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Buen manejo de relaciones interculturales

English translation: Good intercultural skills

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Spanish term or phrase:Buen manejo de relaciones interculturales
English translation:Good intercultural skills
Entered by: Yvonne Becker

23:33 Sep 22, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Spanish term or phrase: Buen manejo de relaciones interculturales
En un CV de una estudiante de turismo, en la sección correspondiente a habilidades:

" Bilingüe. Español e Ingles
 Manejo del Computador. Windows, Office, Internet y correo electrónico.
 Facilidad para la atención al cliente.
 **Buen manejo de relaciones interculturales por haber estado residenciada en** Estados Unidos, Arabia Saudita, Venezuela y España "

La traducción directa no me suena natural en inglés. ¿Me podrían ayudar a reformularla? Muchas gracias por adelantado.
Yvonne Becker
Local time: 07:34
Good intercultural skills
Explanation:
By analogy with the buzz-expression much favoured in HR circles: 'good interpersonal skills'.
Selected response from:

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 07:34
Grading comment
Muchas gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5Strong ability to handle intercultural relations
Donald Scott Alexander
4 +2Good intercultural skills
Jennifer Levey
4 +1multicultural skills
Maria Graciela Giordano
3Good grasp of cross-cultural relations
liz askew


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
multicultural skills


Explanation:
Lo he visto como *multicultural skills*, precedido del intensificador que prefieras: excellent, very good, etc.

Maria Graciela Giordano
Canada
Local time: 07:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Short and sweet ... KIS :-)
1 min
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Good intercultural skills


Explanation:
By analogy with the buzz-expression much favoured in HR circles: 'good interpersonal skills'.

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 07:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 116
Grading comment
Muchas gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sam Cogdell: I like the analogy you've drawn, and as someone who's been through a good deal of trainings and workshops on multiculturalism, I think "interpersonal is what's called for here.
1 hr
agree  Pilar Díez
1 day 17 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Strong ability to handle intercultural relations


Explanation:
Since this is a CV, I would say "strong ability to handle" rather than simply "good handling" - as you want to give a positive-sounding description of an ability this person has.



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Note added at 54 mins (2008-09-23 00:28:29 GMT)
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The other suggestions given:
- "[Excellent] multicultural skills" (Maria Graciela Giordano)
- "Good intercultural skills" (mediamatrix)
are quite nice also!


Donald Scott Alexander
Local time: 12:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jsalas
12 mins
agree  S Ben Price
15 mins
agree  Mónica Sauza: or... strong ability to manage
44 mins
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
6 hrs
agree  Adriana Rubinstein
13 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Good grasp of cross-cultural relations


Explanation:
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Intercultural Quotient - IQ / International Project
One must build on - Intercultural Quotient - IQ - personal and entrepreneurial IQ. ... Good grasp of partnership skills and cross-cultural abilities is ...
pages.infinit.net/aturc/entry.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
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The Newsletter of the Embassy of Azerbaijan - Issue # 18
12 Jun 2008 ... Intercultural Forum on “Expanding the Role of Women in ... bright students who already have a very good grasp on the political, economic and ...
www.azembassy.com/new/nl/nl18.html - 30k - Cached - Similar pages

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 220
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