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Spanish term or phrase:
el pueblo, presidente
English translation:
the people govern
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el pueblo, presidente
This seems to be a frequently used phrase as a motto in the current Nicaraguan government.
see
http://www.presidencia.gob.ni/
http://www.elpueblopresidente.com/
I have an idea of what this phrase may mean in terms of the spirit of the words, but have been checking to see if there be a standardized English translation of this much used (at least in contemporary Nicaraguan government) phrase, and thus far have not had any luck.
Many thanks in advance
Jul 25, 2008 12:35: Patrick Moore changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/73663">Patrick Moore's</a> old entry - "el pueblo, presidente"" to ""the people govern""
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the people govern
The people rule would be nice too if "rule" wasn´t such a popular exression
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I just thought of: "The people at the presidency" ... always in the same line
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Patricia Rosas
: I looked at the logo in pmoore's link, and I'm believe this is the intended meaning
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Thank you Patricia!!
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Egmont
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Gracias AVRVM!
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Dave 72
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Thank you Dave!
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Barbara Compañy
: I like "The people at the presidency" very much :)
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Gracias Bárbara!
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Karla RG
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True, timely and reasonable. Choose two.
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the People, Mr. President
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the people of Nicaragua, (Mr) President
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power to the people
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reminds me of John Lennon but sounds ok in this context IMO ...
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maybe "people power" but not so convinced ...
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if it's a logo as opposed to the opening sally to a speech ...
| This is something that had occurred to me before. Clearly this is the spirit of the source text and it is a recognizeable phrase in U.S. English, so it's got that going for it... but at the same time it doesn't quite seem to "feel" right either... |
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María T. Vargas
: Knowing Sandinists well I think this is what the logo means. It might sound "too strong" specially for Europeans but as a sociologist who graduated in Mexico (next to Sandinists in exile) I'm certain this is what the logo means. Good luck.
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thanks Maria and I'm pretty sure it has to be something like this :)
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Egmont
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thanks AVRVM :)
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The President, on behalf of the Nicaraguan people, ...
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for the people,for the President!
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the people, the presidency
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Dave 72
: I can see a lot of sense in this suggestion!
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Thank you, Dave 72. It's an interesting exercise. :)
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vox populi!Mr.President
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The People, President
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A kindred spirit-echo of "e pluribus unum", I think. ...interesting...
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