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afán didático

English translation: educational value / eagerness for education / educational purposes (eagerness)


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Spanish term or phrase:afán didático
English translation:educational value / eagerness for education / educational purposes (eagerness)
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09:16 Oct 2, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Spanish term or phrase: afán didático
a text about theories/philosophy of tennis

Estas ideas están mayoritariamente dirigidas, por su sencillez y ***afán didático***, a aficionados y jugadores que quieran conocer mejor aspectos básicos del tenis de competición....

Thanks
Lucy Williams
Spain
Local time: 07:40
eagerness for education / educational purposes (eagerness)
Explanation:
Digo yo que será afán didáctico... Saludos
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Smartranslators
Local time: 07:40
Grading comment
Thanks...I went for educational value in the end.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5eagerness for education / educational purposes (eagerness)
Smartranslators
4 +1didactic enthusiasm
Eileen Banks


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
eagerness for education / educational purposes (eagerness)


Explanation:
Digo yo que será afán didáctico... Saludos

Smartranslators
Local time: 07:40
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 56
Grading comment
Thanks...I went for educational value in the end.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Si, didáctico. Gracias.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew: The latter, or even "educational value"...Translation afán in the Spanish-English Collins dictionary - [ Translate this page ] una obra con afán didáctico an educational work sin afán efectista with no desire for dramatic effect. 4 (LAm) (=prisa) hurry t
10 mins
  -> Gracias por la anotación Liz
agree  Noni Gilbert: The latter, or Liz's educational value (it read v well in the sentence). I had thought originally "educational mission", but prefer value/purposes.
16 mins
  -> Gracias mil
agree  translationista: educational value, thumbs up.
42 mins
  -> Gracias translationista
agree  Gilla Evans: educational value, because it's talking about the ideas not the people
3 hrs
  -> Gracias Gilla
agree  Sara Pacheco: educational value
11 hrs
  -> Gracias Sara
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
didactic enthusiasm


Explanation:
The book is nevertheless a highly personal product reflecting the author's didactic enthusiasm and his strong leanings towards systematization and ...
www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=ijp.038.0365a -

Didactic enthusiasm often trapped earnest writers into contradictions. Arguing that beasts live peaceably and therefore that man, who has no natural weapons ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=080470316

Eileen Banks
Argentina
Local time: 02:40
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew: It has me searching for my dictionary as I think it is a bit highbrow, however: New Left Review - Fredric Jameson: Marx and Montage There is no point leaving this narcissism unacknowledged—it is the source of much of the pedagogical and didactic exciteme
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Liz :) - didactic is very much used in educational circles :)
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Changes made by editors
Oct 5, 2009 - Changes made by Smartranslators:
Edited KOG entryLucy Williams's old entry - "afán didático" => "eagerness for education / educational purposes (eagerness)"


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