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un actor internacional de pequeña dimensión

English translation: a small-scale player on the world scene

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Spanish term or phrase:un actor internacional de pequeña dimensión
English translation:a small-scale player on the world scene
Entered by: Adam Burman

08:23 May 18, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / Legal
Spanish term or phrase: un actor internacional de pequeña dimensión
La politica exterior actual de Venezuela buscar marcar tres objetivos nacionales:

3. Mostrar cómo un actor internacional de pequeña dimensión puede ser capaz de tener una politica externa relativamente autónoma.
Adam Burman
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:57
a small-scale player on the world scene
Explanation:
I think this would work nicely

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-05-18 08:29:32 GMT)
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this article talks about China being a "powerful player on the world scene":

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12161566.htm?temp...
Selected response from:

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:57
Grading comment
Thanks Simon!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7a small-scale player on the world scene
Simon Bruni
5a minor international player
bigedsenior
4International actor of little standing/relatively unknown international actor
cw010 (X)
4small international player
Cecilia Della Croce


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
International actor of little standing/relatively unknown international actor


Explanation:
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cw010 (X)
Local time: 11:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
a small-scale player on the world scene


Explanation:
I think this would work nicely

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-05-18 08:29:32 GMT)
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this article talks about China being a "powerful player on the world scene":

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12161566.htm?temp...

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 180
Grading comment
Thanks Simon!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aoife Kennedy: Perhaps "on the international scene" would be better, but I like your suggestion
3 mins
  -> thanks Aoife, yes - international would stay closer to the original
agree  Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
30 mins
  -> thanks smart
agree  María T. Vargas: And I share Aoife's comment
41 mins
  -> thanks María
agree  Andy Watkinson
48 mins
  -> thanks Andy
agree  cello
1 hr
  -> thanks cello
agree  Mónica Ameztoy de Andrada
2 hrs
  -> thanks Mónica
agree  Rachel Fell
2 days 1 hr
  -> thanks Rachel
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
small international player


Explanation:
hth

Cecilia Della Croce
Argentina
Local time: 14:57
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Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 43
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a minor international player


Explanation:
There are a number of refs using this phrase.

Concern is growing that with China continuing its fast economic expansion, Japan could become a minor international player caught in a niche between the ...
yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=7387 - 27k - Cached - Similar pages


Academy of Homiletics: Homiletix E-JournalThe major difference between our situation and Isaiah's is that while Israel was a minor international player, the US is equivalent to the Assyria of the ...
www.homiletics.org/pdfvisitors/homiletixspring2006/ homiletix_spring2006_hanson.shtml - 31k - Cached - Similar pages


Sunday Herald, The: Australia: a powerawakes; It used to be a ...Australia: a powerawakes; It used to be a minor international player,. Sunday Herald, The, Aug 10, 2003 by Nick Squires. They were on the scene within hours ...
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ mi_qn4156/is_20030810/ai_n12584399 -



bigedsenior
Local time: 10:57
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 120
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