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las condiciones urbanas impregnan el modo de trabajar

English translation: urban life influences work patterns

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Spanish term or phrase:	las condiciones urbanas impregnan el modo de trabajar
English translation:	urban life influences work patterns
Entered by:	xxxnatalia m

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14:21 Jul 26, 2006

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Spanish term or phrase: las condiciones urbanas impregnan el modo de trabajar

La capital se presta como un laboratorio en donde las condiciones urbanas impregnan el modo de trabajar y moldean la vanguardia arquitectónica.

Adam Burman KudoZ activity Questions: 1315 (1 open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 375 United Kingdom
Local time: 03:50

urban life influences work patterns

Explanation:
sounds better to me than urban conditions

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xxxnatalia m
Local time: 04:50

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4 +3

urban life influences work patterns

xxxnatalia m

4 +2

in which urban conditions have a pervasive impact on working conditions

Robert Forstag

urban conditins have a permeating effect in the way people work

Xenia Wong

4 +1

urban conditions influence the work style

Ricardo Torres

urban life strongly influences work patterns

xxxnatalia m

urban conditions affect how people work

Nikki Graham

Discussion entries: 2

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

urban life influences work patterns

Explanation:
sounds better to me than urban conditions

xxxnatalia m
Local time: 04:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Greek
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

en donde las condiciones urbanas impregnan el modo de trabajar in which urban conditions have a pervasive impact on working conditions

Explanation:
The Spanish *impregnar* requires a much stronger English verb than "influence" or "affect".

Suerte.

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Note added at 35 mins (2006-07-26 14:57:03 GMT)
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OR:

"work environment[s]"

...if you do not want to repeat the word *conditions*.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 22:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 84

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

urban conditions influence the work style

Explanation:
Una posibilidad...

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-26 15:31:06 GMT)
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Una alternativa para "conditions" podría ser "environment", aunque en el texto que sigue vuelven a usar "condiciones"... en mi opinión "conditions" sigue siendo apropiada

Ricardo Torres
Local time: 04:50
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

13 mins confidence:

urban conditions affect how people work

Explanation:
Personally, I would leave it as conditions.

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Note added at 14 mins (2006-07-26 14:35:59 GMT)
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also: affect the way we/people work

whatever fits in with your style and rest of text. Loads of possibilities.

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-26 15:31:22 GMT)
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in view of more context I suggest: working methods

Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 60

3 hrs confidence:

urban conditins have a permeating effect in the way people work

Explanation:
Según contexto...

Xenia Wong
Local time: 21:50
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 15

1 day1 hr confidence:

urban life strongly influences work patterns

Explanation:
I think "strongly influences" expresses better the notion of "impregnar"

xxxnatalia m
Local time: 04:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Greek
PRO pts in category: 4

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