Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

broad brush direction

Spanish translation:

los aspectos generales

Added to glossary by Jessica Klingberg
Mar 15, 2010 18:18
14 yrs ago
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English term

broad brush direction

English to Spanish Bus/Financial Management
Managers of Execution... know how to get results, accomplish objectives and see projects to completion. They also sweat the details. Whereas Visionary Evangelists are only concerned with *broad brush direction* and high level strategy, the Manager of Execution develops the tactical plans and operational disciplines that enable the execution of the vision.

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los aspectos generales

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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/broad-brush
broad-brush (not comparable)
General and sweeping in scope but lacking detail.
He takes a broad-brush approach to the study of history.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/broad-brush
broad-brush
Sweepingly general in scope or thrust: an unfair, broad-brush indictment of all public officials.


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broad-brush
broad–brush
general, nonspecific


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http://www.answers.com/topic/broad-brush
Español (Spanish)
adj. - grosso modo, de manera muy general

Peer comment(s):

agree Carolina Brito
6 hrs
Gracias.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much. I believe that both options were good and valid. I chose to use this particular translation in my document, but I feel that option #2 would have also fit well."
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gestión de alto nivel

"Broad brush" indica que no se involucra en los detalles, que se trabaja en alto nivel.

"Broad brush direction" sería la gestión de alto nivel, estratégica, diferente de la gestión de detalle o táctica.
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Broad brush

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/broad-brush
broad-brush (not comparable)
General and sweeping in scope but lacking detail.
He takes a broad-brush approach to the study of history.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/broad-brush
broad-brush
Sweepingly general in scope or thrust: an unfair, broad-brush indictment of all public officials.


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broad-brush
broad–brush
general, nonspecific
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