Apr 29, 2020 16:14
4 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Spain
Law, Business & Marketing, BA, MA, MCIL
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
Haciendo una gestión
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Hi everyone,
The full sentence is:
"Nosotros lo que hemos estado haciendo es una gestión, exitosa hasta ahora, aunque yo creo que tiene su plazo."
The context is supervision services contracts. They're saying that as construction has been stopped, there's nothing to supervise, so instead of going to the site and supervising the "obra", they're "haciendo una gestión".
Is this perhaps referring to catching up on admin relating to the contract?
Cheers!
Nick
The full sentence is:
"Nosotros lo que hemos estado haciendo es una gestión, exitosa hasta ahora, aunque yo creo que tiene su plazo."
The context is supervision services contracts. They're saying that as construction has been stopped, there's nothing to supervise, so instead of going to the site and supervising the "obra", they're "haciendo una gestión".
Is this perhaps referring to catching up on admin relating to the contract?
Cheers!
Nick
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | managing the situation |
Michael Grabczan-Grabowski
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| 4 | planning//organizing |
Lydia De Jorge
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| 3 | doing administration or making management |
Lisa Rosengard
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Proposed translations
+4
10 mins
Michael Grabczan-Grabowski
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Canada
Affordable. High Quality. Native English
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, South African, US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, Polish to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
managing the situation
It's an interesting question, because "hacer una gestión" is a bit of a flexible meaning in Spanish, whereas you have to distinguish it in English.
It can either mean "to manage," "to run an errand" or "to do admin," among other possible variations.
I'm assuming the text refers to the fact that construction has stopped due to COVID-19, so I would translate the sentence like this:
"What we've been doing is managing the situation, which has been successful so far, although I think this can only go on for so long."
It can either mean "to manage," "to run an errand" or "to do admin," among other possible variations.
I'm assuming the text refers to the fact that construction has stopped due to COVID-19, so I would translate the sentence like this:
"What we've been doing is managing the situation, which has been successful so far, although I think this can only go on for so long."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks everyone! This is spot on and works perfectly in the text."
15 mins
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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110
1 day 53 mins
Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
experienced and well qualified linguist
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, English, Spanish, and 3 more.
doing administration or making management
Lo que hemos estado haciendo es hacer una gestión, exitosa hasta ahora aunque yo creo que tiene su plazo.
What we've been doing is administration (or making management), though successful until now I believe that it runs a time limit.
What we've been doing is administration (or making management), though successful until now I believe that it runs a time limit.
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