animan

English translation: drive

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Spanish term or phrase:animan
English translation:drive
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy

19:41 Jul 20, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / Quality assurance
Spanish term or phrase: animan
Re quality assurance and enhancement processes in higher education. The words in English are in the original text.


La contraposición los umbrales o estándares, bien determinados y de validez general, propios los procesos de assurance, y los modelos de referencia, ideales, contextuales y complejos, que caracterizan los procesos de enhancement ilumina bien las diferentes lógicas que **animan** cada uno de los procesos. El uno busca asegurar, garantizar frente a terceros, unos criterios o niveles mínimos y el otro aspira a la excelencia, desde la lógica de la innovación, la creatividad y la investigación. El uno es propio de la exigencia del exterior hacia el interior (y la respuesta que desde el interior se da a esa exigencia) y el otro es puramente interno. El uno es establecido a través de directrices de obligado cumplimiento (impuesto, con mayor o menor grado de negociación previa) y el otro pasa necesariamente por la implicación activa interna, el convencimiento, la responsabilidad y la autonomía, alimentadas por un contexto favorable y estimulante a estos efectos.
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 07:27
drive/inspire
Explanation:
2 options that come to mind off the top of my head.
Selected response from:

Shannon Morales
United States
Local time: 01:27
Grading comment
Thanks, Shannon :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6drive/inspire
Shannon Morales
4 +1underlying
Jennifer Levey
4facilitate / foster
Jenni Lukac (X)
3bolster
Michael Powers (PhD)
1promote/encourage
anademahomar


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
drive/inspire


Explanation:
2 options that come to mind off the top of my head.

Shannon Morales
United States
Local time: 01:27
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, Shannon :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or guide.
2 mins
  -> Thank you!

agree  James A. Walsh: I'd go with "drive". All the way.
41 mins
  -> Thanks.

agree  Charles Davis: I think "drive" is probably the best option in this context.
1 hr
  -> Thanks.

agree  Marjory Hord: agree with JAW and CD
8 hrs
  -> Thanks.

agree  Dr. Mara Huber
10 hrs

agree  neilmac: I prefer "driving" to "that drive"... Phil's "guide" is a nice option for education texts too.
13 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
promote/encourage


Explanation:
Hard text....

anademahomar
Honduras
Local time: 00:27
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
facilitate / foster


Explanation:
Facilitate would frankly sound better in English, but foster is closer to the original.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 07:27
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 266
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
bolster


Explanation:
Of course the challenge is to look for a verb that will work with concepts as the direct object instead of a person. I believe bolster can accept an inanimate direct object. I found this as one of the translations in Marina Orellana's Glosario internacional del traductor.

Mike

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 02:27
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 412
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
underlying


Explanation:
ilumina bien las diferentes lógicas que **animan** cada uno de los procesos
-->
illustrate (rather) well the different logic underlying each of th(os)e processes

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 03:27
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 116

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: I can't not agree with this :)
10 hrs
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