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Spanish term or phrase:economía del don
English translation:Gift economy
Entered by:Pedro Albornoz
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Anthropology / economy, sustainable development
Spanish term or phrase: DON
I need some support: I have to translate this title:

Economías del don en el marco de la economía mercantil globalizada.

for a magazine. My first guess is

"Gift economy in the frame of globalized market economy"

Pedro Albornoz
Bolivia
Gift economy
Explanation:
More context is needed, as "enlightened economy" is correct but has a different meaning (economy managed by educated and/or spiritual leaders/ideals). Some of Trans4u's other options could work in a specific context.

Anyway, this seems to be the most common usage:

Gift economy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia- A gift economy is an economic system in which goods and services are given without any explicit agreement for immediate or future quid pro quo. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy

Digital gifts: Participation and gift exchange in LiveJournal ...- In doing so, it will argue that, unlike earlier anthropological and socio–economic notions of the gift economy that see the exchange as one of power ...
www.firstmonday.org/ISSUES/issue12_5/pearson
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Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1enlightened, talented, gifted, knowledgeabletrans4u
3Gift economyCinnamon Nolan


  


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enlightened, talented, gifted, knowledgeable

Explanation:
Definitions of enlightened on the Web:

highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a ...
having knowledge and spiritual insight;
disillusioned: freed from illusion
initiate: people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
educated: having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:enlighte...

trans4u
United States
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

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Gift economy

Explanation:
More context is needed, as "enlightened economy" is correct but has a different meaning (economy managed by educated and/or spiritual leaders/ideals). Some of Trans4u's other options could work in a specific context.

Anyway, this seems to be the most common usage:

Gift economy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia- A gift economy is an economic system in which goods and services are given without any explicit agreement for immediate or future quid pro quo. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy

Digital gifts: Participation and gift exchange in LiveJournal ...- In doing so, it will argue that, unlike earlier anthropological and socio–economic notions of the gift economy that see the exchange as one of power ...
www.firstmonday.org/ISSUES/issue12_5/pearson


Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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