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Por una juventud integrada al desarrollo de su país

English translation: Involving young people in national development

01:56 Mar 11, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / School Motto
Spanish term or phrase: Por una juventud integrada al desarrollo de su país
How would you translate the following motto: "Por una juventud integrada al desarrollo de su país"?

Thank you!
Traduka
Local time: 13:39
English translation:Involving young people in national development
Explanation:
More is being done ... to foster a broader understanding of the obstacles to youth participation and the benefits of involving young people in national development.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iCBr_yDbqBYC&pg=PR37&lpg=...
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 19:39
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3Educating youth to advance the nation/ ... our nation/ ... contribute to national progress
Pablo Julián Davis
3 +3Involving young people in national development
Wendy Streitparth
3 +2We the young helping our country grow
David Hollywood
4Preparing the next generation for Country X’s future
James A. Walsh
4"Helping young oung people to engage with their country’s future challenges"
Rosmu


  

Answers


18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
We the young helping our country grow


Explanation:
an option

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Note added at 20 mins (2014-03-11 02:16:26 GMT)
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would be useful to know who or what the motto is for but this might spark off some other ideas :)

David Hollywood
Local time: 14:39
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 480
Notes to answerer
Asker: It is a University motto. Thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Good idea.
1 hr
  -> thanks Phil :)
agree  Pablo Julián Davis: Very nicely done. Though I think it might apply better as the motto, say, of a youth organization (rather than, as is the case here, of a school), this really rates an 'Agree'. Idiomatic, free-flowing: ¡bien hecho!
1 hr
  -> thanks Pablo Julián :) muchas gracias :)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Educating youth to advance the nation/ ... our nation/ ... contribute to national progress


Explanation:
I very much like David's proposal, and have agreed with it. I did think that there is still room for a motto that maybe better expresses the guiding spirit of a school; his 'We' strikes me as possibly more apt for the slogan of a youth organization.

One of the challenges is that 'una juventud' works great in Spanish, but 'youth' can read awkwardly in English and 'a youth' most emphatically doesn't work.

In case it's of any use, here's my partial 'chalkboard' of ideas...
Fostering youth committed to their country's developmt/advancemt
Nurturing a younger generation advancing their country
Educating youth committed to their country's developmt/advancemt
Nurturing youth to advance their country's well-being
Nurturing youth to advance their country's development
Educating youth committed to their country's progress
Nurturing a younger generation to contribute to national progress
Educating youth to contribute to national progress
Educating youth to advance the/our nation
Educating youth to contribute to the nation's progress

www.ksl.com/?nid=157&sid=29005237&title=dpc...‎ : KSL : "Senator Culver advocated for countless bills to advance our nation and its people. Perhaps none were more important to..."

www.childrensdefense.org/take-action/‎ : Children's Defense Fund : "It is only with the support of dedicated child advocates across the country that we are able raise our collective voice to advance the nation in a direction that puts ..."

www.createforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?mforum=fecasecsvs&p...‎ : "...Volunteers contribute to national progress - 04.12.2010. Bernard Elizabeth, the chairman of Lungos – the Liaison Unit for Non-governmental..."

www.intel.com/.../education-brazil-pernambuco-classm...‎ : Intel Corporation : " ... of the project is to increase reasoning abilities, individual and collective perspectives, and critical thinking to contribute to the nation's progress as a whole."

Pablo Julián Davis
Local time: 12:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Wow! Anyone that gives that many suggestions deserves an Agree.
2 hrs
  -> Ha ha, finally figured out the surefire way to get Agrees out of philgoddard. Seriously, thanks. Was drawing blanks, 'chalkboard' helped me find my way on this one.
agree  ormiston: nice selection. All that's missing is perhaps 'empowering' (?!)
5 hrs
  -> Thanks very much. You're probably right about 'empowering' (though I'm not particularly in love with it, it's an important word these days).
agree  Mara Martinez
19 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias.
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Involving young people in national development


Explanation:
More is being done ... to foster a broader understanding of the obstacles to youth participation and the benefits of involving young people in national development.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iCBr_yDbqBYC&pg=PR37&lpg=...

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 19:39
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gillian Holmes: I prefer young people as youth only makes me think of boys and not girls.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, homsie
agree  Mario Freitas: That's it! Well written.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mario
agree  MollyRose: This seems to be the most accurate translation of the phrase, not being given context. And it sounds fine.
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Many thanks, MollyRose
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Por una juventud integrada al desarrollo de su país
Preparing the next generation for Country X’s future


Explanation:
This would be my approach for a motto, I think. Presumably you know what country the university is in, but if not "the nation's future" would do, though I'd prefer to use the country's name.


    Reference: http://tinyurl.com/p6tdyoq
James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 19:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 87
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1 day 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"Helping young oung people to engage with their country’s future challenges"


Explanation:

Helping young people to engage with their country’s future challenges!



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Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2014-03-12 10:36:24 GMT)
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Omit "oung" in my option, please.

Rosmu
Spain
Local time: 19:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
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