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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Mathematics & Statistics
Spanish term or phrase:cresta
This refers to a point on a U-shaped curve. I do not have access to the graph, unfortunately, but am assuming the U-shape is not inverted as the "crest" is on the left, and the article mentions nowhere that it is an inverted U-shaped curve. I can find no references for crest as part of a U-shaped curve. The context is cultural tourism firms in Peru.
Por otro lado, la ciudad del Cusco debiera consolidar de igual manera la densidad y vinculación de su red de contactos dentro del clúster turístico para que puedan ascender a la cresta derecha de la “U”, constituyéndose como propulsores para la creación de nuevos bienes y servicios.
I understand the geometry and dynamics of waves, but I think it's a big jump to assume they're talking about wave geometry, just because they use the term "cresta." In a typical waveform, there is no "ascender a la cresta derecha de la 'U'" - there is no "U," and this kind of language is not typically used in describing and discussing waveforms.
I don't understand where this is coming from: "The curve describes the relationship between innovation capability and pioneering orientation." Is this from some deep source of context that you have not shared with the group? It certainly is not present in what you have shared with us, either explicitly or implicitly, as near as I can tell.
I have been away from the computer for the weekend. The curve describes the relationship between innovation capability and pioneering orientation. I still find the term “cresta” in Spanish very odd and can only think it refers to the top of one side of the U.
Not having the benefit of sight of the entire ST, I can’t help wondering if perhaps there might be a typo (or a nasty case of finger trouble during a ‘search and replace’ operation) that has substituted cresta for cuesta. cuesta as in cuesta abajo (LHS of the “U”) and cuesta arriba) for the RHS of the “U”).
Lots of business activities have suffered a major economic “U” (= slump) in the past couple of years owing to the impact of Covid-19 – and few more so than tourism.
Is the ST simply suggesting that the authorities in Cusco need to ‘get their act together’ with a view to pulling their tourism out of the slump?
I'm just guessing here, because we really don't have enough context, but: Maybe they're referring to tourist activity over the past couple of years - pre-pandemic, activity was high (the left "peak" of the U.) When the pandemic hit, tourist activity fell precipitously, into the valley between the left peak and the right peak. More recently, as we have come to believe that the coronavirus is over, tourist activity is rising again (the right peak of the U). I don't see any clues in the context provided that we're talking about some kind of sophisticated statistical analysis. A lot of tourists were coming; then they stopped; now they're coming back. Possible, I guess?
Here is the other time it is used, speaking about the U-shaped realtionship: Por un lado, la ciudad de Arequipa que está caracterizada por realizar actividades integradoras incipientes con otras empresas, muestra un efecto de moderación positiva, posiblemente esto se produce porque el entorno turístico arequipeño aún tiene un bajo nivel de integración entre las empresas encontrándose en la cresta izquierda de la “U” y en el caso del Cusco el efecto es negativo, probablemente se produce porque en esta ciudad la integración y aglomeración (clúster) se encuentra más adelantada comparativamente que Arequipa, aunque no está consolidada y esta relación podría estar en el valle de la “U”
But does it actually refer specifically to a graph, or is that your assumption? What else does it say about U shapes? And what is the wrong term in Spanish?
Admittedly, it's not very well written but it definitley refers to a statistical analysis. I am also aware that it is clearly the wrong term in Spanish.
Are you sure there is a graph, and that this is a mathematics and statistics question? Could it just be a metaphor, meaning get back to where they were before and perhaps referring to Covid?
A "U" has two peaks, not one on the left as you mention.
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peak
Explanation: Totally guessing here, but curves usually have peaks and troughs, and "crest" is kind of synonymous with peak.
Example sentence(s):
In a bell curve, the peak represents the most probable event in the dataset ...
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