Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
speak to
Spanish translation:
se caracterizan por
Added to glossary by
Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
Aug 15, 2006 18:58
17 yrs ago
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English term
speak to (en este contexto)
English to Spanish
Bus/Financial
International Org/Dev/Coop
Capacity development
NNN has identified a number of capacity development strategies that may be applied to address capacity development needs in a variety of sectors that **speak to** integrated approaches to development.
El texto forma parte de un guía para la gestión de resultados de una organización internacional.
Muchas gracias.
El texto forma parte de un guía para la gestión de resultados de una organización internacional.
Muchas gracias.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
4 +6 | que son caracterizadas por |
Robert Forstag
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4 | abogan por |
Darío Zozaya
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4 | enfocan//se relacionan |
Jacqueline Rosa-Kuhn (X)
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4 | obedecen a |
Clarisa Rakos
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Proposed translations
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que son caracterizadas por
The English here is dreadful: "capacity development strategies" is unnecessarily followed by "capacity development needs" within the same sentence while it is not entirely clear what "speak to" refers to (presumably it refers to the characteristics of the "strategies" previously mentioned) and also, to my understanding, is not even being used correctly.
["Speak to" usually means "addresses" or "deals with" in this kind of context.]
In order to create a decent translation, I think you have to first [just for your own purposes] rewrite the text as follows:
NNN has identified a number of capacity development strategies characterized by integrated approaches to development that can be applied to address needs in a variety of sectors.
You can then use "que son caracterizadas por" to translate "characterized by".
Suerte.
["Speak to" usually means "addresses" or "deals with" in this kind of context.]
In order to create a decent translation, I think you have to first [just for your own purposes] rewrite the text as follows:
NNN has identified a number of capacity development strategies characterized by integrated approaches to development that can be applied to address needs in a variety of sectors.
You can then use "que son caracterizadas por" to translate "characterized by".
Suerte.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muchas gracias, Robert. También me ayudó mucho tu propia versión del texto en inglés. Saludos."
8 mins
abogan por
Espero te ayude.
Suerte.
Suerte.
6 hrs
enfocan//se relacionan
suerte!
1 day 2 hrs
obedecen a
suerte!
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