Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

familia solidaria

English translation:

foster family

Added to glossary by Cecilia Anrriquez
Mar 10, 2012 11:38
12 yrs ago
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Spanish term

familia solidaria

Spanish to English Law/Patents Law (general) informe social de seguimiento
Es un informe de seguimiento adjunto a una sentencia de adopción, de Honduras. En un formulario aparece:Nombre y dirección de la familia solidaria. No es la familia que adopta a la niña, y los nombres de esta familia no habían aparecido antes en el documento. Alguien puede ayudarme? Muchas gracias desde ya!!!
Cecilia.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +7 foster family

Discussion

Charles Davis Mar 10, 2012:
@Carl This does appear to be a special use of the term. In Spain "solidario" primarily denotes social awareness and commitment, service to the community, charitable donations, that sort of thing. So "familia solidaria" would be understood to mean a charitable or socially committed family. This is not unrelated to the particular meaning it seems to have in this context in Honduras.
Carl Stoll Mar 10, 2012:
Non-standard "Foster family" may well be the official meaning of "familia solidaria" in Honduras. However, the everyday meaning of "familia solidaris" woulld be "tightly-knit family" and that is what it would mean in most places.

Proposed translations

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foster family

Se trata de la familia que ha custodiado al menor antes de su adopción:

"Mientras las autoridades de los centros del Ihnfa cumplen con la burocracia y se ponen de acuerdo, los menores son atendidos por familias solidarias o, en el peor de los casos, permanecen en la institución. [...]

Familias solidarias

En todo este proceso quienes se llevan la peor parte son los niños. Primero sufren el abandono de su padres y luego, cuando se aprueba la adopción, padecen la separación de la familia solidaria con la que conviven hasta tres o cuatro años.

Irma Serrano, jefa del programa de intervención social, informó que el programa de madres solidarias funciona desde 1997 y que fue creado como una oportunidad para que los infantes tengan una atención individualizada y reciban el calor de un hogar."
http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Sucesos/Ediciones/2010/06/10/Noti...

Es decir, que la familia solidaria no es la que adopta permanentemente al niño, sino que lo cuida en su hogar hasta que vaya a su familia adoptiva. Esto lo llamamos "fostering" o "foster family" en inglés.

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"What Are Foster Families?
The word "foster" means to help someone (or something) grow and develop. It also means to take care of someone's needs. Foster parents, then, are people — other than a kid's parents — who provide a safe place for kids to be cared for. They take kids into their homes and let them stay for a while."
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/home_family/foster_familie...

"What are adoption and fostering?
Adoption is the term given for the permanent transfer of legal rights in relation to the parental responsibility of a child.
Foster care describes the temporary acquisition of guardianship rights in relation to a child. Foster care is often used when a child is waiting to be adopted or the courts are considering an adoption order."
http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/adoption-and-fostering

"Foster care families substitute for biological families when children need protection as a result of abuse, abandonment or neglect. Foster parents provide loving care, protection, encouragement, understanding, guidance, discipline, good nutrition, and respect to the children in their care. [...]
http://www.scffaa.org/FosterCare.html
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agree EirTranslations
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agree Mary Lou Gonzalez
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agree Patricia ONeill : Excelente explicación
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