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19:40 Mar 16, 2009 |
English to Spanish translations [PRO] Military / Defense | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Ricardo Galarza Uruguay Local time: 03:39 | ||||||
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move by iraq pending congressional authorization una operación preventiva previa a la autorización del congreso Explanation: otra opción para "move": maniobra creo que conviene evitar "movimiento" aquí -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2009-03-16 19:51:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- en realidad aquí no se trata de "mediante" ni "a través", sino más bien de "antes", "previamente", etc.. |
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move by iraq pending congressional authorization un movimiento anticipatorio repentino de parte de Irak Explanation: First of all, preemptive is not the same as preemptive; it is striking in advance, and although it may 'prevent' further problems, it should be translated otherwise. Second, your text says a move 'by' Irak, which you seem to have left out of your proposed translation. preemption, pre-emption the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) preemption, pre-emption a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests" |
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move by iraq pending congressional authorization acción preventiva de Iraq antes de la autorización del Congreso Explanation: Me parece una forma más fácil de decirlo |
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move by iraq pending congressional authorization ...un ataque preventivo por parte de Iraq, antes de que el Congreso (de EEUU) autorizara el ataque Explanation: norteamericano sobre Iraq, una votación que en el momento se había previsto para los primeros días de octubre. ¡suerte! |
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