Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
trabajo de prospección
English translation:
champion many new artists/exhibit a great deal of new works
Added to glossary by
Edward Tully
Sep 16, 2008 16:19
15 yrs ago
Spanish term
Ireland
trabajo de prospección
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
art history, art criticism
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I cannot decide what the phrase "trabajo de prospección" means in the following context:
Le representa la Kerlin Gallery y ha expuesto ... en la Douglas Hyde Gallery, el Project Art Centre o la Royal Hibernian Academy, instituciones todas ellas que hacen un gran trabajo de prospección.
I cannot decide what the phrase "trabajo de prospección" means in the following context:
Le representa la Kerlin Gallery y ha expuesto ... en la Douglas Hyde Gallery, el Project Art Centre o la Royal Hibernian Academy, instituciones todas ellas que hacen un gran trabajo de prospección.
Proposed translations
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| 4 | champion many new artists/exhibit a great deal of new works |
Edward Tully
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| 4 +1 | scouting work |
Luis Javier Otoya
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| 4 +1 | prospecting work / customer prospecting |
Ronnie McKee
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| 4 | canvassing jobs |
mikellys
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Sep 17, 2008 07:57: Edward Tully Created KOG entry
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Edward Tully
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champion many new artists/exhibit a great deal of new works
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33 mins
Luis Javier Otoya
Native in Spanish
Works in field
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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scouting work
Probably the intention of the original is to underline the fact that those galleries work hard at discovering new artists or "prospects".
Peer comment(s):
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Enrique Huber (X)
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35 mins
canvassing jobs
REAL ACADEMIA ESPAÑOLA
DICCIONARIO DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA - Vigésima segunda edición
PROSPECCION
2. f. Exploración de posibilidades futuras basada en indicios presentes. Prospección de mercados, de tendencias de opinión.
http://www.deperu.com/diccionario/?pal=prospecci�n
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canvass - an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/canvass
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prospecting work / customer prospecting
I believe that this is saying that these galleries do a good job of finding customers for the art placed in them. There is nothing wrong with leaving this as prospecting.
Prospecting is the art of locating new potential customers
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/business-career/article/succee...
Prospecting for customers is the first step to real selling, and must always be a salesperson’s top priority.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Prospecting_for_Customers
Prospecting is the art of locating new potential customers
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/business-career/article/succee...
Prospecting for customers is the first step to real selling, and must always be a salesperson’s top priority.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Prospecting_for_Customers
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