May 12, 2013 15:13
11 yrs ago
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Spanish term
actuar políticamente a causa de la veda política
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
History
Military
Se encontraban desencantados con la izquierda tradicional y con la
imposibilidad de actuar políticamente a causa de la veda política
decretada por el gobierno militar.
Gracias
imposibilidad de actuar políticamente a causa de la veda política
decretada por el gobierno militar.
Gracias
Proposed translations
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1 hr
Selected
[See below.]
Se encontraban desencantados con la izquierda tradicional y con la imposibilidad de actuar políticamente a causa de la veda política decretada por el gobierno militar.
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They had grown disenchanted--not only with the traditional left but with the impossibility of political action resulting from the political ban imposed by the military government.
This version seems to capture the original in English that sounds entirely natural.
Suerte.
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To avoid the repetition of "political," the word could simply be omitted before "ban," as the context would surely make it clear that the ban could only have been "political" in nature....
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They had grown disenchanted--not only with the traditional left but with the impossibility of political action resulting from the political ban imposed by the military government.
This version seems to capture the original in English that sounds entirely natural.
Suerte.
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-05-12 16:29:10 GMT)
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To avoid the repetition of "political," the word could simply be omitted before "ban," as the context would surely make it clear that the ban could only have been "political" in nature....
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thaks Robert!!"
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15 mins
impossibility of political action due to the political prohibition
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First, do no harm
www.williamlafferty.com/WilliamLafferty.../11_First,_do_no_...
Feb 11, 2013 – ... best efforts were susceptible to distortion does not mean that we should throw up our hands at the **impossibility of political action**, but only that ...
Developing Country Debt Crises, International Financial Institutions ...
digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article...fac...
by D Bradlow - 2009
Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, and Venezuela in Latin America, countries such as. Zambia .... precise meaning of the **political prohibition** in its Articles of Agreement.
babble: Crossing the line from criticism to bigotry
archive.rabble.ca › current events › the media
Sep 10, 2003 - 69 posts - 14 authors
In particular in my posts on Argentina, and the lethal anti-semitism found ..... that represents the most dangerous form of **political prohibition**.
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Note added at 23 minutos (2013-05-12 15:36:25 GMT)
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First, do no harm
www.williamlafferty.com/WilliamLafferty.../11_First,_do_no_...
Feb 11, 2013 – ... best efforts were susceptible to distortion does not mean that we should throw up our hands at the **impossibility of political action**, but only that ...
Developing Country Debt Crises, International Financial Institutions ...
digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article...fac...
by D Bradlow - 2009
Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, and Venezuela in Latin America, countries such as. Zambia .... precise meaning of the **political prohibition** in its Articles of Agreement.
babble: Crossing the line from criticism to bigotry
archive.rabble.ca › current events › the media
Sep 10, 2003 - 69 posts - 14 authors
In particular in my posts on Argentina, and the lethal anti-semitism found ..... that represents the most dangerous form of **political prohibition**.
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34 mins
act democratically because of the ban on political parties
Both suggestions are fine but, even though the source text uses 'políticamente' and 'política' in the same sentence, it sounds strange to my ears.
'He closed the Congress, banned all political parties and dismantled all student unions and many worker unions'.
'In the 1983 electoral campaign Alfonsín called to national unity, restoration of democratic rule and prosecution of those responsible for the dirty war'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina
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a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority
b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
2
: a political unit that has a democratic government
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy
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Note added at 42 mins (2013-05-12 15:56:08 GMT)
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My last reference is the definition of the word 'democracy'. I must have forgotten to include the word when I was cutting and pasting.
'He closed the Congress, banned all political parties and dismantled all student unions and many worker unions'.
'In the 1983 electoral campaign Alfonsín called to national unity, restoration of democratic rule and prosecution of those responsible for the dirty war'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina
1
a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority
b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
2
: a political unit that has a democratic government
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy
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Note added at 42 mins (2013-05-12 15:56:08 GMT)
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My last reference is the definition of the word 'democracy'. I must have forgotten to include the word when I was cutting and pasting.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
philgoddard
: Yes, this avoids the repetition of the two previous answers.
9 mins
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Thanks, Phil. Although I'm one of those translators who doesn't really like 'rewriting' source texts.
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11 mins
to act politically because of the political ban
They were disenchanted with the traditional left and the
inability ***to act politically because of the political ban***
decreed by the military government.
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Note added at 17 mins (2013-05-12 15:30:51 GMT)
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Argentina - Mary Baldwin College
www.mbc.edu/faculty/gbowen/argentina.htm
Within a largely chronological account, the major Argentine political forces ..... ***of political parties by banning them, choosing to rule through a military*** ..... were established by decree, absent any appropriate amendment of the ...
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Note added at 19 mins (2013-05-12 15:32:17 GMT)
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another option would be:
They were disenchanted with the traditional left and the
inability ***to act politically because of the ban on political parties*** decreed by the military government.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-05-12 17:23:54 GMT)
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correcting myself and simplifying:
They were disenchanted with the traditional left and ***the ban on political activities*** decreed by the military dictatorship / government / junta.
a ban on political activities tends to include not only political parties but also labor unions and NGO's.
inability ***to act politically because of the political ban***
decreed by the military government.
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Note added at 17 mins (2013-05-12 15:30:51 GMT)
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Argentina - Mary Baldwin College
www.mbc.edu/faculty/gbowen/argentina.htm
Within a largely chronological account, the major Argentine political forces ..... ***of political parties by banning them, choosing to rule through a military*** ..... were established by decree, absent any appropriate amendment of the ...
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Note added at 19 mins (2013-05-12 15:32:17 GMT)
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another option would be:
They were disenchanted with the traditional left and the
inability ***to act politically because of the ban on political parties*** decreed by the military government.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-05-12 17:23:54 GMT)
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correcting myself and simplifying:
They were disenchanted with the traditional left and ***the ban on political activities*** decreed by the military dictatorship / government / junta.
a ban on political activities tends to include not only political parties but also labor unions and NGO's.
Discussion
a ban on political activities tends to include not only political parties but also labor unions and NGO's.