This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. Spanish to English
  3. Government / Politics

"...no recogía exigencias mínimas..."

English translation: did not include minimum requirements

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:"...no recogía exigencias mínimas..."
English translation:did not include minimum requirements
Entered by: patinba

16:15 Apr 20, 2010
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-04-23 16:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
Spanish term or phrase: "...no recogía exigencias mínimas..."
The sentence in context. It refers to the Copenhagen summit.

"El acorde no recogía exigencias mínimas para establecer metas y métodos para reducir el ritmo del calentamiento global."
antsosa
did not include minimum requirements
Explanation:
for the setting of targets ...

is how I read it

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 19 mins (2010-04-20 16:35:26 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Recoger here means to" take into account"
DRAE: 16. tr. Tomar en cuenta lo que alguien ha dicho, para aceptarlo, rebatirlo o transmitirlo
Selected response from:

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 08:08
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7did not include minimum requirements
patinba
4did not include the minimum requirements
liz askew
4 -1did not reunite the minimum support necessary to establish...
Jenni Lukac (X)
3 -1does not meet the minimum requirements
John Marais
1"...did not contain minimum requirements..."
andres-larsen


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
does not meet the minimum requirements


Explanation:
..

John Marais
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  philgoddard: That's not what "recoger" means.
10 mins
  -> You are right, the meaning is drastically altered.
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
did not reunite the minimum support necessary to establish...


Explanation:
One option considering the context.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 13:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 120

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  philgoddard: Exigencias doesn't mean support.
13 mins
  -> I know that Phil, but in the context, and preceeding "to establish" it is a translation of what happened at the summit.
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
did not include the minimum requirements


Explanation:
http://diccionario.reverso.net/espanol-ingles/recoger

recoger (here) = include

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=exigencias requireme...

exigencias = requirements

BBC News - Why did Copenhagen fail to deliver a climate deal?
22 Dec 2009 ... The 24-hour live news culture did not make the Copenhagen Accord. ... the summit to agree anything close to the EU's minimum requirements



liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 167
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
\"...no recogía exigencias mínimas...\"
did not include minimum requirements


Explanation:
for the setting of targets ...

is how I read it

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 19 mins (2010-04-20 16:35:26 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Recoger here means to" take into account"
DRAE: 16. tr. Tomar en cuenta lo que alguien ha dicho, para aceptarlo, rebatirlo o transmitirlo

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 08:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 272
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew: ...the minimum....
5 mins
  -> Yes. Thanks, Liz!
agree  philgoddard: Don't agree with Liz though - your translation is correct.
8 mins
  -> Thanks Phil! I was willing to consider "the minimum requirements necessary" as a valid alternative, but as you say, without "the" is fine IMHO
agree  Evans (X)
13 mins
  -> Thank-you!
agree  Robert Forstag
26 mins
  -> Thank-you!
agree  lorenab23
1 hr
  -> Gracias!
agree  Leonardo Lamarche: agree.
1 hr
  -> Thank-you!
agree  James A. Walsh
2 hrs
  -> Thanks!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
"...did not contain minimum requirements..."


Explanation:
"The Copenhagen summit agreement ***did not contain minimum requirements*** for establishing goals and methods to slow global warming."

sources:

This Agreement contains an Arbitration Clause - The Agreement is made by and between LoveToKnow (LoveToKnow Corp. .... construed and enforced as if ***the Agreement did not contain*** the particular part, term, ...
www.2020site.org/legal/ -

Some Preliminary Thoughts on the New START agreement - Nukes of ... - 26 Mar 2010 ... ***New START also contains a simplified and less demanding provision*** on ... Recall that under START bombers that did not carry cruise missiles ...
nukesofhazardblog.com/story/2010/3/26/174321/289 -

Agreement for Lease. ***Lease to Contain Such Other Covenants and ... - D MacIntyre - 1965 -
AGREEMENT FOR LEA8E—LEASE TO CONTAIN SUCH OTHER COVENANTS*** .... in their contention that the draft lease did not comply with those ...
www.jstor.org/stable/4504998

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 07:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 76
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search