English translation: commodification - i.e. "turning health care into a commodity with a price tag"
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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:
mercantilización (in this context)
English translation:
commodification - i.e. "turning health care into a commodity with a price tag"
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Medical - Medical (general) / Public health systems
Spanish term or phrase:mercantilización (in this context)
In this context the word can't possibly have anything to do with the philosophy of mercantilism. I considered "profit-focused approach" - what do you think? Mercantile approach?
"Más aun, [el informe] señala lo pernicioso que es para los sistemas de salud dejarse llevar por tres tendencias que socavan su desempeño: el hospitalocentrismo, la fragmentación y la **mercantilización**.
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Wapedia - Wiki: Commodification
5 Aug 2009 ... Commodification (or commoditization) is the transformation of goods and services (or things that may not normally be regarded as goods or ...
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Religion and Commodification: Merchandizing Diasporic Hinduism
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commodification | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
commodification. Dictionary terms for commodification in English, English definition for commodification, Thesaurus and Translations of commodification to ... www.babylon.com/definition/commodification/English - Cached - Similar
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COMMERCIALISM; COMMODIFICATION - Popular Music: The Key Concepts ...
COMMERCIALISM; COMMODIFICATION. Author: Roy Shuker. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Published in: book Popular Music: The Key Concepts 2 Edition, Volume 1, ... www.informaworld.com/.../content~content=a747487250~db=all~... - Similar
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From the previous Proz entry
GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase: commodification
Spanish translation: mercantilización
Entered by: su76
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English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Marketing
English term or phrase: commodification
When you nod to emotion and get on with business as usual, you miss out on a transforming wave of opportunity. An opportunity to truly connect with people. An opportunity to tap into human emotion more deeply than ever before. And an opportunity to dodge commodification and maintain premiums.
su76
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transformación en mercancía
Explanation:
Hola Su,
Una sugerencia con base en la nota del traductor del artículo del enlace.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
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\"...Otra de sus preocupaciones es cómo evitar la reificación (comodificación, transformación en mercancía, n. de T.), fenómeno propio del mercado de arte occidental. A este respecto considero, y se lo he comentado, que la reificación del objeto de arte no es la única forma en la que este fenómeno se lleva a cabo. ...\"
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Algunas definiciones al respecto:
commodification
The process of turning something into a commodity that can be bought and sold.
commodification of lifestyle
People being \'sold\' the idea that particular ways of life can be bought.
commodity
A product that exists in order to generate profit.
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Consuming Health: The Commodification of Health Care
Consuming Health: The Commodification of Health Care. by Kevin H. White ... that it renders medical services as something to be consumed dependent on income ... www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=5010806289 - Similar
by KH White - 2003
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[Commodification of health care services for development: the case ...
[Commodification of health care services for development: the case of Colombia]. [Article in Portuguese]. Echeverri O. oecheverry@emcali.net.co ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19115549 - Similar
by O Echeverri - 2008 - Related articles - All 5 versions
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Title page for etd-0725108-153751
Third, the commodification of health centers led to the decline of their function. Fourth, the contracting out of health centers' services result in ...
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by K Lin - 2008
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Commodification means the transformation of relationships, formerly untainted by commerce, into commercial relationships, relationships of exchange, of buying and selling.
“Commodification” is a term that only come into currency in 1977, but expresses a concept fundamental to Marx’s understanding of the way capitalism develops.
Marx and Engels described the process in 1848 in the Communist Manifesto:
“The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his “natural superiors”, and has left no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous “cash payment”. It has drowned out the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation. It has resolved personal worth into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom - Free Trade. In one word, for exploitation, veiled by religious and political illusions, it has substituted naked, shameless, direct, brutal exploitation.
“The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honoured and looked up to with reverent awe. It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of science, into its paid wage labourers.
