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capacidad de incidir

English translation: capacity to influence


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Spanish term or phrase:capacidad de incidir
English translation:capacity to influence
Entered by: Marea
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20:51 Jul 13, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Spanish term or phrase: capacidad de incidir
Esta es la razón por la cual esta organización necesita mejorar su capacidad de incidir en políticas públicas...

Maybe "influential capability" ??
Marea
capacity to influence
Explanation:
Saludos
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Tatty
Spain
Local time: 07:25
Grading comment
Thanks Tatty. Regards.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8ability to influence
Rebecca Hendry
5 +2capacity to influenceTatty
5 +1ability to influence (public policy)
Marcelo González
4 +1capacity to take part
Vanessa Rivera Rivier


Discussion entries: 3





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
capacity to take part


Explanation:
capacity/ability to take part

Vanessa Rivera Rivier
Puerto Rico
Local time: 01:25
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  María Eugenia Wachtendorff: Ability, yes. Never "capacity"
39 mins
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
ability to influence


Explanation:
Here's another idea.

Ability to Influence
Ability to Influence is the ability to move others to act in a desired way. ...
Lacks Influence Ability: Is not able to persuade others to act as desired. ...
web.mit.edu/ist/competency/CDDc4ai.html - 3k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] Power: The Ability to Influence Others
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Power: The Ability to Influence Others. There are many ways that people influence
each other. Power is the ability to get someone to ...
www.careers.pitt.edu/emergingleaders/ handouts_articles/power_ability_influence_article.pdf - Similar pages

Assessing Our Ability to Influence Others - The CLEMMER Group ...
Jim Clemmer is a bestselling author and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker,
workshop/retreat leader and management team developer.
www.clemmer.net/excerpts/assessing_ability.shtml - 26k - Cached - Similar pages

NewsFromRussia.Com OPEC's ability to influence prices on the line ...
OPEC&aqute;s ability to influence prices on the line ahead of key meeting on output.
newsfromrussia.com/economics/2005/06/14/60298.html - 57k - Cached - Similar pages

Pharmacists' ability to influence outcomes of hypertension therapy.
Pharmacists' ability to influence outcomes of hypertension therapy. Erickson SR,
Slaughter R, Halapy H. Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve& db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9017775 - Similar pages



Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MargaEsther
1 min
  -> Thank you MargaEsther.

agree  Rosa Maria Duenas Rios
2 mins
  -> Muchas gracias.

agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz: Ruth..why do you bother with google on these? I mean...it's just justiable by your knowledge
11 mins
  -> Hi Jane. Backing up my knowledge with references is important too I think. Thanks.

agree  Xenia Wong
22 mins
  -> Thanks Xenia.

agree  Michele Fauble: 'ability to influence public policy' //For Jane Lamb-Ruiz: There are two kinds of evidence in Linguistics - native-speaker intuition, directly available only to the speaker, and native-speaker usage, observable by all.
24 mins
  -> Many thanks Michele.

agree  clisaz
36 mins
  -> Thanks.

agree  María Eugenia Wachtendorff: Absolutely! ;o)
36 mins
  -> Muchas gracias.

agree  TranslateThis
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
capacity to influence


Explanation:
Saludos

Tatty
Spain
Local time: 07:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Tatty. Regards.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jrb
5 mins
  -> Thank you!

agree  Gabriela Rodriguez
8 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ability to influence (public policy)


Explanation:
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Objective 1: To find out the status of formal and informal advocacy supports for
seniors, and their ability to influence public policy. ...
www.projectvoice.ca/English/ Documents/Seniors/seniors_e_page02.html - 17k - Cached - Similar pages

The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula, Inc. - News
... advocacy organizations in Washington, DC Tim works with nonprofits across the
United States to strengthen their ability to influence public policy. ...
www.jlweb.org/paloalto/npo.jsp?pg=news&article=514 - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

Executive Update Online - A Conversation with David Gergen
Do you think that the Internal Revenue Service restrictions on 501(c)(3)s strongly
affects their ability to influence public policy? ...
www.gwsae.org/executiveupdate/2005/June/Gergen.htm - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

Overview of Corporate Social Responsiblity - BetterManagement.com
... stakeholders want to know that the way companies use their ability to influence
public policy is consistent with stated social and environmental goals. ...
www.bettermanagement.com/library/library.aspx?l=12351 - 34k - Cached -

Marcelo González
North Mariana Isl.
Local time: 15:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 55

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Fauble
22 mins
  -> Thanks, Michele!!
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