Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
investigaciones que cuentan con una excepcional repercusión pública de sus resultados
English translation:
research that has strong repercussions on the public because of its results
Added to glossary by
Michael Powers (PhD)
Jan 7, 2009 22:53
15 yrs ago
Spanish term
need help with phrase
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Economics
regional fiscal flows
Stuck on the best way to express this sentence. Not very happy with my attempts so far, which sound a bit 'awkward'.
En España existe un importante tradición en la realización de investigaciones dirigidas al cálculo de federal fiscal balances (véase Barberán, 2006). Investigaciones que **cuentan, además, con una excepcional repercusión pública de sus resultados. **
En España existe un importante tradición en la realización de investigaciones dirigidas al cálculo de federal fiscal balances (véase Barberán, 2006). Investigaciones que **cuentan, además, con una excepcional repercusión pública de sus resultados. **
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Change log
Jan 9, 2009 12:48: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/583344">Lisa McCarthy's</a> old entry - "Investigaciones que cuentan con una excepcional repercusión pública de sus resultados"" to ""research that has strong repercussions on the public because of its results""
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research that in addition has strong repercussions on the public because of its results (outcome)
"repercussions" can be negative
Mike :)
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Note added at 1 day13 hrs (2009-01-09 12:48:57 GMT) Post-grading
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You're welcome, Lisa. I like the changes you made to it.
Mike :)
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Note added at 1 day13 hrs (2009-01-09 12:48:57 GMT) Post-grading
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You're welcome, Lisa. I like the changes you made to it.
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Comment: "Thank you Mike! - I liked 'strong repercussions'. have changed the sentence round a bit though - "Moreover, the results from this research have strong repercussions on the public."
Thanks to everybody else too for their valid suggestions."
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in addition, they have been extremely well received by the public
Hope this helps
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Furthermore, this research has led to results with a significant public impact
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Furthermore, the results of this research have created tremendous public backlash
Backlash is a near-synonym of repercussion, and may fit here as a contrast to "tradition" in the following sentence.
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Furthermore, the research findings themselves fuel an intense public debate
Hope this helps.
Discussion
"Ambos fenómenos –tradición y repercusión- se explican por el debate social existente sobre los efectos redistributivos interregionales de the fiscal activity of the central government. Debate que viene originado, a su vez, por la insatisfacción de algunos gobiernos regionales y partidos políticos sobre las relaciones fiscales de su región con el gobierno central. "