Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
un decisor de iniciativas
English translation:
decision maker
Added to glossary by
Sara Fairen
Sep 27, 2019 12:22
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Spanish term
United Kingdom
un decisor de iniciativas
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
methodological guide to research into human rights violations
Context: a methodological guide to researching human rights violations in Latin America.
This is from a section headed "ENTENDER EL CONTEXTO DEL PAIS
El contexto puede condicionar el proceso de decisiones y sus efectos. Decisiones como, por ejemplo, las iniciativas de un Estado para proteger derechos. El contexto es la suma de relaciones entre personas, entre organizaciones, es la interdependencia entre ellos, y un decisor de iniciativas forma parte de ella y reconoce que condiciona sus decisiones.
Does it mean decision-makers (people/authorities?) or the process of making decisions about initiatives.
However I am struggling with making sense of the whole sentence. (Please see my next question!)
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions
This is from a section headed "ENTENDER EL CONTEXTO DEL PAIS
El contexto puede condicionar el proceso de decisiones y sus efectos. Decisiones como, por ejemplo, las iniciativas de un Estado para proteger derechos. El contexto es la suma de relaciones entre personas, entre organizaciones, es la interdependencia entre ellos, y un decisor de iniciativas forma parte de ella y reconoce que condiciona sus decisiones.
Does it mean decision-makers (people/authorities?) or the process of making decisions about initiatives.
However I am struggling with making sense of the whole sentence. (Please see my next question!)
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | decisor-maker |
Sara Fairen
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| 3 | decisions regarding initiatives |
Muriel Vasconcellos
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Change log
Sep 28, 2019 20:40: Sara Fairen Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Sara Fairen
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
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decisor-maker
I agree with Chema, a “decisor” is a decision-maker.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mng6UNRAbZsC&pg=PA211&lp...
El Decisor: aquel que tiene la autoridad legal o el poder real para decidir.
This can probably be polished, but I would go with something like: When launching new initiatives decision-makers are part of this [interdependence, interconnectedness], and are aware/recognise that it shapes their choices/decisions.
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Note added at 18 horas (2019-09-28 06:52:37 GMT)
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Oops, yes and the answer was a typo too: decision maker, not decisor maker. Shouldn't post answers so late at night :-)
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Note added at 1 día 8 horas (2019-09-28 20:38:00 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you! No, I think the sentence is just very long-winded and it wasn´t clear what "ella" meant, but Chema did a good job of unravelling it.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
philgoddard
: Decision maker. No hyphen.
3 hrs
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Ok, many thanks philgoddard :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks. Do you agree that there may be something omitted from SL?"
7 hrs
Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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305
decisions regarding initiatives
Here is my take on it:
'Context is the totality of relationships between people and organizations and the interdependence between them. Therefore, decisions regarding initiatives are part of this totality, recognizing that they shape the ultimate decisions that are taken.'
'Context is the totality of relationships between people and organizations and the interdependence between them. Therefore, decisions regarding initiatives are part of this totality, recognizing that they shape the ultimate decisions that are taken.'
Discussion
y un decisor de iniciativas [a decision maker; a person in charge of developing actions/proposals] forma parte de dicha interdependencia y (el decisor de inicativas) reconoce que (el contexto) condiciona sus decisiones.
"Un decisor de iniciativas" might be a reference to a person who is part of ? (¿dicha interdependencia?) and the one who agrees context "condiciona sus decisiones"...
And so...
... y un decisor de iniciativas forma parte de [la interdependencia] y reconoce que [el contexto] condiciona sus decisiones.
Yes, this makes sense...
El contexto es (...) un decisor de iniciativas... could be used/understandable, but what follows from there on does not make sense. "Reconoce que condiciona sus decisiones" does not make any sense in your text.