Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

punta a punta

English translation:

end to end

Added to glossary by karin förster handley
Nov 21, 2021 18:13
2 yrs ago
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Spanish term

punta a punta

Spanish to English Social Sciences Economics
THis is a heading for a chart comparing educational and GDP levels in Argentina, Canada, and Austrial in the First Globalization

Tabla 1. Crecimiento porcentual del PBI per cápita y de los años promedio de escolarización, punta a punta

The chart itself breaks down the period into 3 subperiods:
1870 – 1890 1890-1910 1910-1930

"Entire period"?
Change log

Dec 5, 2021 12:56: karin förster handley Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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end to end

The entire period, or end to end, perhaps
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : Or "during the period".
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agree patinba : I think it means that the percentage is calculated comparing the levels at the start and the end of the periods indicated.
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agree Luis M. Sosa
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agree Décio Adams
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
30 mins

from beginning to end/from start to finish

https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/from end to end

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In this case, I prefer the first option I entered.
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From the beginning to end

Ti refers to something that has a clear limit, a clear start and a clear end, it includes a vaste range of elements so it’s an expression that is implied when someone needs to specify a whole entity.
Peer comment(s):

disagree Jennifer Levey : If you are going to put the definite article 'the' before 'beginning', you must be consistent and put 'the' before 'end' too.
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for each respective period

That's my understanding.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jennifer Levey : Mine too :) It refers to the way the data is broken down into 20-year periods.
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Thank you, Jennifer!
agree neilmac
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Thank you, Neil!
agree Orkoyen (X) : yes, for each respective interval of years.
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Thank you!
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