expediente

English translation: expedient

14:23 May 29, 2014

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics /

Spanish term or phrase: expediente

Not sure how to interpret **expediente** here.

. Europa es un caso densísimo e interesante, en relación a ese papel de las regiones. La UE se dota de una “política regional” que explica que gobiernos muy diferentes, y con diferentes nombres (Länder, comunidades autónomas, countries…) acepten la denominación de “región”, como **expediente** que facilitará la participación en una programación y la articulación en una agenda política compartida.

Lisa McCarthy KudoZ activity Questions: 2147 (9 open) (189 closed without grading) Answers: 2866 Spain
Local time: 01:10

English translation:expedient

Explanation:
That is the only thing that I can think of and that is a correct translation that would make sense.

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Helene Lyons
Spain
Local time: 01:10

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Summary of answers provided

4 +5

expedient

Helene Lyons

4 +1

way

María Perales

convenient

John Farebrother

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

way

Explanation:
My guess...

As a way to facilitate participation...

Según la RAE

4. m. Medio, arbitrio o recurso que se emplea para dar salida a una duda o dificultad, o salvar los inconvenientes que presenta la decisión o curso de un asunto.

http://buscon.rae.es/drae/?type=3&val=expediente&val_aux=&or...

María Perales
Spain
Local time: 01:10
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

expedient

Helene Lyons
Spain
Local time: 01:10
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

2 hrs confidence:

convenient

Explanation:
That's what I would say

John Farebrother
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

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