Mar 2, 2011 22:03
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

personas de las veredas

Spanish to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. Indigenous groups
This is about access to health care in a municipality in Colombia that has a high percentage of indigenous population. It's an entry in a table. I'm assuming that these are people who live in small scattered settlements along trails.

Condiciones de transporte, condiciones topográficas, y de seguridad, distancias y facilidades para la atención a la POBLACIÓN

Hay problemas con las **personas de las veredas** – la articulación debe hacerse a través de los consejos comunitarios que son los encargados de acercarse a los que les impiden el acceso –

Proposed translations

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rural settlement

Yo soy colombiana. Las veredas son zonas geográficas constituídas por asentamientos alejados del casco urbano, y forman parte de un municipio o parroquia (corregimientos y veredas); las veredas son sólo algunas casas y calles.
En inglés se describen como "administrative sections of a township or parish" (similar to a small district or a sub-county)
Note from asker:
Thanks so much for the explanation, Claudia!
Peer comment(s):

agree James A. Walsh
1 hr
agree Victoria Frazier : Would "distant" rural settlements be appropriate?
5 hrs
agree Eric Schwartz : Veredas are rural administrative divisions within a municipio; barrios are the urban equivalent. But the connotation is sometimes of outlying areas, in contrast with the municipal center. How about "outlying rural settlements?"
1 day 2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I also added 'veredas' in parentheses because I discovered that the word is very often left untranslated in English."
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people who come off of/from off of the paths/trails

Referencia: Larousse Unabridged Spanish/English Dictionary
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people from the outlying districts

From the Oxford Spanish:

3 (Colombia) (distrito) district

"outlying districts" is a common collocation in English:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_E...
Peer comment(s):

agree Dr Trevor Stack : yes, see also http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2003259
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people from the (indian) settlements

Resultados de la búsqueda
Que es una vereda ? - Yahoo! Respuestas
21 Ago 2006 ... En Colombia todos los municipios tienen corregimientos y veredas, que son asentamientos alejados del casco urbano, normalmente los ...
espanol.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?... - Estados Unidos

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Note added at 16 hrs (2011-03-03 14:41:33 GMT)
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Vereda La Unión, Un recorrido por las comunidades indígenas de ...
5 Jul 2010 ... Relatos de viajes de Morales, Colombia - Diario de viajes: Vereda La Unión, Un recorrido por las comunidades indígenas de Cauca y Huila en ...
www.viajeros.com › ... › América del Sur › Colombia -
Peer comment(s):

agree Robert Forstag
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Many thanks, Robert :)
agree Richard Boulter : According to the comments from Colombia, these areas are NOT rural, but are part of municipal (U.S. English) entities where Native American populations live. I would be interested in more-precise Answers to close in on this fascinating arrangement.
3 hrs
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