Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
espíritu de investigación
English translation:
spirit of enquiry/investigation
Spanish term
Ireland
20 yrs+ quality translations, Trados
Native in: Spanish 
, English (Variants: US, British, Irish, UK)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 8 more.
espíritu de investigación
Oirás a menudo la palabra TICs en las noticias: es la abreviatura de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación. Su uso en las aulas estimula la creatividad, la experimentación, el ritmo de aprendizaje, el trabajo en grupo y la curiosidad y el espíritu de investigación. ¡A que es genial!
Mar 13, 2010 13:25: liz askew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/125216">EirTranslations's</a> old entry - "espíritu de investigación"" to ""spirit of enquiry""
Proposed translations
spirit of enquiry
The predominant mode of working in mathematics is individually. ... and individual study with cooperative group work being used where appropriate. ... subject which develops a spirit of enquiry by encouraging curiosity and reason. ...
www.denmead.richmond.sch.uk/Curriculum.html - Cached
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OR
spirit of investigation
Electronic Law Journals - LGD 2003 (2) - Campbell
by C Campbell - 2003 - Related articles
23 Feb 2005 ... The natural environment around the school house in Ilmorog inspires and fosters in the children, a spirit of investigation, curiosity and ...
www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/lgd/2003_2/campbell/ - Cached
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
investigative spirit
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Lourdes Sanchez
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Thanks, Lourdes!
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Argentina
Love for work, love for words
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish
love of research
yearning for knowledge
Her yearning for knowledge got her to Oxford.
I will respect your voice
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, Spanish, English, and 1 more.
appeals to your (investigative spirit)
Accurate, natural and very hard-working
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 3 more.
the desire to do research
Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: UK, Irish, US) , Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
the spirit of discovery
I also thought of inquisitiveness, but that might be a bit much.
Cheers
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http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en-GB&q=the spirit of disc...
Argentina
Excelencia en la lengua española
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 2 more.
eagerness to investigate
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-03-07 01:49:29 GMT)
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another option:
enthusiasm for doing research
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