despejamos la culpa en función de

English translation: Calculate guilt as a function of

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Spanish term or phrase:despejamos la culpa en función de
English translation:Calculate guilt as a function of
Entered by: Eugenio Llorente

13:40 Nov 24, 2014
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Spanish term or phrase: despejamos la culpa en función de
As in my previous questions we are dealing with a study which demonstrates mathematically that people donate more to charity to account for their conscience after making a morally bad choice. The term appears in the following context:


"¿Qué pasaría si en la ecuación de arriba despejamos la culpa en función de la donación?"

My take:

"What would happen if in the above equation we solve/clear (for) "guilt" according to "donation"?"
Eugenio Llorente
Spain
Local time: 12:37
Calculate guilt as a function of
Explanation:
What would happen if we calculate guilt as a function of donation in the above equation?

Entiendo que la ecuación sería algo como a mayor culpa mayor donación y la pregunta está manejando la opción de calcular la culpa. En matemáticas cuando se despeja la x de una ecuación se está calculando su valor.

Para estar segura que este es el significado sería bueno ver lo anterior y cómo está planteada la ecuación.

Si ese no fuera el sentido yo utilizaría remove: remove guilt as a function of donation from the above equation.
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Judith Armele
Mexico
Local time: 05:37
Grading comment
Perfecto, muchas gracias.
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Summary of answers provided
4if guilt is cleared based on the donation
Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
3 +1Calculate guilt as a function of
Judith Armele
4find guilt based on the donation (function)
Veronica Sardon


Discussion entries: 5





  

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if guilt is cleared based on the donation


Explanation:
On the amount that is donated

Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
Ecuador
Local time: 06:37
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Carol Gullidge: Sorry, but this makes no sense in English :(
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Calculate guilt as a function of


Explanation:
What would happen if we calculate guilt as a function of donation in the above equation?

Entiendo que la ecuación sería algo como a mayor culpa mayor donación y la pregunta está manejando la opción de calcular la culpa. En matemáticas cuando se despeja la x de una ecuación se está calculando su valor.

Para estar segura que este es el significado sería bueno ver lo anterior y cómo está planteada la ecuación.

Si ese no fuera el sentido yo utilizaría remove: remove guilt as a function of donation from the above equation.

Judith Armele
Mexico
Local time: 05:37
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Perfecto, muchas gracias.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: yep! The author appears to be saying that the more guilty we feel the more we donate, and that we should examine the possibility that the converse is also true, i.e., that the higher the donation, the greater the guilt. Interesting, but unfeasible, imo :)
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Carol!
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find guilt based on the donation (function)


Explanation:
I think the author is saying that donations are a function of guilt. So we need to find guilt based on the things we know in the donation function, where the donation is a function of guilt. I think that is what the maths in the original text say, rather than the other way around.

Veronica Sardon
Argentina
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Carol Gullidge: True but all this was said - and slightly more succinctly - over 6 hours earlier!//I agree with what you say (although it isn't exactly what this is about), but why not simply post an Agree to Judith's earlier suggestion, which puts it in a nutshell?
11 hrs
  -> Hi Carol. I thought it was relevant, despite being late, precisely because it is the opposite of what was said earlier: guilt can (mathematically) never be a function of the donation. It's the other way around, the donation is a funtion of guilt.
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