Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

alejado en el tiempo

English translation:

(sufficiently) removed in time

Added to glossary by César Cornejo Fuster
Sep 22, 2005 09:44
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term

alejado en el tiempo

Spanish to English Law/Patents Other resoluci�n
Los principales hechos de la persecución alegada por el solicitante están lo suficientemente alejados en el tiempo como para concluir que tales hechos no constituyen una persecución que justifique una necesidad actual de protección, sin que del contenido del expediente pueda deducirse que los hechos relatados hayan seguido produciéndose o hayan tenido unas consecuencias tales quepudieran considerarse, en sí mismas y en la actualidad, como persecución, o que pudieran justificar un temor fundado a sufrirla.

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(sufficiently) removed in time

See the following websites:
http://didaskalia.open.ac.uk/issues/vol6no1/wilmer.htm
"With its archetypal characters and situations that are sufficiently removed in time and place, Greek tragedy has provided subtle (and not so subtle) metaphors for the current political situation."

http://www.schoolfunding.info/states/ks/2-5-03Montoy.php3
"The State Supreme Court upheld the then-current school funding system in 1994, in Unified School District 229 v. State, 885 P.2d 1170. However, in Montoy, the court said that the statutes have since been changed, "this case is sufficiently removed in time from our decision in U.S.D. 229," and "the suitability analysis required by U.S.D. 229 is more rigorous than presumed by the district court.""
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agree Patrick Yancey : beat me to it!
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Thanks, quine :-)
agree milliecoquis : agree
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot, Marijke"
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removed in time

meaning "they happened long enough ago"
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happened long enough ago

The facts happened long enough ago to conclude ...
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agree Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : yes this is the correct way to say this in English!
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agree Lynda Tharratt : this fits very well in this context
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(sufficiently)retrospective in time.

removed,distant,retrospective(so that perspective can be gained on the events in time,before the details begin to fade in the memory of the participants.)

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Note added at 19 mins (2005-09-22 10:04:06 GMT)
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the principal facts of the alleged persecution by the complainant are now sufficiently retrospective in time as to conclude that..
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