Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

articular un discurso

English translation:

craft a message

Added to glossary by Eileen Brophy
Jun 5, 2017 18:09
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term

articular un discurso

Spanish to English Marketing Marketing Cat food market research
What is the correct marketing terminology in this context please?

This is about cat food marketing and the text reads as follows:

Eje de la PREVENCIÓN
Luego será tarde
Entre los propietarios de gato esterilizado que consumen Alimento Convencional se debería

articular algún discurso

en relación a la PREVENCIÓN
Quizás hoy no lo ves gordo
Pero luego, ya no hay vuelta atrás

Thank you for any help.

Proposed translations

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craft a message

This seems to be one way of expressing the intended meaning of the Spanish that is commonly used in marketing contexts.
Note from asker:
Thank you Robert, I thought it could be issue a communication or something like that, yours is much more "marketing" style vocab.
Peer comment(s):

agree 12316323 (X)
26 mins
Thank you, Kathryn!
agree Erika Ramos De Urquidi
50 mins
Gracias,Erika.
agree Domingo Trassens : I like this proposition.
2 hrs
Gracias, Domingo.
agree neilmac
2 hrs
Thanks, Neilmac.
agree Jairo Payan
5 hrs
Gracias, Jairo.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much for your help and patience Robert :-0))"
8 mins

draft a rationale

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+2
15 mins

promote awareness (of the role prevention)

This might work, depending on further context.
Peer comment(s):

agree Traduz4Clarity : Agree. It might also work with "advocate" (in favor of). Just a thought. Not sure.
7 hrs
thanks
agree Rosa Paredes
1 day 7 hrs
thanks
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3 hrs

create a discussion

Marketing wonks usually try to create a sort of dialogue/discussion with potential purchasers.
In the real world, it's actually more like "come up with a spiel" or "put together a sales pitch"...
Example sentence:

The approach I've seen so many people use – the one I referred to as pasteurized processed pork product – is to come up with a spiel ...

COME UP WITH A SPIEL – Once one person notices the similarities, the floodgates will open...

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8 hrs

formulate a discourse / articulate a message / express a coherent marketing message

Oxford
articulate
1.1 Express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently.
‘they were unable to articulate their emotions’

https://www.google.com/search?q="formulate a discourse"&ei=l...

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Note added at 8 hrs (2017-06-06 03:08:48 GMT)
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Exempli gratia,

It's much harder to ***articulate a marketing message*** with a limited number of words.

To be successful in pharmaceutical sales, you must have strong communication skills and be able to ***articulate a marketing message*** in a compelling way.

Learning how ***to articulate a marketing message*** in proper press release format is a powerful communication skill that will help you no matter what industry or ...

The best way ***to articulate a marketing message*** is to keep literature simple, to present strong visual assets that support the product while keeping users engaged ...

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Note added at 9 hrs (2017-06-06 03:11:35 GMT)
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Once you evaluate and select your target audience, the next step is ***to formulate a marketing message to clearly ...

... questions are important because they will help you figure out where you should be advertising and start ***to formulate a marketing message.***

If designers do not have a clear and specific target audience, it's going to difficult for them ***to formulate a marketing message*** to reach their ...
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2 days 11 hrs

prepare a message

"articular un discurso" means to come up with a line of communication or message.
Example sentence:

The DirCom prepared a message to reachout to the target audience.

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Reference comments

4 mins
Reference:

Puede servirte

articular2. 2. tr. Construir algo combinando adecuadamente sus elementos. Articuló un buen discurso. U. t. c. prnl.
http://dle.rae.es/srv/fetch?id=3r78MJV|3r7BQ0c

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Note added at 5 hrs (2017-06-05 23:59:37 GMT)
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Pero sí tiene que ver con qué significa "articular un discurso" en cualquier contexto, independientemente que sea marketing, político, etc

Es que el verbo "articular" no es muy común en español
Note from asker:
Gracias Jairo, pero el "link" no tiene nada que ver con marketing...
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Robert Forstag : Tienes razón. Más común habría sido elaborar", "redactar", "confeccionar", o simplemente "crear" un discurso. Pero creo
18 hrs
Gracias Robert. Aunque el verbo existe sí es un tanto "rebuscado". Buen día
agree JohnMcDove : No sé para toda la "Hispanidad", pero en España es común. El CREA (Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual) da unos cuantos ejemplos de este uso. Buscar aquí: http://corpus.rae.es/creanet.html
1 day 6 hrs
Gracias John,no sabía que en España es tan normal, por estos lares suena como que el texto es un poco adornado.
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