Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
oportunidad
English translation:
usefulness
Added to glossary by
Marilyn Eisenberg Herzog
Oct 18, 2003 15:40
21 yrs ago
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Spanish term
United States
su alcance y oportunidad
Spanish to English
Law/Patents
Determinaremos los alegatos y pruebas necesarios, su alcance y oportunidad para obtener una razonable seguridad de que el resultado de nuestro trabajo será la obtención de cualquiera de las siguientes resoluciones:
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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scope and usefulness
oportunidad - think of the tipical legal expression: ...en que sea oportuno: as far as it is useful in the case,
oportunidad means in this context: as far as it is useful ....to win the case...
oportunidad means in this context: as far as it is useful ....to win the case...
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3 mins
Henry Hinds
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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26512
scope and timing
Ya
Reference:
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Marian Greenfield
Native in English
Over 30 years in financial translation
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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14621
scope and timeliness; scope and advisability
depending on the rest of the context.
I suspect "advisability" applies here... It is a common meaning of "oportunidad", although translators rarely think of it...
I suspect "advisability" applies here... It is a common meaning of "oportunidad", although translators rarely think of it...
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William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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1214
the extent of their application (or scope) and their capacity
to produce a reasonable degree of confidence that our work will end up achieving (or implementing?) any of the following resolutions:
The Spanish is very wordy and confused, I think.
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Note added at 2003-10-18 15:50:40 (GMT)
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Instead of \"capacity\" you could say \"aptness\" or \"suitability\" (\"opportuneness\" would be okay, too, but it is not very common)
The Spanish is very wordy and confused, I think.
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Note added at 2003-10-18 15:50:40 (GMT)
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Instead of \"capacity\" you could say \"aptness\" or \"suitability\" (\"opportuneness\" would be okay, too, but it is not very common)
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scope and
oportunidad - think of the tipical legal expression: ...en que sea oportuno: as far as it is useful in the case,
oportunidad means in this context: as far as it is useful ....to win the case...
oportunidad means in this context: as far as it is useful ....to win the case...
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