“The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation into a mere money relation.” [Communist Manifesto]
The process described in this 150-year-old document have been proceeding at a gigantic pace over the past few decades. Examples of commodification include:
* the socialisation of women’s labour, with work such as preparing meals, caring for children, repairing and cleaning clothes and so on, now being purchased on the market, very often from women who are selling their labour power for a wage rather than offering the same service within a relationship of domestic servitude called marriage;
* the privatisation of government services, with work such as education, public transport and health care, water supply, road works being provided on a “user-pays” system, instead of as public services, which in many cases were provided out of tax revenue and delivered to the public free of charge;
* the commercialisation of scientific and cultural activities through the increasing pressure conveyed through “funding mechanisms” to orient activity towards serving commercial rather than human interests;
* the professionalisation of amateur sports and services, to a point when playing a “game” involves working out at 5 a.m., and your teenage neighbour needs a degree in early childhood development and a salary before she will be allowed to baby-sit;
* the corporatisation of organisations, with internal relations of accountability and command being replaced by one-line budgetary mechanisms of planning and control;
* fee-paying services supplanting voluntary collaboration and association, as when the volunteer fire brigades and school tuck shop people gradually fade away, to be replaced by wage-labour;
* the feeding of coins into slot-machines, the purchase of packaged games, images, magazines and so on, replacing participation in games, sing-alongs, conversation and altogether normal human interaction, etc.;
* intellectual property, copyright, patent and price tags being placed on information and knowledge in all branches science, industry and art.
The question as to why commodification is taking place, and has been continuously gnawing away at all pre-bourgeois and bureaucratic relations for several centuries, with a little ebb and flow (such as the Post World War II “retreat”), but with unstoppable force and relentless persistence, is surely the most profound question facing humanity, and goes to the very essence of the human condition.
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So,
This was my starting point, just to let you know how I reached the conclusion...
REAL ACADEMIA ESPAÑOLA
DICCIONARIO DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA - Vigésima segunda edición
Ver conjugación mercantilizar.
1. tr. Convertir en mercantil algo que no lo es de suyo.
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Dear Muriel
Hi, I know you are an excellent linguist, so I am sure you will make up your own mind on this one!
In my own mind, "commercialisaton/commercial orientation"...may be a more accurate rendering of the original Sp word.
[I remember once quoting a Proz entry and many, many members had agreed with it] and yet it was proven to be incorrect:)
transitive verb commodified -·fied′, commodifying -·fy′·ing
to treat as or make into a mere commodity to be bought and sold or to be used in selling something else an automobile ad campaign that commodifies the American dream
Commercialization of Health Care: Global and Local Dynamics and ...
Health care commercialization poses enormous challenges for health planners and activists who aim to ensure decent health care for all. ... www.unrisd.org/.../B3F2CBF4A638E53DC12570A10045C2D4?... - Cached - Similar
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Thanks, Liz! Your answer has been the most helpful. I ended up saying "commodification - i.e. turning health care into a commodity with a price tag" 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
This term is often used in the US vs. patient-driven / consumer driven healthcare. On the other hand, the private health system is fully market based and still delivers acceptable service
I don't seem to be able to add anything under Liz's response to my comment, so I'm back to here. I'm not questioning the accuracy of "commodification", just pointing out that the word has two senses so using it in the context introduces an element of ambiguity whereas Alejandro's longer version is unambiguous.
David, in Muriel's context - [el informe] señala lo pernicioso que es para los sistemas de salud dejarse llevar por tres tendencias - "mercantilización" is not seen as something positive. I think the forcefulness of the approach Muriel refers to and your reference to the basic notion of the application of commercial principles might be satisfied by "commercial orientation".
12:18
Of course if it is an American based system profit may come into it, but in European based systems I think it may more like commercialising, eg clients instead of patients, using commercial approaches to obtain efficiency and quality, not really bad things
Actually, I had thought of 'market-based approach', but thought the word might mean a little more than that - it seemed too inoccuous to be pernicious. Your suggestion of 'market-something' just now led me to 'market-driven', which I think has more force behind it. Why don't you post an answer using 'market-...'?
Your answer may depend on the sense that emerges in your text. I suspect it is going to be "market-...", but the precise term will depend on what's being referred. In the UK there's a concept of "internal markets", in which cost centres and even profit centres act as autonomous accounting units - buyers and sellers of services within the organisation. However the text you give doesn't necessarily imply this, it could mean that services are driven by a market imperative, so that delivery of commercially profitable services is as seen as being as important as health care service delivery.
