Spanish term
United Kingdom
Partimos de la base que
The whole phrase reads as follows:
Partimos de la base que la vida de toda persona comprende no sólo su condición biológica, sino también los aspectos sociales y culturales que la constituyen.
Not sure how to translate the start of this phrase - any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!
Jun 2, 2015 19:38: Juan Jacob changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Our starting point is that
Our starting point is that every person's life comprises...
If you look at the first few results on a Google search for "Our starting point is that", you'll see that many of them lead into an underlying premise to an organisation's ethical/philosophical stance.
We base ouselves on
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Sorry for the TYPO: Should read: "We base ourselves on":
Lend Me Your Ears: Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations
https://books.google.com.mx/books?isbn... - Traducir esta página
Antony Jay - 2010 - Political Science
Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations Antony Jay ... Those who wait for that must wait until a shrimp learns to whistle. speech in Moscow, 17 September 1955 8 We must ... We base ourselves on the idea that we must peacefully co-exist.
macneil/lehrer newshour interview with castro - Latin ...
lanic.utexas.edu/project/castro/db/.../19850212.html
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11 feb. 1985 - MACNEIL: Is there anybody in jail simply because his political beliefs ... a press to have a full expression of ideas and discussion and opposition? .... one, because we base ourselves on the confidence and the support of the ...
Speech President in Istanbul - Venice Commission
www.venice.coe.int/...04/8_Speech_TUR_EN.html
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We base ourselves on Council of Europe standards but also on the common ... very coherent system of what is called by political scientists a tutelary democracy.
The pro-war Nation and Obama's Afghan escalation - World ...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/12/nati-d04.html?...
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4 dic. 2009 - Obama's speech represents a turning point for the American intervention ... in pursuit of the US ruling elite's economic and political interests. .... We base ourselves on a class analysis of this administration and the Democrats.
May-Day Speech on Yugoslavia - Labour Focus on Eastern ...
labourfocus.gn.apc.org/Lafontaine.html
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Oskar Lafontaine Mayday speech May 1999, on the war in Yugoslavia. ... With regard to the present situation I want to distinguish political from military ... and right, just and peaceful, only if we base ourselves on the rules of international law, ...
:)) eski
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philgoddard
: I don't think this works, because it's followed by "que".
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Thanks Phil: "We base orselves on the fact that..." might work. :))
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Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
It is our assumption that / We assume that
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AllegroTrans
: but is it an assumption or a starting point? they are not synonomous
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We set out from the idea that
"We set out from the idea/notion/proposal/assumption..." etc.
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Another possibility:
"Our basic premise is that..."
https://www.google.es/?gws_rd=ssl#q="Our basic premise is th...
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If you look at the first few results on a Google search for "Our basic premise is that... "... er, what Simon said above :)
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Jacob Z. (X)
: I like the "basic premise" suggestion because it manages to get the "base" in there but without being too literal and the "pre" in premise implies the starting point. Genius!
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Cheers. There are so many ways to skin this particular moggy...
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Charles Davis
: I don't much like set out from but I do like "basic premise". // True, but he didn't actually suggest it as a translation.
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I'm afraid I've been using "set out" and "outset" a lot recently... And Simon was the first to mention premise...
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AllegroTrans
: "Our basic premise is that..."
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El Salvador
BA in Translation & BA in Law
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 2 more.
We start from the view that...
Because your words matter
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: Spanish to English
We believe that
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Perhaps "we fundamentally believe that" to include the "de la base" part.
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neilmac
: Nice and direct for a political speech...
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Many thanks Neil! ;-)
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Candace Holt Ryan
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Many thanks Candace! ;-)
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philgoddard
: There are lots of possible translations.
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Many thanks Phil! ;-)
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AllegroTrans
: works
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Many thanks! ;-)
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Phoenix III
: To the point
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Many thanks! ;-)
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Juan Jacob
: En efecto, no es traducción literal...
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Thank you for confirming my statement Juan ;-)
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