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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Government / Politics / Chilean Newspaper | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Michael Powers (PhD) United States Local time: 03:46 | ||||||
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oficialismo = official circles Explanation: . |
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ruling elite Explanation: Hi, hlp, I think you are on the right track with the "ruling party". This is what my beloved, monolingual "Diccionario Salamanca" says on "oficialismo": OFICIALISMO - Conjunto de personas o partidos que forman un gobierno o lo apoyan. So, "ruling party" is definitely a part of it. "Ruling parties" (in plural) would be even better, but it still leaves out "personas que lo apoyan". I would suggest the term "ruling elite". Good luck! |
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ruling circles Explanation: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/fran-j31.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/iraq-j14.shtml -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2009-02-14 22:23:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- oficialismo. 1. m. Am. Conjunto de hombres de un gobierno. 2. m. Am. Conjunto de tendencias o fuerzas políticas que apoyan al Gobierno. (RAE) Creo que en Latinoamérica la connotación es casi siempre la segunda. |
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government (and opposition) Explanation: i.e the whole political spectrum was upset by the comments. This keeps it simple. |
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... the governing/ruling party / party liners /pro-government political forces Explanation: The newspapers from Bolivia ... tackled the nuisance of the (see above) Collins Unabridged Oxford Unabridged Mike :) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2009-02-14 22:25:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- pro-government political forces Results 1 - 10 of about 291 for "pro-government political forces". (0.30 seconds) Search Results 1. The Armed Forces as a Political Party: Chávez’s New ‘Geometry of ... On 11 April 2002, when confrontations between pro-government political forces and the opposition left dozens of people dead in the streets of Caracas, ... www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_eng/Content... - 105k - Cached - Similar pages - 2. POLITICAL POPULISM IN POST-MARCH 24 KYRGYZSTAN | Central Asia ... Apr 18, 2007 ... Before the April 11 demonstration, the opposition sought to warn the public that pro-government political forces might hire groups of ... www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/4596 - 13k - Cached - Similar pages - 3. Kazakh president's daughter urges pro-government forces to unite ... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: BAGILA BUKHARBAYEVA The Kazakh president's eldest daughter on Monday called on pro-government political forces to unite into ... www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15662683_ITM - 24k - Cached - Similar pages - 4. Nikolas K. Gvosdev on Russia on National Review Online Jan 28, 2004 ... "administrative resources" (including state control over the broadcast media) to promote pro-government political forces and hinder the ... www.nationalreview.com/comment/gvosdev200401280906.asp - 30k - Cached - Similar pages - -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 mins (2009-02-14 22:27:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Merriam-Webster defnition of "party liners" party-liners One entry found. Sponsored Links Free Party Line Meet New People! The Rooms Are OPEN (270)200-2430 www.bestpartyline.com Main Entry: party line Function: noun Date: 1834 1: the policy or practice of a political party2: a single telephone circuit connecting two or more subscribers with the exchange —called also party wire3: the principles or policies of an individual or organization ; also : the explanation or interpretation usually put forth <the party line that her mother was a saint — Leslie Bennetts> — par·ty–lin·er Listen to the pronunciation of party–liner \ˌpär-tē-ˈlī-nər\ noun Look at definition number 3. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 hrs (2009-02-15 16:56:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your kind words, hfp - Mike :) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 hrs (2009-02-15 19:22:19 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- My pleasure, hfp - Mike :) |
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Reference: partial explanation Reference information: In Chile, 'oficialismo' refers to the 'Concertación' which is the coalition of political parties which gained a majority in the last elections and forms the current government. You cannot translate it as 'the government', because the current government includes one or more members of the opposition 'Alianza' and maybe some people from other sectors of the political spectrum. You cannot, in this case, 'downgrade' the term to mere 'party liners' or similar terms, since the President herself expressed vexation in her comments to the press on arriving home from her trip to Cuba. That's may all seem rather negative in terms of finding the most appropriate term in English, but eliminating 'obvious' but inept answers is part of the game... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 hrs (2009-02-15 18:54:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Re hpf's question below: Assuming the purpose here is to provide a meaningful, politically correct and unbiassed explanation of what happened for the benefit of English speakers (natives and non-native speakers alike), who less likely than their Chilean counterparts to be 'au fait' with the current political structure here, I would 'trans-plain' the sentence along the lines suggested in the 'explanation' given by patinba in her answer. How about "The press ... commented on the vexation felt by politicians from across the political spectrum as a consequence of the words ..." |
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