Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
vocación de perpetuidad
English translation:
vocation of perpetuity
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pistacho
Oct 8, 2015 15:06
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Spanish term
vocación de perpetuidad
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
History
colonial period - Americas
Según esto, el colonialismo español puede tener una vocación de perpetuidad sencillamente porque de por sí se asumió su dominio en general como eterno. Ahora bien, una y otra circunstancia se pudo haber dado: algunos rasgos de la forma como se entendió la relación colonial implican vocación de perpetuidad que, a su vez se refuerza con la forma general de entender el dominio de las Indias, independientemente de si se concebía como estrictamente colonial o no.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | vocation of perpetuity |
neilmac
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| 4 | permanence |
Thomas Walker
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| 3 | strong wishes of being a leader |
lugoben
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| 3 | might have a claim to remain in the annals of history |
David Hollywood
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Proposed translations
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vocation of perpetuity
Literal translation. Otherwise, I think we'd need to paraphrase it and the result would be longer.
I found a couple of hits on Google, like this:
"... the case of corporate enterprises where reinvestment options are multiple and businesses are organized with a vocation of perpetuity,"
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Note added at 26 mins (2015-10-08 15:32:49 GMT)
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Vocation (noun): a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation.
I found a couple of hits on Google, like this:
"... the case of corporate enterprises where reinvestment options are multiple and businesses are organized with a vocation of perpetuity,"
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Note added at 26 mins (2015-10-08 15:32:49 GMT)
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Vocation (noun): a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation.
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strong wishes of being a leader
Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower
10 hrs
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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might have a claim to remain in the annals of history
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permanence
I think the translations proposed are too literal. After doing a fair amount of research on the Internet, I found numerous examples of the use of this phrase, in common, informal speech as well as in more formal speech. It seems to be fairly common, & in many cases has nothing to do with "vocation" as we think of it in English. A couple of examples:
"La recesión económica se instala con vocación de perpetuidad,..."
http://elpais.com/diario/1983/01/03/opinion/410396412_850215...
"...poder dotar a su contenido de una vocación de perpetuidad..."
http://www.marcialpons.es/libros/los-delitos-de-falsedad-doc...
"...son actividades 'que tienen una cierta vocación de perpetuidad'..."
http://www.economiahoy.mx/telecomunicacion-tecnologia-mx/not...
So, I would translate the passage as something like:
According to this, Spanish colonialism may have a tendency toward permanence simply because, in general, its dominion is assumed to be eternal. However, either case may be apropos: some features of the colonial relationship as it has been understood imply permanence, which in turn is reinforced by the general idea of the dominion over the Indies, independently of whether that dominion is conceived of as colonial or not.
"La recesión económica se instala con vocación de perpetuidad,..."
http://elpais.com/diario/1983/01/03/opinion/410396412_850215...
"...poder dotar a su contenido de una vocación de perpetuidad..."
http://www.marcialpons.es/libros/los-delitos-de-falsedad-doc...
"...son actividades 'que tienen una cierta vocación de perpetuidad'..."
http://www.economiahoy.mx/telecomunicacion-tecnologia-mx/not...
So, I would translate the passage as something like:
According to this, Spanish colonialism may have a tendency toward permanence simply because, in general, its dominion is assumed to be eternal. However, either case may be apropos: some features of the colonial relationship as it has been understood imply permanence, which in turn is reinforced by the general idea of the dominion over the Indies, independently of whether that dominion is conceived of as colonial or not.
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