HARD SCIENCES

Spanish translation: CIENCIAS DURAS

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English term or phrase:	HARD CIENCES
Spanish translation:	CIENCIAS DURAS

21:52 Mar 26, 2001

English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering

English term or phrase: HARD SCIENCES

Hi there,

does anyone know how to translate the phrase HARD SCIENCES into Spanish. Here´s an example:

"Technical translation for high technology, engineering and hard science industries."

"We translate high technology, hard science, engineering, legal, and commercial material"

Your help is greatly appreciated!

Thank you

ERC

ciencia dura

Explanation:
to confirm please see some references:

crf.html
... puntos de la obra: Galileo: un problema sin resolver. Ciencia "dura" y ciencia "blanda".
El materialismo científico. Máquinas pensantes? Universo abierto o ...
www.sapiens.com.mx/crf.html

Ernesto Sábato
... de la realidad del ser humano más cercana a la filosofía que a la ciencia dura.
Se doctoró en Física entre 1940 y 1945, trabajó en la Universidad de la ...
www.canaltrans.com/literatura/biografias/sabato.html

Untitled
... negándose a actualizar la enseñanza de una ciencia que actualmente es una ciencia
dura, y que por ello requiere un imprescindible manejo de las matemáticas ...
www.jornada.unam.mx/2000/jul00/000710/cien-problemas.html

El Nacional en Internet
... SABUGAL FERNANDEZ, ENVIADO GUADALAJARA, Jal., 17 de marzo.-En la parte de "ciencia
dura" de la sesión del segundo día de actividades de la Cuarta Conferencia ...
www.unam.mx/nacional/1997/mar97/18mar97/18pa12.html

Texte /Lía Ricón /EGP
... dejó a nuestra práctica fuera de la ciencia, hoy diríamos la ciencia dura. El
desafío es cómo cambiar el paradigma positivista. Las clasificaciones como ...
www.psychanalyse.refer.org/call971b/texte89.html

Revista Lecturas de Economia
... Palabras clave: Teoría neoclásica, teorías del valor,
dinero, equilibrio general, ciencia dura. ...
caribe.udea.edu.co/~lecturas/res48.html

Selected response from:

Elisa Capelão
Local time: 02:19

Grading comment

Thanks so much for your help and all the references, I am convinced now!

If everybody else is reading this, thanks a million to all of you too.

ERC

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

ciencia dura

Elisa Capelão

Ciencias puras

DGAH_ES

Ciencias exactas

mgort

Ciencias Duras, as opposed to "Ciencias Blandas"

Alba Mora

ciencias exactas

capotito

Answers

1 hr

ciencia dura

Elisa Capelão
Local time: 02:19
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 70

Grading comment

Thanks so much for your help and all the references, I am convinced now!

If everybody else is reading this, thanks a million to all of you too.

ERC

1 hr

Ciencias puras

Explanation:
There are plenty of examples out there of this usage. Here are two references:

Cheers,
DGAH

Reference: http://www.umsanet.edu.bo/fac/cien/
Reference: http://www.goethe.esc.edu.ar/R_Cpuras.htm

DGAH_ES
Spain
Local time: 03:19
PRO pts in pair: 28

7 hrs

Ciencias exactas

Explanation:
Otra opción.

Suerte

mgort
Local time: 03:19

12 hrs

Ciencias Duras, as opposed to "Ciencias Blandas"

Explanation:
Soft Sciences

Alba Mora
Local time: 22:19
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 636

1 day 47 mins

ciencias exactas

Explanation:
en este caso se puede referir específicamente a "alto contendido científico" o simplemente "ciencias avanzadas"

capotito
Mexico
Local time: 18:19
PRO pts in pair: 67

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