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two-tier Europe

Spanish translation: Europa de dos velocidades

18:15 Sep 11, 2012
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: two-tier Europe
¿Cómo traduciriáis "two-tier Europe" en el siguiente contexto?

Demanding tougher austerity conditions from countries such as Spain and Italy, however, would reinforce the division in the eurozone between debtors and creditors: “It is a step towards making a two-tier Europe permanent.”
Mr Soros, 82, will spell out his fears that such a split would lead to the eventual collapse of the currency union – and of the common market and the European Union as a whole – in a speech on Monday night in Berlin. He has also published a lengthy essay on the “tragedy” of Europe in the latest New York Review of Books.
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Spanish translation:Europa de dos velocidades
Explanation:
No es la traducción literal, pero sí que es la expresión más usada para referirse al desajuste entre las dos Europas, tanto políticamente como económicamente.
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Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Spain
Local time: 23:01
Grading comment
¡gracias!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2Europa de dos velocidades
Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
4 +2Europa de dos niveles/dos escalones/dos estratos
Rafael Bordabehere (X)
4Europa con un enfoque dual/un enfoque a dos niveles
Sery
3Europa dual
Mónica Algazi


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
two-tier europe
Europa de dos niveles/dos escalones/dos estratos


Explanation:
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Rafael Bordabehere (X)
Uruguay
Local time: 18:01
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yaotl Altan
4 hrs
agree  Ana Myriam Garro (X)
1 day 21 hrs
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
two-tier europe
Europa de dos velocidades


Explanation:
No es la traducción literal, pero sí que es la expresión más usada para referirse al desajuste entre las dos Europas, tanto políticamente como económicamente.

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Spain
Local time: 23:01
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 195
Grading comment
¡gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronica Sardon
31 mins
  -> Gracias.
agree  Javier C. Díaz
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
two-tier europe
Europa dual


Explanation:
http://en.bab.la/dictionary/spanish-english/dual

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http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/07/23/opinion/1343051569_77885...

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-09-11 19:54:22 GMT)
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http://www.abogados-laboralistas-empresas.com/Xavier-Vives-L...

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 18:01
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 436
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
two-tier europe
Europa con un enfoque dual/un enfoque a dos niveles


Explanation:
Sery

Sery
Local time: 16:01
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 48
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