weird phrasing and capital letters!

English translation: With the goal of obtaining opinion / input from our members about their interest in the adequate...

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Spanish term or phrase:como finalidad de recabar la opinión de la membresía sobre Interés para la buena marcha del Centro
English translation:With the goal of obtaining opinion / input from our members about their interest in the adequate...
Entered by: Elena Sgarbo (X)

14:15 Jan 7, 2003
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: weird phrasing and capital letters!
Statutes of a cultural centre:

como finalidad de recabar la opinión de la membresía sobre Interés para la buena marcha del Centro....

then goes onto talk about information meetings the centre will hold

Dom Rep Spanish
Anna Moorby DipTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:54
With the goal of obtaining opinion / input from our members about their interest in the adequate...
Explanation:
... work of the Center...


Convoluted phrase, indeed, if left literal.

Better option:

So that our members can express their opinion about [different] aspects of our Center....

Suerte
Elena
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Elena Sgarbo (X)
Grading comment
Thanks very much. Really helped a lot!!

gracias
xx
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4 +5With the goal of obtaining opinion / input from our members about their interest in the adequate...
Elena Sgarbo (X)


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
With the goal of obtaining opinion / input from our members about their interest in the adequate...


Explanation:
... work of the Center...


Convoluted phrase, indeed, if left literal.

Better option:

So that our members can express their opinion about [different] aspects of our Center....

Suerte
Elena

Elena Sgarbo (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 3539
Grading comment
Thanks very much. Really helped a lot!!

gracias
xx

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Teresita Garcia Ruy Sanchez: I think convoluted is putting it mildly!
6 mins
  -> Gracias Teresita :-)

agree  Armando Pattroni: You just read my mind!
15 mins
  -> Tx

agree  María Eugenia Wachtendorff: AH, LOS GAJES DEL OFICIO!!!
32 mins
  -> The never ending quest to understand what people mean ... ;-)

agree  Sara Noss
37 mins
  -> Tx Babayaga

agree  Maria Rosich Andreu
4 hrs
  -> Gracias Maria
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