Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

con el medio

English translation:

with the environment

Added to glossary by Edward Tully
Aug 21, 2012 20:09
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Spanish term

con el medio

Spanish to English Social Sciences Economics Spain
"Las sociedades precapitalistas muestran, en general, un alto grado de equilibrio con el medio. Sin embargo,..."

Note that "ambiente" does not appear and was not a typo.

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Sep 4, 2012 09:01: Edward Tully Created KOG entry

Discussion

Lauren DeAre (asker) Aug 21, 2012:
No, this is the first sentence of an academic paper and the title is "Transition Toward a Sustainable Economy"
Alex Hughes Aug 21, 2012:
Could medio refer to something in the previous sentence, or possibly in the title?

Proposed translations

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with the environment

I still beleive that this refers to "medio ambiente", the "ambiente" is dropped sometimes.

Introducción. Concepto de Medio Ambiente www.aulafacil.com/Medio_ambiente/Curso/Lecc-1.htmEn caché
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Sin embargo, no siempre ha sido así, antes de la Revolución Industrial los seres humanos habitaban grandes extensiones en equilibrio con el medio y aún a ...

2.2.2 Las nociones de clímax y de equilibrio biogeográfico ocw.unican.es/ciencias-sociales-y-juridicas/.../skinless_viewEn caché
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... por parte de los seres vivos y de sus fases sucesivas hasta llegar a una combinación en equilibrio con el medio, es de vital importancia en Biogeografía.

Medio ambiente, subdesarrollo y dependencia www.eurosur.org/medio_ambiente/bif30.htmEn caché - Similares
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Se rompe la forma de equilibrio con el medio, establecida primariamente por el grupo, para dar paso a otro tipo de relación, perdiéndose las más de las veces ...
Peer comment(s):

agree P Forgas
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many thanks! ;-)
agree Jenni Lukac (X) : I agree that "ambiente" is often dropped. The sentence would be more fluid in English if you were free to add something like "in the (physical) environment in which they developed/were situated."
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many thanks Jenni! ;-)
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with their surroundings / the natural environment

Medio: "Ambiente o círculo. Conjunto de circunstancias materiales o espirituales que rodean a alguien o en que se desenvuelve una persona o una acción". (Moliner)

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Note added at 5 hrs (2012-08-22 01:19:04 GMT)
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I'm sorry I used the word "environment" at all - it will surely be misread! It would have been better to say
"with their surroundings / Nature", where Nature has a capital "N".

The point that the Moliner dictionary entry is making is, that their cosmovisión was nothing like what we understand by "medio ambiente". It was a pre-scientific world, where many inanimate things were alive and one full of unknown forces which needed to be placated. It was the all-embracing medium in which they lived and had their being.

I strongly feel that using "environment" without qualification is not correct here. If the paper is about Economics then this will hardly matter to the core argument - but it's starting off on the wrong foot all the same.
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agree amendozachisum
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Thanks amendozachisum.
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Spanish term (edited): con el medio

with the world around them/in which they lived

This is the notion I get from your text.
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