comportamientos incívicos

English translation: antisocial behaviour

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Spanish term or phrase:comportamientos incívicos
English translation:antisocial behaviour

00:46 Feb 28, 2019
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism / fotoreportaje
Spanish term or phrase: comportamientos incívicos
Hello, I'm looking for an idiomatic yet literal translation of the term "comportamientos incívicos" for a photographic report on mass tourism. This is the sentence:

El turismo de borrachera ha llenado el distrito de XX de jóvenes ebrios, broncos, con comportamientos incívicos que degradan la convivencia vecinal en los barrios.

My translation:

Booze-binge tourism has filled the streets of the XX district with drunk, coarse and inconsiderate young people undermining social harmony in the neighbourhoods.

My customer asked me to find a more literate term. I've had issues with the term "incivismo" before because there's a whole concept behind... any idea is welcome... thank you in advance!!
Julia Eggers
Spain
Local time: 15:08
anti-social behaviour
Explanation:
Definition:
Examples of anti-social behaviour include: Nuisance, rowdy or inconsiderate neighbours. Vandalism, graffiti and fly-posting. Street drinking.

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My instinct was for no hyphen.
Selected response from:

ormiston
Local time: 15:08
Grading comment
thank you. I used that one in the end, without hyphen. I am leaving the closing decision to the community as tomorrow I will not be online all day.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5anti-social behaviour
ormiston
3 +1uncivil behavior
Darius Saczuk


Discussion entries: 4





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
uncivil behavior


Explanation:
Close enough

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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 10:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: That was my thought when I saw the question.
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Muriel.

neutral  Charles Davis: I think there's an AmE/BrE issue here. To me, as a British speaker, uncivil means rude or discourteous, whereas Merriam-Webster defines it as uncivilized. The latter is OK but the former is not the right meaning (IMO). So it may depend on the target.
6 hrs
  -> I see. Thank you, Charles, for your input.

neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: agree with Charles. I'd see uncivil as rude behaviour
15 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
anti-social behaviour


Explanation:
Definition:
Examples of anti-social behaviour include: Nuisance, rowdy or inconsiderate neighbours. Vandalism, graffiti and fly-posting. Street drinking.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2019-02-28 07:56:40 GMT)
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My instinct was for no hyphen.

ormiston
Local time: 15:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thank you. I used that one in the end, without hyphen. I am leaving the closing decision to the community as tomorrow I will not be online all day.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: This is what immediately occurred to me. (I think it's usually written as one word without a hyphen.)
5 mins

agree  neilmac
6 hrs

agree  philgoddard: One word.
13 hrs

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yes, one word
14 hrs

agree  Hugh Thomson
20 hrs
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