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especially since ..

English translation: particularly because...

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English term or phrase:especially since ..
Selected answer:particularly because...
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

20:04 Jan 23, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Government / Politics / report
English term or phrase: especially since ..
I can't understand the rest of the sentence after "specially since ..". I know it's not well-written, but can somebody take a guess?

What mattered was not so much the fact that WIPO was contributing to the work of those organizations but the nature and content of that contribution, especially since several opportunities to open issues such as climate change, public health, food security; and processes such as RIO+20 dealt with issues such as technology transfer, where IP rights played a key role.
Abdelmonem Samir
Local time: 14:32
particularly because...
Explanation:
there were many opportunities to discuss problems/issues to do with...

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Note added at 13 mins (2012-01-23 20:18:25 GMT)
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Also processes like R10+20 had dealt with such things as technology transfer in which IP rights had a key (important) role
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 12:32
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +7particularly because...
Yvonne Gallagher
4considering that
Jenni Lukac (X)
4See my comments below...
Jutta Scherer
3The basic structure of your subordinate clause is this:
Gert Sass (M.A.)
4 -1especially when ...
Alexandra Taggart


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
considering that


Explanation:
Perhaps this will help you. Without more text it is a bit difficukt to explain the relationship precisely. The text following "especially since" gives a background/point of reasoning for the opinion expressed in the first part of the sentence.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 13:32
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
particularly because...


Explanation:
there were many opportunities to discuss problems/issues to do with...

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Note added at 13 mins (2012-01-23 20:18:25 GMT)
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Also processes like R10+20 had dealt with such things as technology transfer in which IP rights had a key (important) role

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 12:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
6 mins
  -> many thanks Tony
agree  Thayenga
19 mins
  -> thank you Thayenga
agree  trsk2000 (X)
55 mins
  -> many thanks Tariq
agree  AllegroTrans
1 hr
  -> Thank you Allegro
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
2 hrs
  -> Thank you 1045
agree  David Hollywood: plain and simple :)
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  -> many thanks David:-)
agree  Phong Le
2 days 6 hrs
  -> thank you!
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The basic structure of your subordinate clause is this:


Explanation:
several opportunities (subject) dealt with issues (predicate)

The predicate can easily be missed since the semicolon is misplaced (i.e., misleadingly suggests a closure).
Apart from that, the sentence looks more or less clear to me.


Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
especially when ...


Explanation:
WIPO contributed to the work of organizations and worked out how that contribution could be done; especially
since several opportunities had opened the way to deal with issues such as technology transfer, where IP rights played a key role.


Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 14:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: I think the use of 'since' implies a certain causal element that tends to get lost if replaced by 'when'
7 mins
  -> Of course. "Since" represents some starting point for action and furtherance of certain actions. I simplified the text deliberately including this "especially since".
disagree  Cilian O'Tuama: agree with Tony; and contributions are not "done", at least not in the English I'm familiar with. // "with me"? - you probably mean "for". Glad to help.
5 hrs
  -> I'm very sorry with you./I always try my best. Don't you worry -you'll get used to it in couple of years.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
See my comments below...


Explanation:
I'll try to rephrase the content of this sentence in very simple words:

The important thing was not so much the fact *that* WIPO contributed .... but *how and what* WIPO contributed.

Explanation:
Several times when people attempted to address issues like climate change, public health, food security, and processes such as RIO+20, the discussion focused on issues such as technology transfer, fan area where IP rights play a key role.

This sentence structure is confusing because
1) at one point in the list a semicolon is used instead of a comma (as Gert has already pointed out);
2) there is a noun-verb mismatch:
"... several opportunities to open issues [..... ] dealt with issues [....]".
(Do opportunities deal with things? I don't think so.)

Hope this helps.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-01-23 23:35:21 GMT)
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correction: not "fan area" but "an area" :-))

Jutta Scherer
Germany
Local time: 13:32
Native speaker of: German
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