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mercantilización
conversion of health care into a commodity
Explanation: Pongo "low" porque no me gusta traducir una única palabra por siete nada menos, y menos del español al inglés. A ver si se te ocurre algo con "commodity", que -creo- refleja la idea. Te doy algunos ejemplo que he encontrado. Suerte, Muriel.
Is Health Care a Commodity?
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Health care - Commodity or social service? | Trusted.MD Network
20 Oct 2006 ... It's time we take a hard look at how we want to treat health care in the US. Is it a commodity or a social service? Vote!
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Daily Lesson Plan
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profit-centered/maximization approaches or strategies
Explanation: I'll go along with your hint. This is typically whas is considered to go against most public healthcare systems. Please note that commoditization in a business context refers to the process whereby a certain product becomes undifferentiated / price becomes the only selection criteria leading to margin erosion / price wars
mgdletters Spain Local time: 14:27 Native speaker of: Spanish, English PRO pts in category: 4
Explanation: The adoption of a commercially oriented approach to health care in place of a simple treatment focus suggests subordination of patient care considerations to economic concerns (see discussion entry)
Owen Beith Local time: 13:27 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English
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my terms are "standard" dictionary definitions
It is difficult with the context we have, but I have experienced this sort of thing in the UK health service, for example IVF clinics being privatised with in the NHS (this could be called commodification), laboratories forming small research companies to exploit inventions or techniques. I still go n¡with my first thoughts
David Brown Local time: 14:27 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 582
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Wapedia - Wiki: Commodification
5 Aug 2009 ... Commodification (or commoditization) is the transformation of goods and services (or things that may not normally be regarded as goods or ...
wapedia.mobi/en/Commodification - Cached - Similar
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Religion and Commodification: Merchandizing Diasporic Hinduism
Religion and Commodification: Merchandizing Diasporic Hinduism - Sustaining a Hindu universe at an everyday life level requires an extraordinary range of ... www.routledgereligion.com/.../Religion-and-Commodification-... - Cached - Similar
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commodification | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
commodification. Dictionary terms for commodification in English, English definition for commodification, Thesaurus and Translations of commodification to ... www.babylon.com/definition/commodification/English - Cached - Similar
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COMMERCIALISM; COMMODIFICATION - Popular Music: The Key Concepts ...
COMMERCIALISM; COMMODIFICATION. Author: Roy Shuker. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Published in: book Popular Music: The Key Concepts 2 Edition, Volume 1, ... www.informaworld.com/.../content~content=a747487250~db=all~... - Similar
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2009-10-05 13:48:30 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
From the previous Proz entry
GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase: commodification
Spanish translation: mercantilización
Entered by: su76
Options:
- Contribute to this entry
08:53 Nov 17, 2003 Login or register (free) for more options.
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Marketing
English term or phrase: commodification
When you nod to emotion and get on with business as usual, you miss out on a transforming wave of opportunity. An opportunity to truly connect with people. An opportunity to tap into human emotion more deeply than ever before. And an opportunity to dodge commodification and maintain premiums.
su76
KudoZ activity
Questions: 1203 (4 open)
(11 without valid answers)
(58 closed without grading)
Answers: 33
Spain
Local time: 02:06
transformación en mercancía
Explanation:
Hola Su,
Una sugerencia con base en la nota del traductor del artículo del enlace.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
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Note added at 2003-11-17 09:02:01 (GMT)
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\"...Otra de sus preocupaciones es cómo evitar la reificación (comodificación, transformación en mercancía, n. de T.), fenómeno propio del mercado de arte occidental. A este respecto considero, y se lo he comentado, que la reificación del objeto de arte no es la única forma en la que este fenómeno se lleva a cabo. ...\"
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2003-11-17 09:05:40 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Algunas definiciones al respecto:
commodification
The process of turning something into a commodity that can be bought and sold.
commodification of lifestyle
People being \'sold\' the idea that particular ways of life can be bought.
commodity
A product that exists in order to generate profit.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2009-10-05 13:49:43 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
#
Consuming Health: The Commodification of Health Care
Consuming Health: The Commodification of Health Care. by Kevin H. White ... that it renders medical services as something to be consumed dependent on income ... www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=5010806289 - Similar
by KH White - 2003
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[Commodification of health care services for development: the case ...
