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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

escaleras

English translation:

levels

Added to glossary by Sofia Aldunate
Sep 16, 2006 14:29
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term

escaleras

Spanish to English Social Sciences Government / Politics city management
I am translating the course description for a masters in city management. In the section below it refers to "nuevas escaleras"

Las relaciones y los vínculos entre los fenómenos y dinámicas globales y la ciudad actual; las nuevas "escaleras" de la ciudad; los nuevos fenómenos y problemáticas, y los retos a afrontar en la ciudad del futuro, desde la vertiente económica, social, política, cultural y territorial.
Proposed translations (English)
4 levels
4 +1 steps (to be taken)
3 +1 stairs
3 stairways

Discussion

teju Sep 17, 2006:
As a suggestion, there are lots of those websites to register for that course. If you've got time, why not write one of them an email asking them what this is? A lot of them have a way to write for info, they'll think you are a potential student.
Ventnai (asker) Sep 17, 2006:
The text is about cities in general. "La cuidad actual" is "the contemporary city" - may seem a direct translation, but the concept exists. I have shown this to other people and nobody seems to really understand what it means.

Proposed translations

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levels

I think this could be translated from spanish into "levels". Escalera could mean in this case the different levels that are now comprehended inside of a city.

Just an idea.
Note from asker:
The answer was something along these lines. Thanks for your help.
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+1
5 hrs

steps (to be taken)

"Steps to be taken" towards future goals.
Note from asker:
Thanks
Peer comment(s):
agree Manuel Rossetti (X)
1 day 5 hrs
Gracias de nuevo, emilysc!
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+1
2 hrs

stairs

I think I've found what you are translating. It's in both languages on both of these two links below. And they translated it as "stairs". It sounds to me like they could be referring to something in particular about this city. It would help to find out what city it is, and research if there are some stairs somewhere in a public place that have caused controversy for some reason.


CURSO-MÁSTER-EN-GESTIÓN-DE-LA-CIUDAD - [ Translate this page ]
... las nuevas escaleras de la ciudad; los nuevos fenómenos y problemáticas, y los retos a afrontar en la ciudad del futuro, desde la vertiente económica, ...
cursos.universia.net/app/ES/showcourse.asp?cid=3830 - 54k - Cached - Similar pages

Master gestión de la ciudad en barcelona - emagister.com - [ Translate this page ]
Las relaciones y los vínculos entre los fenómenos y dinámicas globales y la ciudad actual; las nuevas escaleras de la ciudad; los nuevos fenómenos y ...
www.emagister.com/gestion-ciudad-cursos-1771490.htm - 44k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2006-09-17 16:48:06 GMT)
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Ian, I spent about 30 minutes yesterday trying to find any article that would mention anything that would help you. One of the things that I looked at was the possibility that escaleras had another meaning in architecture, but I couldn't find anything.
Without the benefit of more context, I think there are two possibilities. If they are referring to one city in specific, they could be indeed talking about some famous steps somewhere in a public area.
The other word that comes to mind would be "tiers", if they are referring to the different levels in a city that's not flat, but I have never heard "escaleras" used like this. I wish someone from Barcelona would help, if indeed, they are talking about that city. Wish I could help more!
Note from asker:
Thanks for your help.
Peer comment(s):
agree Fabio Costantino
2 hrs
Thanks fabio - teju :)
neutral cmwilliams (X) : does not make sense in this context.//I think you're talking about a machine translation.//Same here, I haven't been able to find out what it means - intriguing!
4 hrs
I'm afraid that you may be right. But when I tried to research this some more, and I couldn't find another meaning for the word escalera. I'm baffled! Thanks for your comments - teju :)
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1 day 18 hrs

stairways

This sounds like pseudo-sociological bullcrap, and so I would translate it literally (it may well be a translation into Spanish of an English term) in any case but use "stairways" rather than "staircase" or "stairs" to be more poetic/metaphysical, in keeping with the context". Good luck.
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Thanks. Agree with your comments
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