Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
(gran) aporte económico
English translation:
(significant) source of income
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
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Spanish term
Panama
Synesthete with a flair for tasty words!
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Honduran, Argentine, US, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Latin American, Colombian, Costa Rican, Panamanian, Nicaraguan, Mexican, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Cuban) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
aporte económico
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"Sin embargo, los tiempos han cambiado y los norteamericanos se han ido y nos hemos dado cuenta que este era un gran aporte económico para el país que tenemos que volver a reencontrar." [Errores del original]
El documento es un artículo con una entrevista a uno de los empresarios más importantes de Panamá en la industria de la construcción, quien también ha incursionado en el campo del turismo como actividad comercial (hoteles, especialmente).
A lo que se refiere el párrafo es que antes, cuando las tropas militares de los EE. UU. estaban en Panamá, representaban un gran "aporte económico" en cuanto a turismo interno y demás. Y que esto fue así por muchos años. Y ahora hay que "reestructurar" la industria del turismo para reflejar la fuga de ese "aporte económico".
Pero no se me ocurre cómo traducir esta frase al inglés.
Mil gracias.
El documento es un artículo con una entrevista a uno de los empresarios más importantes de Panamá en la industria de la construcción, quien también ha incursionado en el campo del turismo como actividad comercial (hoteles, especialmente).
A lo que se refiere el párrafo es que antes, cuando las tropas militares de los EE. UU. estaban en Panamá, representaban un gran "aporte económico" en cuanto a turismo interno y demás. Y que esto fue así por muchos años. Y ahora hay que "reestructurar" la industria del turismo para reflejar la fuga de ese "aporte económico".
Pero no se me ocurre cómo traducir esta frase al inglés.
Mil gracias.
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significant source of income
otra opción.
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o:
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY
CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY
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o:
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY
CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY
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Lindsey Crawford
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Economic contribution
puede ser.
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Patricia Rosas
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It might be "literal" but it is not incorrect. I think it merits a "neutral"
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source of revenue (for the country)
"However, times have changed and the U.S. has now left, and we now realize they provided (or they represented) a significant source of revenue for the country which we now have to find elsewhere".
My take on it.
My take on it.
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Robert Forstag
United States
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source of economic sustenance
This particular wording would stress just how dependent the local economy was on tourism.
See references for use in tourism context.
Suerte.
See references for use in tourism context.
Suerte.
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Marcelo González
United States
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(an) economic boost
"It was an economic boost to the area. They spent a lot of money, and some of it
was in a social sense," said Mayor Sharon Branstiter...
www.kgw.com/lifestyle/stories/ kgw_120505_news_kesey_anniversary.3f77f070.html - 43k - Cached
Corvallis Gazette-Times
“It was an economic boost to the area. They spent a lot of money, and some of it
was in a social sense,” said Mayor Sharon Branstiter, 62, who noted that ...
www.gazettetimes.com/articles/ 2005/12/01/news/top_story/thu01.txt -
[PDF] The Olympic spirit and civic boosterism: the Sydney 2000 Olympics
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represented an economic boost that could be achieved by no other single event’ (Sydney Morning Herald 1993d).
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/(4aqzyvbl4zfgbi45wajn1...
Saludos y suerte, Maria Teresa :-)
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(In regards to tourism), the presence of the US military in Panama provided an economic boost to the nation. This is how I'd say it.
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Note added at 1 hr 59 mins (2005-12-14 19:12:27 GMT)
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I just noticed that the first two sources quote the same person. Sorry about that. :-)
was in a social sense," said Mayor Sharon Branstiter...
www.kgw.com/lifestyle/stories/ kgw_120505_news_kesey_anniversary.3f77f070.html - 43k - Cached
Corvallis Gazette-Times
“It was an economic boost to the area. They spent a lot of money, and some of it
was in a social sense,” said Mayor Sharon Branstiter, 62, who noted that ...
www.gazettetimes.com/articles/ 2005/12/01/news/top_story/thu01.txt -
[PDF] The Olympic spirit and civic boosterism: the Sydney 2000 Olympics
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
represented an economic boost that could be achieved by no other single event’ (Sydney Morning Herald 1993d).
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/(4aqzyvbl4zfgbi45wajn1...
Saludos y suerte, Maria Teresa :-)
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(In regards to tourism), the presence of the US military in Panama provided an economic boost to the nation. This is how I'd say it.
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Note added at 1 hr 59 mins (2005-12-14 19:12:27 GMT)
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I just noticed that the first two sources quote the same person. Sorry about that. :-)
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Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
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economic support
"significant (great) economic support for" might be used here. It looks like to be a coined established term. Hope it helps. Good luck, Maria Teresa!
DEMOCRACY AND FOREIGN POLICY (1990)
There and in Panama, we must help to turn the new hopes into the reality of ... Third, we are extending economic support for the painful transition to free ...
usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/61.htm
[PDF] DRAFT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATION FOR THE ...
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Effects on commercial enterprises that provide significant economic support for rural communities;. We discuss each of these in more detail below. ...
alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/endangered/pdf/steller.pdf
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However (Whatever) the times have changed and Americans have gone and we have to be aware of the fact that they provided significant economic support for the country which we have to find (in) somewhere again.
DEMOCRACY AND FOREIGN POLICY (1990)
There and in Panama, we must help to turn the new hopes into the reality of ... Third, we are extending economic support for the painful transition to free ...
usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/61.htm
[PDF] DRAFT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATION FOR THE ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Effects on commercial enterprises that provide significant economic support for rural communities;. We discuss each of these in more detail below. ...
alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/endangered/pdf/steller.pdf
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Note added at 4 hrs 20 mins (2005-12-14 21:33:18 GMT)
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However (Whatever) the times have changed and Americans have gone and we have to be aware of the fact that they provided significant economic support for the country which we have to find (in) somewhere again.
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