[Commodification of health care services for development: the case of Colombia]. [Article in Portuguese]. Echeverri O. oecheverry@emcali.net.co ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19115549 - Similar
by O Echeverri - 2008 - Related articles - All 5 versions
#
Title page for etd-0725108-153751
Third, the commodification of health centers led to the decline of their function. Fourth, the contracting out of health centers' services result in ...
etdncku.lib.ncku.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?... - Cached - Similar
by K Lin - 2008
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2009-10-05 14:15:05 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Commodification means the transformation of relationships, formerly untainted by commerce, into commercial relationships, relationships of exchange, of buying and selling.
“Commodification” is a term that only come into currency in 1977, but expresses a concept fundamental to Marx’s understanding of the way capitalism develops.
Marx and Engels described the process in 1848 in the Communist Manifesto:
“The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his “natural superiors”, and has left no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous “cash payment”. It has drowned out the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation. It has resolved personal worth into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom - Free Trade. In one word, for exploitation, veiled by religious and political illusions, it has substituted naked, shameless, direct, brutal exploitation.
“The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honoured and looked up to with reverent awe. It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of science, into its paid wage labourers.
“The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation into a mere money relation.” [Communist Manifesto]
The process described in this 150-year-old document have been proceeding at a gigantic pace over the past few decades. Examples of commodification include:
* the socialisation of women’s labour, with work such as preparing meals, caring for children, repairing and cleaning clothes and so on, now being purchased on the market, very often from women who are selling their labour power for a wage rather than offering the same service within a relationship of domestic servitude called marriage;
* the privatisation of government services, with work such as education, public transport and health care, water supply, road works being provided on a “user-pays” system, instead of as public services, which in many cases were provided out of tax revenue and delivered to the public free of charge;
* the commercialisation of scientific and cultural activities through the increasing pressure conveyed through “funding mechanisms” to orient activity towards serving commercial rather than human interests;
* the professionalisation of amateur sports and services, to a point when playing a “game” involves working out at 5 a.m., and your teenage neighbour needs a degree in early childhood development and a salary before she will be allowed to baby-sit;
* the corporatisation of organisations, with internal relations of accountability and command being replaced by one-line budgetary mechanisms of planning and control;
* fee-paying services supplanting voluntary collaboration and association, as when the volunteer fire brigades and school tuck shop people gradually fade away, to be replaced by wage-labour;
* the feeding of coins into slot-machines, the purchase of packaged games, images, magazines and so on, replacing participation in games, sing-alongs, conversation and altogether normal human interaction, etc.;
* intellectual property, copyright, patent and price tags being placed on information and knowledge in all branches science, industry and art.
The question as to why commodification is taking place, and has been continuously gnawing away at all pre-bourgeois and bureaucratic relations for several centuries, with a little ebb and flow (such as the Post World War II “retreat”), but with unstoppable force and relentless persistence, is surely the most profound question facing humanity, and goes to the very essence of the human condition.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2009-10-05 14:24:35 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
So,
This was my starting point, just to let you know how I reached the conclusion...
REAL ACADEMIA ESPAÑOLA
DICCIONARIO DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA - Vigésima segunda edición
Ver conjugación mercantilizar.
1. tr. Convertir en mercantil algo que no lo es de suyo.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2009-10-05 14:34:45 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Dear Muriel
Hi, I know you are an excellent linguist, so I am sure you will make up your own mind on this one!
In my own mind, "commercialisaton/commercial orientation"...may be a more accurate rendering of the original Sp word.
[I remember once quoting a Proz entry and many, many members had agreed with it] and yet it was proven to be incorrect:)
transitive verb commodified -·fied′, commodifying -·fy′·ing
to treat as or make into a mere commodity to be bought and sold or to be used in selling something else an automobile ad campaign that commodifies the American dream
Commercialization of Health Care: Global and Local Dynamics and ...
Health care commercialization poses enormous challenges for health planners and activists who aim to ensure decent health care for all. ... www.unrisd.org/.../B3F2CBF4A638E53DC12570A10045C2D4?... - Cached - Similar
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The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +2
