English translation: with little money / with modest means
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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Spanish term or phrase:con pocos recursos económicos
Proviene de una familia sencilla en la que su padre trabajaba como empleado en el Puerto de San Antonio y su madre era profesora. El se crió en Santo Domingo, tuvo una infancia simple, con pocos recursos económicos y apoyo de parte de sus padres para que estudiara, practicara deportes y llevara a cabo sus sueños. En el último año de educación media realizó un intercambio en EEUU y una vez finalizada la universidad y ya trabajando decidió hacer un MBA en Harvard.
HOW CAN I SAY "CON POCOS RECURSOS ECONÓMICOS" OTHER THAN "LOW INCOME," WHICH IS NOT THE EXACT MEANING IN THIS CONTEXT?
Pero lo único que critico es que Santo Domingo está al sur de San Antonio; pasa uno por Llay-Llay y llega a Santo Domingo, que en estos momentos ya es un lugar de plata. Al norte de San Antonio se encuentra Cartagena, una playa más popular.
Queridos todos: Antes que nada, mil gracias por sus contribuciones.
02:09 Oct 20, 2007
La traducción de estos perfiles psicolaborales, cartas de recomendación y evaluaciones de pares me tuvo echando chispas durante dos días y casi dos noches, principalmente debido a la calidad tan pobre de los originales.
In this particular case, the situation was as follows:
The boy grew up WITH his parents (now I know he is a single child); Santo Domingo is a small town located immediately to the north of the port of San Antonio (Chile), where the father worked.
A port clerk and a school teacher make "una familia sencilla" from both a cultural and financial standpoint. However, in this country they would not be called poor or low-income people.
I thought I owed you this explanation, as the composition of this paragraph was so misleading and I failed to notice when I posted the question.
The points go to Deborah, just because I used her suggestion. All answers were good :)
What I understand is that the family had very little income and did not provide support (apoyo) for him to study, do sports etc. BTW- given culture and context, it is very unlikely that his parents provided an "allowance" or spending money.
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with modest means
Explanation: Al parecer es una familia que no estaba en la calle pero no tenía mucho más que lo básico, supongo.
Henry Hinds Local time: 23:28 Works in field Native speaker of: English, Spanish PRO pts in category: 128
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