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Spanish term or phrase:
empresas de desarrollo nacionales
English translation:
domestic development companies
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empresa en desarrollo
El software libre favorece el desarrollo económico local: Las inversiones, en vez de realizarse "alquilando" licencias a grandes multinacionales, se realizan en empresas de desarrollo nacionales. Esto es claramente positivo para la comunidad.
Developing companies doesn´t sound right to me- I thought perhaps "fledgling companies".
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James A. Walsh
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Feb 12, 2011 13:55: Toby Wakely changed "Field (write-in)" from "terminology to describe companies" to "empresa de desarrollo"
Feb 14, 2011 11:15: James A. Walsh changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/871382">Toby Wakely's</a> old entry - "empresa en desarrollo"" to ""national/domestic development companies""
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national/domestic development companies
Las inversiones, en vez de realizarse "alquilando" licencias a grandes multinacionales, se realizan en <u>empresas de desarrollo nacionales</u>.
Investments are made in <u>national development companies</u>, rather than “renting” licenses from large multinationals.
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Brett Thomas
: I would say (e.g. Spanish) development companies/firms as 'national' isn't really used in English as a contrastive to 'international'
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