Intellectual disability

Spanish translation: Discapacidad Mental

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English term or phrase:Intellectual disability
Spanish translation:Discapacidad Mental
Entered by: Monica Colangelo

17:18 Jan 26, 2003
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Medical / Hospital
English term or phrase: Intellectual disability
Service delivery is the responsibility of the three
Area Health Boards, the Voluntary Hospitals and the Voluntary Intellectual Disability Agencies in the region.
Marva
Local time: 19:19
Discapacidad Mental
Explanation:
En Argentina
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Monica Colangelo
Argentina
Local time: 19:19
Grading comment
Muchas gracias!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2discapacidad intelectual
EDLING (X)
5incapacidad intelectual
JH Trads
5Discapacidad Mental
Monica Colangelo


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
discapacidad intelectual


Explanation:
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EDLING (X)
PRO pts in pair: 1510

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michèle Gervais: "politically correct" term....
30 mins
  -> Thanks, but that's the term normally used in cases like this one.

agree  annizette: Quizá no suena tan bonito como 'incapacidad', pero yo siempre he oído y leído 'discapacidad' para hablar de estos temas.
32 mins
  -> Thanks
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
incapacidad intelectual


Explanation:
Hola Marva,

He tenido que traducir esta expresión y las más veces me han dado instrucciones de que es mejor incapacidad a discapacidad, porque tendría menos acepciones negativas o sería más aceptable, en fin es más aconsejable


espero que esto te ayude

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Note added at 2003-01-26 17:49:12 (GMT)
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unas referencia:

... a pasos agigantados tiene muchas posibilidades de transformarse en un elemento más
en contra de la integración de las personas con incapacidad intelectual. ...
www.polibea.com/convocatorias.htm - 96k



... 3 y 6. Los Juegos son Paraolímpicos y si la incapacidad intelectual fuese
una minusvalía... Es más apropiado hablar de incapacidad mental. « ... ...
www.josto.net/blabla/blabla5.html - 34k



incapacidad mental es otra opción válida


HTH


JH Trads
United States
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 2072
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Discapacidad Mental


Explanation:
En Argentina

Monica Colangelo
Argentina
Local time: 19:19
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 2450
Grading comment
Muchas gracias!
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