Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
probabilizar
English translation:
conducive to
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María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Oct 8, 2013 00:06
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probabilizar
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Hemos señalado sucintamente las propiedades que probabilizan el mantenimiento de la resiliencia en un sistema.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | conducive to |
Andy Watkinson
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| 3 | make it more likely |
Veronica Sardon
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| 3 | 'help sustain' / promote / boost |
Carol Gullidge
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Proposed translations
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conducive to
Hi María,
If "posibilitar" is a pain, "probabilizar" is a nightmare.
Using a verb here is scary. ;-)
I'd suggest something like:
We've briefly summarised those properties conducive to maintaining .....
Don't see anything wrong with "properties" as such, in the absence of more context, which unfortunately you don't have.
Andy.
If "posibilitar" is a pain, "probabilizar" is a nightmare.
Using a verb here is scary. ;-)
I'd suggest something like:
We've briefly summarised those properties conducive to maintaining .....
Don't see anything wrong with "properties" as such, in the absence of more context, which unfortunately you don't have.
Andy.
Note from asker:
| ¡Gracias, gringo! Un besito :)) |
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Veronica Sardon
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make it more likely
We definitely need more context, but here is a suggestion that may fit: "the qualities that make it more likely for a system to remain resilient."
"the qualities that promote a system's resilience" would be a lot less awkward, but my guess is that the idea of probability is crucial in your text (it is quite a strange word in Spanish too).
Hope some of this helps in your context.
"the qualities that promote a system's resilience" would be a lot less awkward, but my guess is that the idea of probability is crucial in your text (it is quite a strange word in Spanish too).
Hope some of this helps in your context.
Note from asker:
| Thanks, Vero. Context is a social-ecological system. Unfortunately, there is no other part of the text that would help :( |
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Carol Gullidge
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'help sustain' / promote / boost
I think you could actually do away with 'el mantenimiento' by using of verbs (or a synonym), where ' el mantenimiento' would be implied:
... properties that promote/boost/ 'help sustain' the resilience ...
... properties that promote/boost/ 'help sustain' the resilience ...
Note from asker:
| Thank you, Carol! :) |
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