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aporte económico

English translation: (significant) source of income

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Spanish term or phrase:	(gran) aporte económico
English translation:	(significant) source of income
Entered by:	María Teresa Taylor Oliver

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17:13 Dec 14, 2005

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Spanish term or phrase: aporte económico

"Sin embargo, los tiempos han cambiado y los norteamericanos se han ido y nos hemos dado cuenta que este era un gran aporte económico para el país que tenemos que volver a reencontrar." [Errores del original]

El documento es un artículo con una entrevista a uno de los empresarios más importantes de Panamá en la industria de la construcción, quien también ha incursionado en el campo del turismo como actividad comercial (hoteles, especialmente).

A lo que se refiere el párrafo es que antes, cuando las tropas militares de los EE. UU. estaban en Panamá, representaban un gran "aporte económico" en cuanto a turismo interno y demás. Y que esto fue así por muchos años. Y ahora hay que "reestructurar" la industria del turismo para reflejar la fuga de ese "aporte económico".

Pero no se me ocurre cómo traducir esta frase al inglés.

Mil gracias.

María Teresa Taylor Oliver KudoZ activity Questions: 950 (none open) (19 closed without grading) Answers: 2084 Panama
Local time: 06:17

significant source of income

Explanation:
otra opción.

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o:

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY
CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY

Selected response from:

Carmen Riadi
Chile
Local time: 06:17

Grading comment

Muchas gracias a todos =)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

significant source of income

Carmen Riadi

4 +5

Economic contribution

Lindsey Crawford

4 +2

source of revenue (for the country)

Ltemes

economic support

Сергей Лузан

(an) economic boost

Marcelo González

source of economic sustenance

Robert Forstag

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Economic contribution

Explanation:
puede ser.

Lindsey Crawford
United States
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

significant source of income

Carmen Riadi
Chile
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Muchas gracias a todos =)

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

source of revenue (for the country)

Explanation:
"However, times have changed and the U.S. has now left, and we now realize they provided (or they represented) a significant source of revenue for the country which we now have to find elsewhere".
My take on it.

Ltemes
United States
Local time: 06:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 27

1 hr confidence:

source of economic sustenance

Explanation:
This particular wording would stress just how dependent the local economy was on tourism.

See references for use in tourism context.

Suerte.

www.aae.wisc.edu/pubs/cenews/docs/ce317.pdf - 423k
www.bridgew.edu/bridtoday/2004/may/battaglino.cfm - 14k

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 64

1 hr confidence:

(an) economic boost

Explanation:
"It was an economic boost to the area. They spent a lot of money, and some of it
was in a social sense," said Mayor Sharon Branstiter...
www.kgw.com/lifestyle/stories/ kgw_120505_news_kesey_anniversary.3f77f070.html - 43k - Cached

Corvallis Gazette-Times
“It was an economic boost to the area. They spent a lot of money, and some of it
was in a social sense,” said Mayor Sharon Branstiter, 62, who noted that ...
www.gazettetimes.com/articles/ 2005/12/01/news/top_story/thu01.txt -

[PDF] The Olympic spirit and civic boosterism: the Sydney 2000 Olympics
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represented an economic boost that could be achieved by no other single event’ (Sydney Morning Herald 1993d).
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/(4aqzyvbl4zfgbi45wajn1...

Saludos y suerte, Maria Teresa :-)

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(In regards to tourism), the presence of the US military in Panama provided an economic boost to the nation. This is how I'd say it.

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Note added at 1 hr 59 mins (2005-12-14 19:12:27 GMT)
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I just noticed that the first two sources quote the same person. Sorry about that. :-)

Marcelo González
North Mariana Isl.
Local time: 21:17
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

3 hrs confidence:

economic support

Explanation:
"significant (great) economic support for" might be used here. It looks like to be a coined established term. Hope it helps. Good luck, Maria Teresa!
DEMOCRACY AND FOREIGN POLICY (1990)
There and in Panama, we must help to turn the new hopes into the reality of ... Third, we are extending economic support for the painful transition to free ...
usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/61.htm

[PDF] DRAFT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATION FOR THE ...
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Effects on commercial enterprises that provide significant economic support for rural communities;. We discuss each of these in more detail below. ...
alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/endangered/pdf/steller.pdf

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However (Whatever) the times have changed and Americans have gone and we have to be aware of the fact that they provided significant economic support for the country which we have to find (in) somewhere again.

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 14:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian