Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

conciliar con la aspiración

English translation:

(proved to be) incompatible with ...... ambition

Added to glossary by Lisa McCarthy
Jun 20, 2012 07:50
11 yrs ago
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Spanish term

conciliar con la aspiración

Spanish to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. UN Security Council
I can´t seem to come up with something for 'conciliar' that sounds right here. Any suggestions welcome. For the UK.

A partir del 1 de enero de este año, Guatemala ocupa un escaño en el Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas. Es de destacar que Guatemala, pese a ser país fundador de Naciones Unidas nunca había integrado el Consejo de Seguridad. Desde el 2001 Guatemala desarrolló interés en esa posición y su primera candidatura formal, planteada en el 2006 fracasó, ya que no se logró ***conciliar con la aspiración***, en aquel entonces, de Venezuela a la misma posición. En este segundo intento, la candidatura de Guatemala fue endosada por el GRULAC y recibió el apoyo de 191 de los 193 países miembros.
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Jun 28, 2012 17:25: Lisa McCarthy changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/583344">Lisa McCarthy's</a> old entry - "conciliar con la aspiración"" to ""(proved to be) incompatible with (Venezuela\'s) ambition""

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(proved to be) incompatible with (Venezuela's) ambition

This is one way round it, I think: used "proved to be" or something similar with "incompatible", rather than doing it directly with a verb equivalent to "conciliar"; "reconcile" doesn't work very well, though it's not that bad. I think this sounds better and ends up meaning just the same.

"Aspiration" is OK, but "ambition" seems slightly more natural to me. Here's an actual example from the NY Times:

"Mr. Chávez has criticized American efforts to thwart Venezuela’s ambition to secure a seat this year on the United Nations Security Council. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/world/americas/27venez.htm...
Note from asker:
Thanks, Charles. I agree 'reconcile' doesn´t sound right here. 'Ambition' is what I have in my draft version so far. 'Incompatible' could work.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jenni Lukac (X)
50 mins
Thanks, Jenni!
agree Richard Hill
6 hrs
Cheers, Rich :)
agree Domingo Trassens
12 hrs
Many thanks, Domingo!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Charles and Paul for your help!"
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as it could not match the ambitions of

A suggestion.
Peer comment(s):

agree Clare Hogg
2 days 9 hrs
Thanks!
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