Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
consultar a su base
English translation:
consult the group he represents
Added to glossary by
Alana Quintyne
Nov 26, 2007 14:03
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
International Development,Trade,Finance
Native in: English (Variants: US, British)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
consultar a su base
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
International Org/Dev/Coop
"en el caso del ministerio han mandado a una persona muy buena pero siempre vamos a tener que esperar que ellos tengan que consultar a su base"
To what does this term refer? Consulting/checking with the person about his/her opinion, position on something? Is that the idea here? But then since there is an "a", leads me to believe it's with an individual, like "representative" perhaps? What do you all think?
To what does this term refer? Consulting/checking with the person about his/her opinion, position on something? Is that the idea here? But then since there is an "a", leads me to believe it's with an individual, like "representative" perhaps? What do you all think?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | consult the group he represents |
Fabio Descalzi
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| 3 +6 | check with his (or her) ministry (or department). |
John Rawlins
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| 5 | consult their base group (at the ministry) |
Sandra Rodriguez
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Proposed translations
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6 mins
Fabio Descalzi
Uruguay
Uruguay
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Uruguay
GER>SPA Translator in Architecture
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: German to Spanish, English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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consult the group he represents
"consultar a las bases" : typically political / labour unions, etc.
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Salloz
: Sí, señor. Es frecuente que en negociaciones, los representantes de un grupo, sindicato, etc, digan que no pueden aceptar una propuesta sin consultar a su base, es decir, la gente que los nombró sus representantes.
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Sí. Además, es raro que "la base" sea "la gente de un Ministerio"...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you."
+6
11 mins
check with his (or her) ministry (or department).
I am guessing that this refers to a government representative who must check with 'head office' before saying yes, or no, to whatever is on the table.
Peer comment(s):
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patyjs
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thanks Patyjs
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jacana54 (X)
: creo que a su vez es una traducción de la expresión "to touch base"; todo lo que Alana cita parece traducido
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Sí, puede ser. ¡Gracias!
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Cath St Clair (X)
: This sounds good to me. However, if talking generally, rather than referring to a specific situation, I would even stick with "consultar", i.e. consult his/her ministry
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Yes, consult would be perfect too. Thanks Cath!
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Bubo Coroman (X)
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Thanks Deborah!!
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Austinterpret
: "touch base" with the office :-)
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Yes, depending how formal the style is.
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AllegroTrans
3 hrs
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A happy thanks Allegro!
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6 hrs
consult their base group (at the ministry)
Se refiere a que siempre tendrán que esperar al consenso en el ministerio, no importa la capacidad de su representante.
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