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17:38 Jun 11, 2009
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Forestry / Wood / Timber / sustainable development
Spanish term or phrase: 'the more...the more...'
A mayor conservación de los bosques tropicales de la cuenca, serán mayores las oportunidades de desarrollo sostenible de las familias campesinas.

My try: 'The more efforts invested in the conservation of tropical forests in the XXX basin, the more opportunities these peasant families will have to achieve sustainable development.'

Could someone check this and tell me if it's all right? Thanks.
Wendalynne


Summary of answers provided
4 +1more/greater; greater/more; more/more
Robert Copeland
4More efforts invested... will yield greater/better sustainable development opportunities for...
Melissa Mann
3With greater....will be greater.brooksa


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
more/greater; greater/more; more/more


Explanation:
These are three options for you....

Robert Copeland
United States
Local time: 12:10
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lisa McCarthy: agree with all of these suggestions but also suggest 'greater/greater', in which case you would need to say "the greater THE effort/the greater THE opportunities
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
More efforts invested... will yield greater/better sustainable development opportunities for...


Explanation:
here's an option

Melissa Mann
Brazil
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
With greater....will be greater.


Explanation:
hmmm. the more xxxx, the more xxxx is usually expressed as "Cuanto más xxx, más xxxx" . I guess this is the feeling of the sentence you have translated
However, I think I would go for something like, " With greater conservation of the tropical forests in the XXX basin, the opportunities for sustainible development by peasant families will be greater.

brooksa
Local time: 09:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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