arenas of competition

Spanish translation: marcos de competencia

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English term or phrase:arenas of competition
Spanish translation:marcos de competencia
Entered by: Irene Vidal

08:45 Jan 4, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
English term or phrase: arenas of competition
Secondly, the study of the evolution of the Spanish party system (established after Franco’s death in 1975) may also help us to understand the effects of political decentralization and the creation of sub-state arenas of competition on the configuration of party systems (Pallarés and Keating, 2003). However, we face another limit here: the coincidence in time of political decentralization and democratisation (both processes started with the 1978 Spanish Constitution) does not permit us to have enough variation on the variable decentralization, so it is difficult to assess its impact on the nationalization of politics.
Irene Vidal
Spain
Local time: 00:06
marcos de competencia
Explanation:
la cosa completa sería algo como:

la creación de marcos subestatales de competencia

o:

la creación de marcos de competencia por debajo del/inferiores al nivel del estado

Una alternativa en vez de "marco" podría ser "foro", pero prefiero "marco".

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-04 09:47:46 GMT)
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(No hay que tomarse muy literalmente lo de "arena", se usa en estos casos en un sentido muy generalizado.)
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Alan R King
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3marcos de competencia
Alan R King
5arenas de competencia
Carolyn Dorrell
4 +1áreas de competencia
NetTra
4palestras
Millan Gonzalez
4campos de competencia
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
3espacios de debate
Cándida Artime Peñeñori


  

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palestras


Explanation:
Una manera elegante de decirlo, que se suele usar bastante, es "salir a la palestra", en el sentido de salir a disputar algo delante de los espectadores, como en la antigüedad. Creo que en este contexto te iria bien: "descentralizacion y surgimiento de palestras autonomicas o regionales"... Ya que el original ingles usa un sentido asi mismo figurado
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Millan Gonzalez
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
marcos de competencia


Explanation:
la cosa completa sería algo como:

la creación de marcos subestatales de competencia

o:

la creación de marcos de competencia por debajo del/inferiores al nivel del estado

Una alternativa en vez de "marco" podría ser "foro", pero prefiero "marco".

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-04 09:47:46 GMT)
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(No hay que tomarse muy literalmente lo de "arena", se usa en estos casos en un sentido muy generalizado.)

Alan R King
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¡muchas gracias a todos por vuestra ayuda!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pablo Martínez (X)
20 mins
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agree  Carmen Quiñones
46 mins
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agree  Silvia Brandon-Pérez
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campos de competencia


Explanation:
Suerte

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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espacios de debate


Explanation:


Una opción.

Cándida Artime Peñeñori
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arenas de competencia


Explanation:
lo decimos así mismo en Castellano y se refiere a las arenas en las que competían los Romanos

Carolyn Dorrell
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áreas de competencia


Explanation:
Así lo he escuchado en muchísimas ocasiones, incluyendo en el área política.

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NetTra
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agree  Walter Landesman
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  -> Gracias Walter =)
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