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poder ser dueño de su vida

inglés translation: to take control of their lives

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Término o frase en español:	poder ser dueño de su vida
Traducción al inglés:	to take control of their lives
Aportado por:	Eugenio Llorente

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10:14 Sep 14, 2011

Traducciones de español a inglés [PRO]
Science - Medioambiente y ecología / Biocultura

Término o frase en español: poder ser dueño de su vida

The author previouly argued "that the more the society develops, the less the individual will develop." The term appears in this context:

"Solución: Potenciar al individuo. Dotarle de recursos para poder ser dueño de su vida."

This is how a see it, for the moment:

"Solution: Empowering the individual. Providing them with resources to become owners of their own lives. "

Note: I use the plural "them" to be gender-neutral.

Eugenio Llorente Actividad en KudoZ Preguntas hechas: 826 (none open) (14 closed without grading) Respuestas: 100
Local time: 04:07

to take control of their lives

Explicación:
Give them the resources they need to take control of their lives.

Respuesta elegida de:

Simon Bruni
Reino Unido
Local time: 03:07

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Again, thank you very much, Simon!
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4 +3

to take control of their lives

Simon Bruni

4 +1

to take command of their life

Pamela Faber Benitez

4 +1

to take charge of their life

xxxFVS

to enable them to take control of their lives

Charles Davis

to become owners of their own lives

Julie Waddington

Respuestas

1 minuto Nivel de confianza:

Coincidencias de otros usuarios (netas) +1

to take charge of their life

Explicación:
Is how I would put it.

xxxFVS
Idioma materno: inglés
Pts. PRO en la categoría: 4

8 minutos Nivel de confianza:

Coincidencias de otros usuarios (netas) +3

to take control of their lives

Explicación:
Give them the resources they need to take control of their lives.

Simon Bruni
Reino Unido
Local time: 03:07
Trabaja en este campo
Idioma materno: inglés
Pts. PRO en la categoría: 66

Grading comment

Again, thank you very much, Simon!

8 minutos Nivel de confianza:

to become owners of their own lives

Explicación:
I think the terms you opt for sound appropriate in this context. I would maybe change the gerunds to infinitives "Empower" and "Provide".
Gender neutral option is definitely good choice.
Best of luck.

Julie Waddington
España
Local time: 04:07
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Idioma materno: inglés

11 minutos Nivel de confianza:

Coincidencias de otros usuarios (netas) +1

to take command of their life

Explicación:
My suggestion

Pamela Faber Benitez
España
Local time: 04:07
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Idioma materno: inglés
Pts. PRO en la categoría: 8

18 minutos Nivel de confianza:

to enable them to take control of their lives

Explicación:
It could be argued that "poder" need not be translated, on the grounds that "resources to take control/charge" implies "to be able to take control/charge". However, thinking about it I feel that it would be better to include it. To me, "to take control" implies, or could imply, "so that they take control", whereas "to be able to take control" does not necessarily mean that they do so, but simply that they can do so. OK, in practice there's not much difference, I agree, but I think there's no harm in including it. I feel "enable" is the natural way to do it, and that the result reads well.

I take your point about gender-neutral "they/them", but I still try to find ways of avoiding it. In particular, as the previous answers show, there is some doubt about whether one should put "life" or "lives" in this construction. The former is logical (an individual has only one life), but "their life" grates on me. "Their lives" sounds right, but logically conflicts with the singular individual. So I'd suggest putting "providing people with resources to enable them to take control of their lives". I think this reads naturally and is quite consistent with the original.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-09-14 11:17:43 GMT)
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When I say "avoid gender-neutral "they/them", I mean avoid using it explicitly in the singular. This is the problem with "their life", for me: the combination plural-singular. It's quite common now and we're all getting used to it, but the problem can often be avoided entirely by finding an acceptable way to express it in the plural. That was my point.

Charles Davis
Local time: 04:07
Idioma materno: inglés
Pts. PRO en la categoría: 20

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Usuario que pregunta: Dear Charles, I appreciate very much your comments. Thank you very much.

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