Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

sustentan

English translation:

sustained

Added to glossary by Coral Getino
Apr 24, 2005 11:54
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term

sustentan

Spanish to English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy
Así pues, las prácticas “interculturales” del aula y del centro están contribuyendo a estereotipar determinados colectivos (Grugeon y Woods 1990), ya que se sustentan en una forma de pensamiento esencialista, que afirma que la “cultura” es algo que la gente “tiene” y que algunos “tienen mejor que otros”
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 sustained
4 +3 support/base sth on sth

Proposed translations

+2
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sustained

ANY ABSOLUTES? ABSOLUTELY!
... Can a system of ethics be ***sustained*** apart from a belief in moral absolutes?
... only to a voluntaristic view of good, not to an essentialistic view. ...
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Peer comment(s):

agree María Isabel Vazquez
19 mins
gracias!
agree Paula Morabito
1 hr
gracias!
agree sonja29 (X)
2 hrs
gracias!
disagree bestwords : they are not sustained they are supported or based on
5 hrs
thanks!
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+3
27 mins

support/base sth on sth

two different words-expressions
I think that in this case I would use
......are based on....according to your text,best of luck
Peer comment(s):

agree bestwords : this is definitely the right interpretation, they are supported by or based on
4 hrs
Thanks=)
agree Claudia Luque Bedregal
6 hrs
Thanks=)
agree Gabriela Rodriguez
8 hrs
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