Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

realizar previamente una aproximación a

English translation:

it is first necessary to roughly define

Added to glossary by Lisa McCarthy
Apr 8, 2010 10:43
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term

realizar previamente una aproximación a

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) Creativity
La creatividad forma parte del conjunto de competencias que se puede exigir de un directivo en la actualidad, y que se debe fomentar a través de determinadas técnicas. Sin embargo, para entenderlas es necesario **realizar previamente una aproximación a** lo que entendemos por creatividad en el mundo empresarial. Aunque son muchas las maneras en las que podríamos conceptualizar la creatividad, una de las más acertadas podría ser la que exponemos a continuación.

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it is first necessary to roughly define

...what we understand as creativity - 1 option!
Peer comment(s):

agree Richard Boulter : The source sounds pretty colloquial (in business) to me and I think this rendition would be better.
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many thanks Richard! ;-)
agree Carolina Brito
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thank you! ;-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Cheers, Ed - have a nice weekend!"
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make a prior assessment of...

One possibility. Or perhaps a buzzword like 'guestimate' could be used.
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get a clearer idea of

lots of possibilities here: "think through", "figure out" and many such expressions could be used.
...get a clearer idea of what we mean by creativity...
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provide an example

to show a similarity from something from before.
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