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autogestión

English translation: selfmanagement


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Spanish term or phrase:autogestión
English translation:selfmanagement
Entered by: SwissTell
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14:56 Mar 8, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Spanish term or phrase: autogestión
dirigido a la construcción comunitaria participativa de agendas y portafolios de proyectos de autogestión
Asuncion Ferrer
Local time: 22:36
selfmanagement
Explanation:
ciao
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SwissTell
Local time: 01:36
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3empowerment
Henry Hinds
4 +1self-directed
Patricia Rosas
3 +2selfmanagement
SwissTell


  

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0 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
autogestión
selfmanagement


Explanation:
ciao

SwissTell
Local time: 01:36
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonor González
1 min
agree  sym
10 hrs
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
autogestión
empowerment


Explanation:
Ni más ni menos, es una de las muchas soluciones naturales en español como equivalente de esa palabra "empowerment" que genera tantas dificultades. Y son bastantes, no hay por qué recurrir a palabras inventadas en el sentido contrario. Nuestro idioma no es pobre.

Henry Hinds
Local time: 23:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 128

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: That's the buzzword. http://pratp.upr.edu/empower.htm
5 mins
  -> Gracias, Kim, although I have used "potenciación" for the same concept, that's another solution!
agree  Patricia Rosas: great link...this is the answer!
10 mins
  -> Gracias, Patricia.
agree  Margarita Palatnik
8 hrs
  -> Gracias, Margarita.
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
autogestión
self-directed


Explanation:
aimed at participative community agenda building and portfolios of self-directed projects

independently managed projects is another option.

Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 22:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Xenia Wong
9 hrs
  -> Thank you, Xenia! However, after checking Kim's link, I think Henry hit the nail on the head with his euphemism.
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