English translation: temporary/passing/precarious street locations
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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Anthropology / poverty
Spanish term or phrase:los lugares ambulatorios callejeros
I'm having trouble with defining this. Any suggestions would be very welcome.
Thanks!
Las actividades productivas donde se ubican la mayoría de mujeres pobres son en el sector informal, como son ****los lugares ambulatorios callejeros**** con altos niveles de inseguridad ciudadana,
thanks, Patricia! It was your "ambulantes" that swung it. As you say, it's hard to make any sense of it otherwise - but I thought that was just me! 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
This is going to be horribly hard to judge, as I feel that everyone is floundering almost as much as I am. This, I think is the fault of the grammar of the text rather than all of your sterling efforts
Ambulatorio has different meanings according to context. DRAE 2. Perteneciente o relativo a la práctica de andar. Funny, reminded me of prams, a contracted form of their original name, 'perambulators'. :O)
Hi Patricia: "actividades productivas" seem to mean economic activity in general. I don't think it's necessarily about prostitution, although some of the women are also forced into it, due to their precarious circomstances. "Ambulatorio" is confusing me - thought that meant "outpatients"!
Carol, just to make sure, you're talking of selling, not prostitution?
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such as street vending
Explanation: Hi Carol,
I feel this may be simply put as an activity, street vending, rather than a direct reference to the physical place, since your text states this activity as an example (como son...)
Some references in context:
[PDF] STREET VENDING ACTIVITIES [commodities, place of trade including ...Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
In all the case studies, women dominate street vending. This is due to the limited ... Race Course market, women complained of insecurity. ... www.wiego.org/papers/2005/unifem/24_Mitullah_Streetvending_... - Páginas similares
[DOC] Resumen: Discusion sobre Proteccion Social para Trabajadores de la ...Formato de archivo: Microsoft Word - Versión en HTML
The “problem” of street vending is considered a problem of the Municipality of San Jose. There is a strong stereotype about theft and insecurity related to ... www.wiego.org/program_areas/social_protect/CRica Summary.do... - Páginas similares
Street vendors feature Asia- [ Traduzca esta página ]The ILO's statistical research on the informal economy and street vending shows that in most countries women accounted for between 50% and 90% of informal ... www.streetnet.org.za/asiafeature.htm - 27k - En caché - Páginas similares
Home- [ Traduzca esta página ]A recent IDS study found, however, that street vending is the most regulated of all ... street trading and that it would cause congestion and insecurity. ... www.streetnet.org.za/English/kenya1.htm - 8k - En caché - Páginas similares
Street vending- [ Traduzca esta página ]This growing violence and insecurity is an important reason why very few women take to vending and hawking in cities like Delhi. The few who dare to venture ... www.indiatogether.org/manushi/vendors/beatings.htm - 11k - En caché - Páginas similares
Good luck!
Álvaro :O) :O)
moken Local time: 19:01 Native speaker of: Spanish
such as the places where street vendors usually setup their stalls/offer their products
Explanation: Carol, I think the example given in your text points to the place where informal economy activities usually take place, sometimes occupying a few blocks in a given area of the city/town of an impoverished country (with or without the municipality's authorization).
Lorena Vallejos Bolivia Local time: 14:01 Native speaker of: Spanish
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +4
