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poder de convocatoria

English translation: power to convene

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Spanish term or phrase:poder de convocatoria
English translation:power to convene

06:05 Sep 11, 2001
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
Spanish term or phrase: poder de convocatoria
México todavía está a tiempo de retomar e impulsar a la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, como una verdadera fuente de financiamiento en beneficio de la actividad planta productiva, y lo que falta ahora es poder de convocatoria para reunir a las autoridades y empresarios para trabajar juntos en este proyecto, declaró ....
Patrick Porter (X)
power to convene all interested parties
Explanation:
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/republic/consti.htm

"The President shall be the official representative of the SBCR. He shall have the power to convene and proceed over meetings of the executive board"
Selected response from:

Francesco D'Alessandro
Spain
Local time: 21:56
Grading comment
thanks,
all the answers were great but the context for the rest of the article seems to suggest more of a legal power or faculty..
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3power to bring everyone to the negotiating table
Theodore Quester
4 +1power to convene all interested parties
Francesco D'Alessandro
4ability to bring people together
Laura Molinari
4 -1convoking power
Henri (X)


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
convoking power


Explanation:
power to convoke

Henri (X)
Local time: 22:56
PRO pts in pair: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Gillian Hargreaves (X): Convoke exists but is rarely used. Convene would be better.
19 mins
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
power to bring everyone to the negotiating table


Explanation:
power to call to the negotiating table,
etc.

seems to me the most idiomatic translation.



Examples:
Teamsters Challenge Overnite to Bargain in Good Faith
... Teamsters have sent a letter to Overnite, challenging the company to bring to the
negotiating table an open-minded, good faith desire to reach mutual agreement ...
www.teamster.org/overnite/overnitepr_010329_1.htm - 18k - Cached - Similar pages

National Scholarly Communications Forum - Round Table No. 8 ...
... picture. It is hard to imagine that these institutions will have many resources
to bring to the negotiating table on collaborative efforts between libraries. ...
www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/nscf/roundtables/roundtable_8_brown... - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

ENB @ CSD-8, New York (April-May 2000)
... foundation for cooperation has been laid. The establishment of a Working Group would
provide a forum to flesh out details to bring to the negotiating table. ...
www.iisd.ca/Linkages/csd/csd8/05_04side.html - 19k - Cached - Similar pages

Interview of Jaswant Singh, India's External Affairs Minister ...
... WENDT: Well, we have arrived at a point where the two leaders of the two countries
will soon meet. What do you bring to this negotiating table that is new? ...
www.meadev.nic.in/govt/eam-australia.htm - 16k - Cached - Similar pages



Theodore Quester
United States
Local time: 16:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Meléndez Tormen: Yep. I like it
0 min
agree  Lafuente
12 mins
agree  Gillian Hargreaves (X)
17 mins
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ability to bring people together


Explanation:
...what it is lacking now is the ability to bring officials and businessmen together to work on this project, stated...

Although it is the word used in Spanish, I found 'power' to be too strong in this context. I often come across this term and I usually translate it as 'ability' because I find it fits better.


    Experience, native English speaker
Laura Molinari
Canada
Local time: 16:56
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 66
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
power to convene all interested parties


Explanation:
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/republic/consti.htm

"The President shall be the official representative of the SBCR. He shall have the power to convene and proceed over meetings of the executive board"

Francesco D'Alessandro
Spain
Local time: 21:56
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 81
Grading comment
thanks,
all the answers were great but the context for the rest of the article seems to suggest more of a legal power or faculty..

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Heathcliff: But please, say "preside [rather than "proceed"] over meetings..."!
31 mins
  -> not my own creation...
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