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entró al quite

English translation: the HR dept came in to help/to rescue, etc...

17:08 Jun 8, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Journalism
Spanish term or phrase: entró al quite
El año pasado, México vivió la tormenta perfecta: los embates de la más fuerte recesión a escala mundial desde la gran depresión de 1930 y la llegada inesperada de la influenza que paralizó el país y la actividad económica por varios días.

Para una empresa de servicios como American Express el golpe fue brutal. En esta coyuntura entró al quite, como nunca antes, la estrategia del área de Recursos Humanos para asegurar la continuidad del negocio y no perder de vista el enfoque hacia el cliente.
Sorina C
Canada
Local time: 10:28
English translation:the HR dept came in to help/to rescue, etc...
Explanation:
This term is from bullfighting as in Spain-Mexico and other countries...it really means or is used when another fighter comes to the rescue of one that is getting into a BIG problem...the term is very figuratively used...
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José J. Martínez
United States
Local time: 07:28
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5 +3the HR dept came in to help/to rescue, etc...
José J. Martínez
4was important
philgoddard
4came in to bail out...
neilmac


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
the HR dept came in to help/to rescue, etc...


Explanation:
This term is from bullfighting as in Spain-Mexico and other countries...it really means or is used when another fighter comes to the rescue of one that is getting into a BIG problem...the term is very figuratively used...

José J. Martínez
United States
Local time: 07:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonardo Lamarche: agree.
35 mins
  -> Gracias, ¿cómo anda la chamba por allá?
agree  neilmac: Also "to back (up)"... good explanation :)
39 mins
  -> gracias...
neutral  philgoddard: What about "estrategia"?
54 mins
  -> Phil the term was entró al quite and not the rest. Just picture a bullfighter in problems and a peer comes along to save him ...that is entrar al quite...the rest I did not touch.
agree  Aradai Pardo Martínez
2 hrs
  -> gracias...
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was important


Explanation:
Our human resources strategy was more important than ever before in maintaining business continuity and client focus.

philgoddard
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 15
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
came in to bail out...


Explanation:
an option:
A "bailout" is an act of giving capital to a company in danger of failing in an attempt to save it from bankruptcy, insolvency, or total liquidation and ruin; or to allow a failing company to fail gracefully without spreading contagion.

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Note added at 51 mins (2010-06-08 17:59:24 GMT)
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Nota:
verbo = bail out (por separado)
nombre =a bailout (todo junto)

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Note added at 51 mins (2010-06-08 18:00:15 GMT)
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"stepped in..."
step in = intervene: get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action...

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 16:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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