May 20, 2010 20:07
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term

capturar conjuntamente

Spanish to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
Sin embargo, recurrimos a este indicador aún con sus limitaciones por considerar que puede capturar conjuntamente cambios estructurales, institucionales y comportamentales que terminan afectando rutinas y prácticas administrativas que no podemos observar por falta de mejores herramientas metodológicas.

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manages to capture (omit "conjuntamente" and recast sentence)... all of which

By adding 'manages to', the meaning of "conjuntamente" becomes pretty clear, to the point that it can be omitted, thus avoiding all the awkwardness. IMO, 'jointly' and 'simultaneously' are a little to strong in this context.

Thus it would be something like:
'However, we ended up using this indicator, despite its limitations, because it manages to capture structural, institutional, and behavioral changes, all of which ultimately affect...'
Peer comment(s):

agree islander1974 : yes, after agreeing with jointly at first, I put on my social scientist's hat and your version is much more realistic...
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Thank you, Social Scientist!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Muriel. Your version with "manages" works very well. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions!"
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jointly reflect / measure / show

mu draft
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mY draft
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Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
2 hrs
thank you, Phil :)
agree argosys
3 days 15 hrs
thank you, argosys :)
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overview

We use this indicator despite its limitations because we believe it provides an overview of structural, institutional and behavioural shifts that …

Or “because we feel it comprehensively illustrates the structural …”

Or simply “because we think it captures all of the structural …”

I wouldn’t avoid the literal “capture” here. Can work well if the rest of the English sounds natural
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simultaneously detect

another option

Nanogen Announces Clinical Diagnostic to Simultaneously Detect ...
nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=1292&ntid=130&pg=33 -
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