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speak to (en este contexto)

Spanish translation: se caracterizan por

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English term or phrase:speak to
Spanish translation:se caracterizan por
Entered by: Sandra Cifuentes Dowling

18:58 Aug 15, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - International Org/Dev/Coop / Capacity development
English term or phrase: speak to (en este contexto)
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.
Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
Chile
Local time: 15:13
que son caracterizadas por
Explanation:
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.
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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 15:13
Grading comment
Muchas gracias, Robert. También me ayudó mucho tu propia versión del texto en inglés. Saludos.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6que son caracterizadas por
Robert Forstag
4abogan por
Darío Zozaya
4enfocan//se relacionan
Jacqueline Rosa-Kuhn (X)
4obedecen a
Clarisa Rakos


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
abogan por


Explanation:
Espero te ayude.
Suerte.

Darío Zozaya
Argentina
Local time: 16:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 36
7 corroborated select projects
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
que son caracterizadas por


Explanation:
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.


Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 15:13
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 88
Grading comment
Muchas gracias, Robert. También me ayudó mucho tu propia versión del texto en inglés. Saludos.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joaquim Siles-Borràs
7 mins
  -> Gracias, Joaquim.
agree  Deschant
44 mins
  -> Gracias, Eva.
agree  Atenea Acevedo (X): "que se caracterizan por" o simplemente "caracterizadas por" (sin "que son")
54 mins
  -> Buenas sugerencias. Gracias, Atenea.
agree  Egmont: que se caracterizan por...
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Egmont.
agree  Daniela Vitancourt
2 hrs
  -> Gracias, Daniela.
agree  mchandias (X)
17 hrs
  -> Thank you, MC.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
enfocan//se relacionan


Explanation:
suerte!

Jacqueline Rosa-Kuhn (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
obedecen a


Explanation:
suerte!

Clarisa Rakos
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:13
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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