Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
intervención
English translation:
contribution
Added to glossary by
Joss Heywood
Jan 16, 2010 20:55
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Switzerland
Sport, tourism and marketing expert
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, Catalan to English, and 2 more.
intervención
Spanish to English
Other
Education / Pedagogy
Academic Ceremonies
Wasn't sure which category to put this in.
I can't quite decide on a translation for "intervención" where it refers to different members of an Academic Jury being given the floor to voice their opinions.
An example sentence would be: "las intervenciones suelen ser de 5 minutos". I have various options, from "intervention", to "participation", to "comments" and more "out there" variants such as "say their piece".
Ideally I want a noun, since verbal constructions will force me to rejig the phrase and it recurs frequently.
I have reviewed various glossary entries but am yet to be convinced.
Thanks as always!
I can't quite decide on a translation for "intervención" where it refers to different members of an Academic Jury being given the floor to voice their opinions.
An example sentence would be: "las intervenciones suelen ser de 5 minutos". I have various options, from "intervention", to "participation", to "comments" and more "out there" variants such as "say their piece".
Ideally I want a noun, since verbal constructions will force me to rejig the phrase and it recurs frequently.
I have reviewed various glossary entries but am yet to be convinced.
Thanks as always!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | contribution |
Joss Heywood
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| 4 +3 | speech |
James A. Walsh
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| 4 +1 | participation |
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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| 4 +1 | presentation |
Aradai Pardo Martínez
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| 4 | intervention |
Leonardo Lamarche
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| 4 | question and answer period / examination |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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Change log
Jan 18, 2010 11:21: Joss Heywood Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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36 mins
Selected
contribution
... contributing to the debate ...
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Joss! In the end I've opted to give you the points, because out of the options I liked this was the one I hadn't thought of. In the text itself I went for both contribution and intervention in different sentences. Thanks everybody!"
+1
1 min
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Specializes in field
Portuguese translations
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Angolan, South African, European/Portugal, Cape Verdean, Brazilian, Mozambican) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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5
participation
Imvho
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Gabriela Mejías
: This is the word that came to my mind.
9 mins
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Gabriela, gracias. Antonio
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+1
34 mins
Aradai Pardo Martínez
Mexico
Mexico
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Mexico
Postgraduate degree in Translation
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Mexican, Latin American)
Works in: Swedish to Spanish, English to Spanish, Spanish, and 1 more.
presentation
Otra posibilidad...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Julie Waddington
: This was the word that came to my mind and which I think is entirely appropriate in this context.
17 hrs
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Thank you, Julie!
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56 mins
Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Venezuela
Native in Spanish
Venezuela
Leonardo Lamarche Translator
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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40
+3
1 hr
James A. Walsh
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
&
English
Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK, Irish) , Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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87
speech
Another option that might work.
From Oxford Spanish dictionary:
intervención femenino
A
1 (participación) intervention; la inmediata intervención de los bomberos the swift intervention of the fire service; se ha probado su intervención en el atraco his involvement in the robbery has been proved; su intervención en el congreso fue muy aplaudida her speech to the conference was warmly applauded;
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-16 22:16:28 GMT)
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'Speeches are generally 5 minutes' even...
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-16 22:20:50 GMT)
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Or 'Talk(s)'; but that might be too informal.
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-16 22:22:00 GMT)
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BTW, have no idea why it's bolding and underlining everything?!
From Oxford Spanish dictionary:
intervención femenino
A
1 (participación) intervention; la inmediata intervención de los bomberos the swift intervention of the fire service; se ha probado su intervención en el atraco his involvement in the robbery has been proved; su intervención en el congreso fue muy aplaudida her speech to the conference was warmly applauded;
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-16 22:16:28 GMT)
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'Speeches are generally 5 minutes' even...
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-16 22:20:50 GMT)
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Or 'Talk(s)'; but that might be too informal.
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-16 22:22:00 GMT)
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BTW, have no idea why it's bolding and underlining everything?!
Example sentence:
Speaches are generally 5 minutes.
Note from asker:
| Thanks, James. I'm not sure why it's underlining and bolding, either... but it's kinda cool :-) |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Edward Tully
: I think this fits best!
14 mins
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Cheers Edward :)
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| agree |
Janet Doyle
2 hrs
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Thanks, Janet.
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| agree |
De Novi
11 hrs
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Thanks again, Zanne :)
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1 hr
question and answer period / examination
This is valid in the case that you are referring to an academic jury for a thesis presentation: "The jury members conduct a dissertation examination within one month after the dissertation has been submitted. The dissertation examination consists of the presentation of the dissertation and the following question-answer session with the jury members." http://www.ku.edu.tr/ku/index.php?Itemid=2041&id=1055&option...
Discussion
Contribution and intervention are the options I most like so far.
I hesitate over a word like "speech" since if they are making comments from the floor, then they shouldn't be making speeches.
Contributions might be best if you have to have a noun...