fer política

English translation: play politics

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Catalan term or phrase:fer política
English translation:play politics
Entered by: Caroline Clarke

12:29 Jul 27, 2010
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Catalan term or phrase: fer política
I am having a bit of a problem with this because of the double entendre of policy and poltics. I am not sure if that is the intention either, perhaps they just mean policy, but "tenir una políticaca de drets humans" and "fer política amb els drets humans" are italicised, leading me to think this is the case. Not sure what to do. Any ideas? TIA

Els estats poden i acostumen a tenir una política de drets humans però també fer política amb els drets humans.

My draft:
States can have and usually do have a human rights policy but they also make policy with human rights (and politicise it).
S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 05:41
play politics
Explanation:
A possibility. It seems to fit with the tone of the piece, and there's another example here:

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=342985
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Caroline Clarke
Local time: 04:41
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play politics


Explanation:
A possibility. It seems to fit with the tone of the piece, and there's another example here:

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=342985

Caroline Clarke
Local time: 04:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

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agree  Andrew Langdon-Davies (X)
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agree  Berni Armstrong: good choice IMHO
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