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Spanish term or phrase:
está a debate
English translation:
open to debate
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Nicholas Henry
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Spanish term
está a debate
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
Para xxx **está a debate** la necesaria combinación de los tiempos del Foro con los tiempos de los encuentros, de la lucha y del proceso.
This is really a two part question (because I don't understand the second half either), so see my next post also.
I don't see how something can be both necessary and "up for debate," so I assume I am misinterpreting something here. The "Foro" refers to the World Social Forum. The lines that come before this sentence are:
Las ideas de cambio que el Foro incuba vienen, afirmó, de una convergencia incluyente, solidaria e igualitaria. Propuso la idea del Foro como una especie de "Feria de las Alternativas".
This is really a two part question (because I don't understand the second half either), so see my next post also.
I don't see how something can be both necessary and "up for debate," so I assume I am misinterpreting something here. The "Foro" refers to the World Social Forum. The lines that come before this sentence are:
Las ideas de cambio que el Foro incuba vienen, afirmó, de una convergencia incluyente, solidaria e igualitaria. Propuso la idea del Foro como una especie de "Feria de las Alternativas".
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open to debate
It doesn't really mean "necessary" here. What is up for debate is the amount of time to dedicate to each of the different things (Foro, encuentros, lucha and proceso). According to xxx, the proportion of time dedicated to .............. is open to debate".
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Comment: "Timothy, thanks for the explanation. Confusing sentence, but I think you're right about it meaning the amount of time that should be dedicated to each thing."
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is under debate
For xxx the necessary combination of forum days/time with meeting/encounter days/time, of fight and process is under debate
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The necessary combination
The necessary combination of Forum and meeting times, the struggle and the process has not yet been decided
...The exchange of ideas that the Forum engenders come, he stated, from an equalitarian, inclusive and solitary convergence. He proposed the Forum idea as a kind of “Gathering of Alternatives”
...The exchange of ideas that the Forum engenders come, he stated, from an equalitarian, inclusive and solitary convergence. He proposed the Forum idea as a kind of “Gathering of Alternatives”
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is an issue for discussion
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There should be a discussion of...
Let me try my hand out at the second half of the phrase in reply to your other post.
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good luck!