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hoja de ruta

English translation: road map

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Spanish term or phrase:hoja de ruta
English translation:road map
Entered by: Antonio Galindo

09:37 Apr 8, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Advertising / Public Relations
Spanish term or phrase: hoja de ruta
This is from a marketing letter that is promoting trade fairs. I think this is a figurative use, so the direct translation of "waybill" sounds like *. Any suggestions?

"Motortec-Automechanika Ibérica es una nueva hoja de ruta que mira al futuro."
S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 12:10
road map
Explanation:
Yes, it is a figurative use. It has been recently used very often to refer to the 'road map for peace' in the Middle East and is very consolidated both in Spanish and English.
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Antonio Galindo
Spain
Local time: 12:10
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7road map
Antonio Galindo
4 +4roadmap
erowe


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
roadmap


Explanation:
A coomon use

erowe
Spain
Local time: 12:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: Yes, so much used by a certain US politician when he was in power that the expression makes me wince!! I prefer two words, but both forms are in use.
8 mins
  -> Yes, makes me wince, too!
agree  Mirtha Grotewold
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mirtha!
agree  Antonio Galindo: thanks!
9 hrs
agree  axies
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Gracias, Manuel!
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
road map


Explanation:
Yes, it is a figurative use. It has been recently used very often to refer to the 'road map for peace' in the Middle East and is very consolidated both in Spanish and English.

Antonio Galindo
Spain
Local time: 12:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: Beaten to it by a whisker!
6 mins
  -> thanks!
agree  Alicia Jordá
8 mins
  -> thanks!
agree  mavicmar
1 hr
  -> many thanks!
agree  Rafael Molina Pulgar
2 hrs
  -> gracias, Rafael!
agree  Mirtha Grotewold
7 hrs
  -> sorry, I mean thanks HERE, not above, although our translations are nearly the same
agree  Carolina Brito
7 hrs
  -> thank you so much!
agree  axies
1 day 3 hrs
  -> gracias, manuel!
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