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esta proporción es inversa

English translation: the opposite occurs/is true in this case

02:54 Mar 15, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Environment & Ecology
Spanish term or phrase: esta proporción es inversa
De las observaciones de campo se desprende que el área de la finca corresponde a un monocultivo del pasto B. decumbens asociada a hierbas no deseables de regeneración natural como C. luzulae y Desmodium sp. y árboles dispersos. Mientras que en los dos sitios únicamente esta proporción es inversa, C. luzulae es abundante mientras que Brachearia y Desmodium son escasas.
jmf
United States
Local time: 05:14
English translation:the opposite occurs/is true in this case
Explanation:
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claudia16 (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:14
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4the opposite occurs/is true in this case
claudia16 (X)
3 +2this proportion is reversed
Maria Mastruzzo
4it is in reverse proportion
telefpro
4there is a reversed proportion
traductorchile


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
this proportion is reversed


Explanation:
Hope this helps!


http://timing-progression.com/concept.htm

In usual cases, the proportion is long/short, i.e. length of 1st (front) eighth note is longer than that of 2nd (back) (*). Let us call it normal bounce. When, on the contrary, the proportion is reversed into short/long, let us call it reversed bounce

Maria Mastruzzo
Australia
Local time: 19:14
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew: I think this is more accurate.
5 hrs
  -> Thank you very much liz :)
agree  Evans (X)
5 hrs
  -> Thank you very much Gilla :)
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
the opposite occurs/is true in this case


Explanation:
x

claudia16 (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carolina Brito: first option sounds better
22 mins
  -> thank you britos
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: No need for 'in this case' in the current context.
44 mins
  -> thank you muriel
agree  margaret caulfield: I agree with britos.
6 hrs
  -> thank you Margaret
agree  Marianela Melleda
8 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it is in reverse proportion


Explanation:
I would say this way

telefpro
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
there is a reversed proportion


Explanation:
La redacción del texto no es fácil por lo que comprendo tus dudas. En la primera frase se establece la situación cualitativa general e la finca: las especies presentes sin establecer proporciones.
En la segunda frase se establecen proporciones en dos sitios (¿plots?) de la finca:
"Mientras que en los dos sitios únicamente esta proporción es inversa"
Lo interesante y confuso es el uso del término "unicamente".

¿Podríamos decirlo de otra forma?: "Sólo en los dos sitios (¿bajo investigacón?) la proporción es inversa a la presente en el resto de la finca" o en otros terminos "la proporción se invierte".

Si este es el caso creo que reversed es más preciso, aunque no creo que se pueda decir "is reversed", sino "gets reversed" si es parte de un proceso. Pero como aparentemente esta es simplemente la constatación de un status quo creo que lo correcto sería redactar como: "there is a reversed proportion".

traductorchile
Chile
Local time: 05:14
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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