Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
desarrollar capacidades
English translation:
build capacities
Spanish term
desarrollar capacidades
| 4 +1 | build capacities |
CeciliaMontano
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| 3 +3 | develop/create skills |
Miguel Cabelo
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| 4 +1 | develop capacities / abilities |
Marisa Raich
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| 3 | develop capabilities |
Cinnamon Nolan
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Feb 26, 2008 13:24: CeciliaMontano Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Muriel Vasconcellos
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Proposed translations
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
build capacities
UNEP ETB seeks to build capacities of developing countries and countries with economies in transition to develop and implement mutually supportive trade, ...
http://www.unep.ch/etb/areas/CapBuilding.php
Environmental Management Group (EMG)
[...] strengths of UNEP to build capacities on environmental aspects of trade, and of UNCTAD to build. capacities on the development aspects of trade.
http://www.unemg.org/download_pdf/capbldg/note_12_01_2004.pd...
Spain
VAT ID: 77990016Y
Native in: Catalan 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Catalan, French to Catalan, English to Spanish, and 1 more.
develop capacities / abilities
Technical translations-Chemistry
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Spanish to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, Catalan to Portuguese, and 7 more.
develop/create skills
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Carol Gullidge
: skills, but without more context...
1 min
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| agree |
urielp (X)
15 mins
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| neutral |
Cinnamon Nolan
: I'm not so sure you'd "install" skills in people ...
20 mins
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| agree |
Gacela20
1 hr
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Spain
Quality- Professionalism - Experience
Native in: English (Variants: US, US South, UK, British)
Works in: Spanish to English
develop capabilities
Capacitades de qué? Mas contexto, por favor. Por lo menos, la frase anterior y posterior. Gracias.
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Note added at 32 mins (2008-02-07 12:58:38 GMT)
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Well, if it's a pre-feasability study on environmental impact for some kind of housing development/urbanización, it might be talking about water, electricity, etc. So it would be capacities or capabilities.
| It's not really that clear: A mi parecer, lo más destacable de la gestión de El Pachón, es que trabajamos con miras al futuro: entregamos un estudio de prefactibilidad con la esperanza de materializar un proyecto muy prometedor; apoyamos a las comunidades hoy para desarrollar capacidades que queden instaladas para el futuro. Todo esto ha hecho que la comunidad se replantee la necesidad de mejorar en condiciones de salud, educación y de infraestructura turística. |
| Thanks for your help |
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