choques

English translation: shocks

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Spanish term or phrase:choques
English translation:shocks
Entered by: Manuel Aburto

16:36 Jul 1, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
International Org/Dev/Coop / Food security
Spanish term or phrase: choques
Hola,

El texto trata sobre seguridad alimentaria.

Mi consulta es porque quizas "choques" es muy general en este contexto.
Lo primero que se me ocurre es "clashes"; no obstante, no tendría mucho sentido.

Un hogar se considera en seguridad alimentaria si tiene protección contra ambos tipos de inseguridad.
Para ello, el acceso a alimentos debe ser adecuado nutricionalmente a lo largo del año, y un hogar debe poder mitigar los **choques de corto plazo** sin sacrificar las necesidades nutricionales de alguno de sus miembros

Gracias desde ya.
Manuel Aburto
Nicaragua
Local time: 16:56
shocks
Explanation:
"When prices fluctuate substantially, even if they are tolerable
on average, the short-term shocks make both smallholder
farmers and poor consumers vulnerable to long-term
poverty traps. In addition, smallholder farmers find it difficult
to invest when price changes are unpredictable"

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2330e.pdf

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Note added at 10 mins (2020-07-01 16:46:58 GMT)
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I think your text is referring to "price shocks".

"The Effects of Energy Price Shocks on Household Food Security in Low-Income Households"
https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=842...

"Conflict, Food Price Shocks, and Food Insecurity : The Experience of Afghan Households"
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16459?show=...


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Note added at 12 mins (2020-07-01 16:48:42 GMT)
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"In economics, a shock is an unexpected or unpredictable event that affects an economy, either positively or negatively. Technically, it is an unpredictable change in exogenous factors — that is, factors unexplained by economics — which may influence endogenous economic variables."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_(economics)
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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 16:56
Grading comment
Thanks Robert!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4shocks
Robert Carter
3 +1crises // shocks
Michael Grabczan-Grabowski


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
shocks


Explanation:
"When prices fluctuate substantially, even if they are tolerable
on average, the short-term shocks make both smallholder
farmers and poor consumers vulnerable to long-term
poverty traps. In addition, smallholder farmers find it difficult
to invest when price changes are unpredictable"

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2330e.pdf

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Note added at 10 mins (2020-07-01 16:46:58 GMT)
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I think your text is referring to "price shocks".

"The Effects of Energy Price Shocks on Household Food Security in Low-Income Households"
https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=842...

"Conflict, Food Price Shocks, and Food Insecurity : The Experience of Afghan Households"
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16459?show=...


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Note added at 12 mins (2020-07-01 16:48:42 GMT)
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"In economics, a shock is an unexpected or unpredictable event that affects an economy, either positively or negatively. Technically, it is an unpredictable change in exogenous factors — that is, factors unexplained by economics — which may influence endogenous economic variables."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_(economics)

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 16:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 92
Grading comment
Thanks Robert!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hi Robert, It makes more sense now. Thanks again!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francois Boye
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Francois.

agree  Michael Grabczan-Grabowski: You beat me to it. :-) I actually didn't think of it as insecurity due to price shocks. I interpreted it more as financial shocks due to losing income or something similar. I suppose some context would help.
11 mins
  -> Thanks, Michael. I think it's basically the same idea, but "shock" is a standard economics term. We don't know what type it is yet; "price" is just one idea.

agree  GABRIELA MARQUEZ
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Gabriela.

agree  Lola Mezquita Sánchez
1 day 18 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lola.
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
crises // shocks


Explanation:
I assume that by choques they mean periods of difficulty (crises or shocks), probably due to financial reasons. A household should make sure that their nutritional needs are not sacrificed due to unforeseen financial circumstances and should plan for them ahead of time.

You can find short-term crises and short-term shocks results in Linguee in these links:
https://bit.ly/2AlL3oj
https://bit.ly/2NITFZf

I would personally approach the translation like this:

This requires access to nutritionally adequate food throughout the year, and a household must be able to mitigate short-term crises without sacrificing the nutritional needs of any of its members.

Michael Grabczan-Grabowski
Canada
Local time: 16:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Michael!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
2 hrs
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