ProZ.com global directory of translation services
 The translation workplace
Ideas
KudoZ home » English to Spanish » Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.

homopholy

Spanish translation: homofilia


Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs
(or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.
GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:homopholy
Spanish translation:homofilia
Entered by: isabel murillo
Options:
- Contribute to this entry
- Include in personal glossary

18:49 Dec 21, 2011
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / social phenomenon
English term or phrase: homopholy
hola a todos: no he podido encontrar un equivalente para el término "homopholy". Aquí les dejo lo que estoy traduciendo:

As a part of the study, the authors classified users into actor types, with the goal of tracing the prominent paths in which information spread, along with inherent preferences between user types. Unsurprisingly, the authors found homopholy playing a dominant role in retweet behavior (journalists tend to retweet other journalists, bloggers retweet bloggers, etc…).

Aquí encontré una explicación de lo que significa "homopholy":

Additionally, data collected thus far shows that white students tend to have more racially homogenous Facebook networks, a finding that coincides with the accepted phenomenon of social homopholy—the idea that “birds of a feather flock together.”

si alguien conoce algún equivalente lo agradecería mucho.
Cris_Pa
homofilia
Explanation:
es homofilia, de "homophily"

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 4 minutos (2011-12-21 18:54:07 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

significa "amor a los iguales"
Selected response from:

isabel murillo
Local time: 21:04
Grading comment
estoy de acuerdo con la respuesta. Pensé en algún momento en un error tipográfico pero quería estar seguro
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6homofilia
isabel murillo


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
homofilia


Explanation:
es homofilia, de "homophily"

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 4 minutos (2011-12-21 18:54:07 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

significa "amor a los iguales"

isabel murillo
Local time: 21:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 35
Grading comment
estoy de acuerdo con la respuesta. Pensé en algún momento en un error tipográfico pero quería estar seguro

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  eski: Most likely: Saludos, eski :))
3 mins
  -> ¡Gracias, Eski! Un saludo:))

agree  Anne Smith Campbell
1 hr
  -> ¡Gracias, Anne! Un saludo.

agree  Mercedes Guijarro-Crouch
2 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Mercedes! Un saludo.

agree  Charles Davis
3 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Charles! Un saludo.

agree  visa63: Coincido con Isabel. Se trata de homofilia de "homophily". Muy probablemente un error tipográfico.
11 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, visa63! Un saludo.

agree  Toni Romero: Exactamente
11 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Toni! Un saludo.
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)




Return to KudoZ list


Changes made by editors
Dec 31, 2011 - Changes made by isabel murillo:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.



See also: