Apr 20, 2017 14:59
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term

desde la dimensión

Spanish to English Social Sciences Psychology
I know what the expression means but am not sure how to render it best in the context. The author has used the expression 45 times in an article on compulsive exercise in eating disorders. It seems to be a very unusual even in Spanish (and not very idiomatic, I suspect) Here are some examples:

Desde la dimensión cuantitativa, el ejercicio excesivo se define en función de la frecuencia, duración y/o intensidad, aunque no existe consenso sobre la cantidad de ejercicio que podría ser excesiva o no-saludable

Desde la dimensión biológica, el ejercicio en los TCA, concretamente en la Anorexia Nerviosa (AN), se concibe como una hiperactividad, inquietud motora, inquietud difusa

Por otro lado, desde la dimensión cualitativa, en población no clínica adolescente se han hallado asociaciones más fuertes entre el ejercicio compulsivo y las características relacionadas con la AN que con las características de la BN

I am currently thinking the best option is, for example, "the qualitative approach has found" and to forget "from ..." completely,

Grateful for advice ....

Discussion

peter jackson (asker) Apr 20, 2017:
Please excuse typos - it's been a long day.
peter jackson (asker) Apr 20, 2017:
@Muriel and Phil and "por otra parte"...... My problema is that in the introductio the autor specifically says "El ejercicio en los TCA se ha evaluado desde tres dimensiones: cuantitativa, biológica y cualitativa" so I feel obliged to indulge her a little. So far, I have cowardly translated the whole article and highlighted all the "dimensión" expressions, and will deal with them with a fresh mind tomorrow morning. Thansk for your help and good night from Spain.
Muriel Vasconcellos Apr 20, 2017:
Agree with Phil If you drop it, I don't think you even have to let the client know. One of my clients has instructions for translators giving a list of phrases and constructions that should be dropped or the sentence rephrased so they can be eliminated. Examples: "Desde el punto de vista de", En el contexto de","Es importante notar que," and on and on. Not to mention the infamous "Asimismo...."
philgoddard Apr 20, 2017:
This construction is repeated so many times that, even if you can find several synonyms like those Simon has suggested, the text could still read oddly. I think you may be justified in leaving it out where the omission wouldn't materially affect the reader's understanding, and putting a translator's note saying why.
In your second example, you could ignore it and simply say "qualitative associations".

Proposed translations

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from a *** perspective / in *** terms / *** speaking

This seems to be the meaning. From a quantitative perspective / In biological terms / qualitatively speaking

Sometimes authors get stuck on a particular way of wording something and forget to use other perhaps more idiomatic expressions.
Peer comment(s):

agree Gabriela Alvarez : I couldn't agree more! :)
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agree philgoddard : Funny that the article is about compulsive behaviour, which involves frequent repetition!
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agree neilmac : Anything to avoid ad nauseam repetition of "dimension"...
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In terms of the qualitative dimension..As for the biological D..When it comes to the qualitative D..

Based on your latest comment in the discussion, you obviously can't avoid using 'dimension' for the three main categories. You can get creative with the others.

'Dimension' itself isn't so bad. It's somewhat of a buzzword. I'm finishing up a 125-page job that uses 'dimension' in -- it seems like every paragraph. And the Spanish text was based on an original English template in which it is equally prevalent.
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from the ... point of view/perspective

I would say
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