clientelar

English translation: Clientele stir

17:22 Nov 2, 2012
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / Left wing manifesto
Catalan term or phrase: clientelar
CONTEXT:

"....cal transformar la concepció dirigista, «clientelar» i burocràtica de la funció pública al sud europeu en una de basada en l’eficiència econòmica i l’eficàcia social."

Can anyone come up with a decent option here? I have been toying with "Client driven", but I feel on shaky ground there.

Thanks in advance - Berni
Berni Armstrong
Spain
Local time: 06:22
English translation:Clientele stir
Explanation:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clientelismo_político

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Oops. That's supposed to be "clentelistic".

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Clentelistic!


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Clientelistic

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Finally

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If you look at the Spanish wikipedia entry for "cientelismo", you'll see "clientelar" used there as an adjective.

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Excuse my serial spelling failures. Blame it on iPad.

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I think patronage-based would also be a valid option:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/clientelism...

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"clientele stir" is kind of catchy, though.
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Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 06:22
Grading comment
Thanks to you both. I used a fudge in the end.
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Summary of answers provided
4Clientele stir
Ross Andrew Parker
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clientelisme
Josh Goldsmith

  

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Clientele stir


Explanation:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clientelismo_político

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Note added at 11 mins (2012-11-02 17:33:41 GMT)
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Oops. That's supposed to be "clentelistic".

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Note added at 11 mins (2012-11-02 17:34:00 GMT)
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Clentelistic!


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Note added at 12 mins (2012-11-02 17:34:30 GMT)
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Clientelistic

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Note added at 12 mins (2012-11-02 17:34:45 GMT)
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Finally

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Note added at 13 mins (2012-11-02 17:36:11 GMT)
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If you look at the Spanish wikipedia entry for "cientelismo", you'll see "clientelar" used there as an adjective.

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Note added at 14 mins (2012-11-02 17:37:16 GMT)
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Excuse my serial spelling failures. Blame it on iPad.

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Note added at 24 mins (2012-11-02 17:46:49 GMT)
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I think patronage-based would also be a valid option:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/clientelism...

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Note added at 25 mins (2012-11-02 17:47:54 GMT)
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"clientele stir" is kind of catchy, though.

Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 06:22
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 135
Grading comment
Thanks to you both. I used a fudge in the end.
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Reference comments


8 mins
Reference: clientelisme

Reference information:
Hi Berni,

I'm pretty sure it's related to clientelisme:

"m POLÍT Pràctica política o social basada en l'afavoriment de determinades persones, grups, etc. amb protecció econòmica i social o privilegis, com a compensació al suport polític o electoral. "

From what I can see, "clientelisme" is often rendered along the lines of "the political machine." Not sure if there's a good adjective for it...I'll let you know if I can think of one!

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Taking a look around, I've found a few other translations of "clientelismo":

- pork barrel spending (may be too narrow for this context)
- political patronage
- favoritism

And a few other related terms that popped into mind:
- pandering
- cronyism

Josh Goldsmith
Switzerland
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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