translated as seguridad alimentaria rather than seguridad de comida?
For technical, scientific, or official terms, Spanish strongly prefers using a relational adjective over de plus a noun. Alimentario (or alimentaria to match the feminine noun seguridad) is the adjective form of alimento (food or nourishment). You will also see this in official terms like intoxicación alimentaria (food poisoning).
Why does the sentence use es malo instead of está malo? Isn't the report's badness a temporary result of the failure?
When evaluating the inherent quality, findings, or content of things like documents, books, or reports, Spanish uses ser. Es malo means the report's results are poor by nature. If you used está malo, it would sound like the report itself has gone rotten like spoiled food, or is feeling sick!
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