self-payment

Spanish translation: pagos personales

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English term or phrase:self-payment
Spanish translation:pagos personales

17:50 Nov 27, 2001
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: self-payment
Households must demonstrate recent self-payments.


(this is for a low income energy assistance program)
Lea
pagos personales
Explanation:
Hope this helps:-)
terry
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Terry Burgess
Mexico
Local time: 15:21
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Muchas gracias a todos!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2pagos personales
Terry Burgess
4 +1pagos propios
Marian Greenfield
5Pagos directos del solicitante.
Raul Santiago
4Auto-pagos
hernanK


  

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pagos personales


Explanation:
Hope this helps:-)
terry


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Terry Burgess
Mexico
Local time: 15:21
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PRO pts in pair: 3315
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Muchas gracias a todos!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert INGLEDEW
5 mins
  -> Thx Robert:-)))

agree  Patricia Myers
7 mins
  -> Thx Patricia:-)))
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pagos propios


Explanation:
this is the only way I can think of that's short and sweet to say payments made by the households themselves (rather than some program)

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Marian Greenfield
Local time: 17:21
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agree  Leo van Zanten
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Auto-pagos


Explanation:
Seria una interpretacion mas literal.

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hernanK
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Pagos directos del solicitante.


Explanation:

Unfortunately, Spanish words are not as self-descriptive as English words. Especially new terms. So literal translations, although correct, might not be enough.

Raul Santiago
Mexico
Local time: 15:21
Native speaker of: Spanish
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