Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
saldo migratorio
Spanish translation:
net migration
English term
saldo migratorio
(my brain just won't make this work. thank you.)
Sep 18, 2007 22:31: Beatriz Galiano (X) changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to English" to "English to Spanish"
Sep 19, 2007 15:27: AllegroTrans Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois) 
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
net migration
I agree with Robert Forstage that it is not a "rate" - it is simply a statistic, a whole number
United States
Translating into native U.S. English
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English
net migration rate
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http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1634-2941(200403/04)59:2<31...
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Patricia Rosas
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Gracias Patricia!
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Robert Forstag
: There really is no reference to a "rate" of any kind here, so the word is entirely inappropriate.
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In English I often see the word 'rate' applied to an absolute number instead of a percentage when referring to a flow of some sort.
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Elizabeth Slaney
: "Rate" is not the same as "balance"
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Spain
The translator people turn to
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
balance of (e)migration
"-- the balance of emigration and return migration " www.ingentaconnect.com/content/oecd/03766438/2003/00002003/...
The end of the sentence makes me wonder whether they are talking about the balance of migration or of emigration
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On second thoughts it is just *balance of migration* not emigration.
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
The total number of emigrants
"Emigrants" because the persons in question are being viewed from an Ecuadorian perspective (i.e., that they "are leaving" the country).
Suerte.
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Patricia Rosas
: I got your point about "rate" in Taylor's answer, but saldo here is referring to emigrants less return migrants, and it is a standard measure taken in socioeconomic studies of regions of high migration
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Netherlands
Love a challenge, cope with pressure!
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
migratory balance
http://www.espon.eu/mmp/online/website/functions/home/maps/786/file_2310/demographic_change.pdf
http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/91F0015MIE/2007008/findings/factors.htm
Mexico
The right words in the right place.
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian)
Works in: Spanish to English, English
toll taken by migration
Just recast the sentence …
“Some 827,473 people – at least 7 percent of the population – have left the country in the past seven years.”
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