que nació impulsado "desde arriba”
English translation: which was a \"top-down\" initiative
| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| 15:40 Dec 22, 2009 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Agriculture | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||
|  Selected response from: Fiona Hale Local time: 08:01 | ||||||
Grading comment
| |||||||
Answers
43 mins confidence: 
ordered by the top brass Explanation: Noun 1. top brass - the most important persons in a governing body governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
39 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1which was a "top-down" initiative Explanation: Top-down, in contrast to bottom-up. This would certainly be the terminology used in development projects or programmes. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 45 mins (2009-12-22 16:26:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oh, and I think you can safely leave out the quotation marks in the English version... |
| |
Grading comment
| ||
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
6 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3(promoted) "from above" Explanation: or, without apostrophers, initially promoted officially. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 53 mins (2009-12-22 16:34:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Yes. I like Fiona's suggestion too. |
| ||
Notes to answerer
| |||
