Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
al no concretar sinergias
English translation:
failing to achieve any synergy
Spanish term
Belize
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
al no concretar sinergias
Liberar recursos de la inversión pública en agua y saneamiento de aquellos segmentos de la población que puede invertir son sus propios recursos, y destinarlos a los más pobres, es una estrategia efectiva y podía servir como el “elemento galvanizador” y de venta de la alianza a los actores públicos.
Sin embargo, esta visión de complementariedad no logró permear con fuerza entre los socios de la iniciativa y el equipo técnico y pudo haber debilitado las acciones de intervención de la iniciativa, ***al no concretar sinergias*** con el sector público y lograr una mayor participación y recursos en las tareas de sensibilización, promoción y asistencia técnica en ASH a la población meta.
My try:
However, this vision of complementarity did not succeed in the partners of the initiative and the technical team may have [negatively] affected the actions launched by the initiative ***as they failed to conduct joint efforts *** with actors/stakeholders of the public sector.
| 4 +1 | failing to achieve any synergy |
Muriel Vasconcellos
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| 4 +1 | not realizing synergies |
Thomas Walker
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| 4 +1 | as there was no (evidence of) synergy |
David Hollywood
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Non-PRO (1): philgoddard
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Proposed translations
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
failing to achieve any synergy
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Note added at 7 hrs (2018-10-17 06:24:49 GMT)
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It fits better with the context.
not realizing synergies
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
as there was no (evidence of) synergy
I would suggest
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Note added at 1 hr (2018-10-17 00:17:09 GMT)
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I would keep "synergy" in the singular and an alternative could be "as there was no cooperation" but I think you should stick with "synergy" as there's absolutely no reason to shy away from it...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2018-10-17 00:29:15 GMT)
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Sin embargo, esta visión de complementariedad no logró permear con fuerza entre los socios de la iniciativa y el equipo técnico y pudo haber debilitado las acciones de intervención de la iniciativa, ***al no concretar sinergias*** con el sector público...
However, this vision of complementarity did not succeed in getting through to/making a forceful impact on those involved in the initiative and the technical team may have [negatively] affected the actions launched by the initiative as there was no (evidence of) synergy with the public sector...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2018-10-17 00:31:27 GMT)
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forget the previous version as we're missing an "y" so here's the new version:
However, this vision of complementarity did not succeed in getting through to/making a forceful impact on those involved in the initiative and the technical team AND may have [negatively] affected the actions launched by the initiative as there was no (evidence of) synergy with the public sector...
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