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English translation: grading/ ranking/ classification

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Spanish term or phrase:	cualificación
English translation:	grading/ ranking/ classification
Entered by:	David Hollywood

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07:10 Feb 13, 2007

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Spanish term or phrase: cualificación

A tourist board is describing the objectives of this year's action plan, which include:

los objetivos primordiales ya señalados como prioritarios, la desestacionalización de la demanda, la CUALIFICACIÓN del destino, diversificación de mercados, el aumento de ingresos generados por los visitantes, fomentar el consumo de servicios y productos turísticos específicos, así como el mantenimiento de la imagen de la marca

My best guess is that this is used to mean "improve the quality", but the dictionary definition of "cualificar" does not include that.

Daniel Burns KudoZ activity Questions: 282 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 469
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grading/ ranking/ classification

Explanation:
couple of options ...

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David Hollywood
Local time: 04:57

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grading/ ranking/ classification

David Hollywood

Qualification

TrueBaller

defining/definition

AllegroTrans

proper classification

elherrera

move upmarket

John Rawlins

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18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

grading/ ranking/ classification

Explanation:
couple of options ...

David Hollywood
Local time: 04:57
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 63

22 mins confidence:

Qualification

Explanation:
meaning what attributes make these destinations fit for tourism.

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Note added at 33 mins (2007-02-13 07:44:38 GMT)
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Daniel,
Please check out bullet three in the link attached regarding the use of this term:
http://www.gos.gov.uk/gol/transport/161558/228862/228906/

TrueBaller
Local time: 03:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Albanian

40 mins confidence:

proper classification

Explanation:
I basically agree with either "grading", "ranking" or "classification" in some form. I think it might be justified to add to that with "proper", "improved", or another similar adjective since the focus seems to be on providing better services to increase revenue. The Harper Collins S>E, E>S dictionary lists "distinguish" and "ennoble" as secondary meanings of "callificar" ("cualificar" is surely a neologism), but some other dictionaries don't - so an improvement of sorts but not the main meaning. Presumably a better system of classification, or ranking, will make it easier for tourists to know where to spend their money - and where to visit, and that knowledge should help increase revenues.

elherrera
Local time: 00:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

43 mins confidence:

....cualificación.... move upmarket

Explanation:
My guess is that the author means 'aumento de la cualificación' and in this context that could be translated as to 'move upmarket' (or up-market).

Example sentence(s):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upmarket

John Rawlins
Spain
Local time: 09:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 22

7 hrs confidence:

defining/definition

Explanation:
Seems to be a wish list in which the Tourist Board wants to define all it goals and objectives for the year

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

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