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... in purpose ....

Spanish translation: cuyo objetivo/que tenían por objeto/estaban orientadas a

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English term or phrase:	... in purpose ....
Spanish translation:	cuyo objetivo/que tenían por objeto/estaban orientadas a
Entered by:	uxma

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16:32 Jan 24, 2006

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial

English term or phrase: ... in purpose ....

¿Cómo podría traducir "in purpose" en el siguiente texto?

In doing so, we cast a wide net from both content and methodological perspectives, encouraging interdisciplinary papers that were theory-building and/or theory-testing in purpose using either empirical-based methodologies.

Muchas gracias.

uxma

cuyo objetivo/que tenían por objeto/estaban orientadas a

Explanation:
Claro que tendrías que combinarlo con el resto de la frase para que sonara bien.

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Note added at 6 mins (2006-01-24 16:39:00 GMT)
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es decir...cuyo objetivo fuera o que tuvieran por objeto la construcción y/o validación (o prueba) de teorías.

Creo que ése sería el tiempo correcto