Glosario Internacional para el Traductor by Marina Orellana.

Adiestramiento generalmente significa 'practice' en cualquier actividad.

Although these 2 in Spanish are almost indistinguishable, on several occasions in translation work, I've used the above terms to differentiate....and it usually works.

Hope this helps:-))
terry

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Note added at 2002-03-19 10:47:51 (GMT)
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"Skilling" is a neologism frequently used in Australia (and possibly other Anglosaxon countries -- though you would need to check this) to refer to low-level training -- e.g. office skills, and other work skills.

This would at least capture an intended contrast.

See Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary (http://wordreference.com)

capacitación
(nf) training;
centro de ~, technical school.

adiestramiento
(nm) (de perro) training;
(Mil, Dep) drilling, practice.

From this reference it would seem that in Spanish "capacitacion" may refer to technical knowledge, and "adiestramento" to skills.

Sorry if that's all been a bit long-winded.

Actually both words pretty much translate as training in English, but capacitación can also include formal education,whereas adiestramiento is definitely the learning/teaching of skills (e.g., training in the purest sense).

I believe that when they use both terms in Spanish (which tends to be a way to make it more convincing) what they are trying to say is that whatever the training is to be, will involve both theory and "hands on" practice of the skill which is to be taught. This term "hands on" was used a lot on mechanical training.I hope it helps.

They are commonly used as synonymous but they really have different meanings. "Adiestrar" means to teach or instruct while "capacitar" means to make someone fit or suitable for certain job or activity. So, someone can be trained for the job and still not suitable for it.

Hope it helps.

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Note added at 2002-03-19 19:49:26 (GMT)
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I think that Dan Newland has the closest approach.