Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Así debe comprenderse una construcción colectiva.....
English translation:
It must be understood that this is a collective construction, in which each brick laid serves to build a solid foundation
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Lisa McCarthy
Sep 25, 2008 15:00
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Spanish term
Así debe comprenderse una construcción colectiva.....
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Así debe comprenderse una construcción colectiva en la cual cada ladrillo que se agrega sirve para sentar bases sólidas.
This is used in a foreword for a booklet about the growth and acheivements of a young Argentine NGO. I am not sure how to translate this sentence into English. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
This is used in a foreword for a booklet about the growth and acheivements of a young Argentine NGO. I am not sure how to translate this sentence into English. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
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Sep 25, 2008 15:54: Lisa McCarthy changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/583344">Lisa McCarthy's</a> old entry - "Así debe comprenderse una construcción colectiva....."" to ""see sentence below""
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Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Spain
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Spain
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Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
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see sentence below
""It must be understood that this is a collective construction, in which each brick laid serves to build a solid foundation.""
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Comment: "Thank you. "
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This is the thinking behind collective connstruction where each brick that is added serves to create
ctd- a solid base
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This is how a collective construction in which each brick added serves to create ...
(continuación) ... a sound foundation must be understood/conceived.
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Note added at 23 minutos (2008-09-25 15:24:02 GMT)
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Puedes decir "a sound foundation" o "a solid base", como sugirió bcsantos.
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Note added at 26 minutos (2008-09-25 15:27:00 GMT)
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Otra opción: "This is how we must understand/conceive a collective construction in which each brick added serves to create a sound foundation."
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Note added at 23 minutos (2008-09-25 15:24:02 GMT)
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Puedes decir "a sound foundation" o "a solid base", como sugirió bcsantos.
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Note added at 26 minutos (2008-09-25 15:27:00 GMT)
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Otra opción: "This is how we must understand/conceive a collective construction in which each brick added serves to create a sound foundation."
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Edward Tully
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Because your words matter
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Therefore, it should be understood as a collective piece of construction
another option!
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S Ben Price
Spain
Spain
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Spain
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Works in: Spanish to English, German to English, Catalan to English
This is what collective construction means...
Así debe comprenderse una construcción colectiva en la cual cada ladrillo que se agrega sirve para sentar bases sólidas.
This is what collective construction means, every brick that is laid helps to establish a solid base.
This is what collective construction is all about ...
This is the exxence of .....
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Note added at 32 mins (2008-09-25 15:32:25 GMT)
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I like "solid foundation" better.
This is what collective construction means, every brick that is laid helps to establish a solid base.
This is what collective construction is all about ...
This is the exxence of .....
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Note added at 32 mins (2008-09-25 15:32:25 GMT)
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I like "solid foundation" better.
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