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llevaba como bandera una critica al liberalismo democratico

English translation: took up .... as a/their (collective) battle standard/ battle cry

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Spanish term or phrase:llevaba como bandera una critica al liberalismo democratico
English translation:took up .... as a/their (collective) battle standard/ battle cry
Entered by: Jenni Lukac (X)

23:21 Jan 24, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / Uriburu
Spanish term or phrase: llevaba como bandera una critica al liberalismo democratico
Hola

Esto se refiere al gobierno de Uriburu. Y la oración dice así: Además de las filas conservadoras, sectores estudiantiles e incluso algunos simpatizantes de la izquierda apoyaron en ese momento a un gobierno que llevaba como bandera una dura crítica contra el liberalismo democrático y fundamentalmente una concepción corporativista de la sociedad.

He estado leyendo sobre el liberalismo democrático pero no encuentro una buena traducción.

MIl gracias
SQ
susiq
Argentina
Local time: 03:04
took up .... as a/their (collective) battle standard/ battle cry
Explanation:
Two other options. I like "cry" better than "standard" if you have the freedom to play with the images a bit.
Selected response from:

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 08:04
Grading comment
Thanks!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4waved its criticism of liberal democracy like a flag
Barbara L Pavlik
4 +2took up .... as a/their (collective) battle standard/ battle cry
Jenni Lukac (X)
4 +2a government that flew the banner of harsh criticism against democratic liberalism
José Julián
4 +1flying the flag of harsh criticism of democratic liberalism
Sarah Weston
3 +2that held harsh criticism of democratc liberalism aloft like a banner
David Hollywood
4criticism of democratic liberalism is first and foremost
Julie Thurston
4furled, as if it were a flag, harsh criticism against democratic liberalism
Barbara Cochran, MFA
4whose leitmotif was a fierce attack on democratic liberalism
John Garcia
3brandished fierce anti-liberalism
ormiston


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
waved its criticism of liberal democracy like a flag


Explanation:
metaphorically speaking

Barbara L Pavlik
United States
Local time: 02:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maya Conlon-Kremer: I think this option preserves both the meaning and the metaphor from the original text.
11 mins
  -> Thanks Maya, that's what I was going for :)
agree  Robert Copeland: nicely done
1 hr
  -> Thanks Robert!
agree  liz askew: nice one.
9 hrs
  -> Thanks Liz!
agree  EirTranslations
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Beatriz!
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
flying the flag of harsh criticism of democratic liberalism


Explanation:
a government that was flying the flag of harsh criticism of democratic liberalism


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_liberalism
Sarah Weston
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Letredenoblesse
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Agnes :)
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
criticism of democratic liberalism is first and foremost


Explanation:
another one

Julie Thurston
Local time: 00:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
took up .... as a/their (collective) battle standard/ battle cry


Explanation:
Two other options. I like "cry" better than "standard" if you have the freedom to play with the images a bit.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 08:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 111
Grading comment
Thanks!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: I think this is a very good way to handle it; it catches the meaning and is also idiomatic. I don't think it's necessary or appropriate to strain in order to get "flag", "banner" or "standard" in there.
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Charles. It gets so long and clunky with the flag imagery.
agree  Shana Yael Shubs
23 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, Shana.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
furled, as if it were a flag, harsh criticism against democratic liberalism


Explanation:
HTH

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 02:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
that held harsh criticism of democratc liberalism aloft like a banner


Explanation:
changed my ideas and new version

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-01-25 00:24:41 GMT)
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should read "democratic liberalism" and I don't think it's the same as "liberal democracy"

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-01-25 01:46:35 GMT)
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and "democratic" of course

David Hollywood
Local time: 03:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Hill: I like banner in this context :)
23 mins
  -> thanks Rich :)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: would put "its" before "harsh" to clarify
7 hrs
agree  John Cutler: poetic : )
10 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a government that flew the banner of harsh criticism against democratic liberalism


Explanation:
Hope it helps!

José Julián
Local time: 02:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emiliano Pantoja
3 hrs
  -> Gracias Emiliano!
agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
5 hrs
  -> Gracias Alistair!
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
brandished fierce anti-liberalism


Explanation:
I feel 'brandish' suggests 'waving defiantly' so perhaps banner is not essential.
On the issue of 'democratic liberalism', even Wikipedia's definition slips into talking about 'liberal democrats' so am interested to know the difference.

ormiston
Local time: 08:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
whose leitmotif was a fierce attack on democratic liberalism


Explanation:
the bandera part is metaphorical so why not go for something that expresses it better in English without using flag or banner?

John Garcia
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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