Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
trabajo de comprensión
English translation:
[has worked] to understand/work aimed at understanding
Spanish term
Specialist in sport and economics
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Catalan to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
trabajo de comprensión
Any ideas what type of project this might be?
Aug 28, 2008 02:05: Terry Burgess Created KOG entry
Aug 28, 2008 02:06: Terry Burgess changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/18950">Terry Burgess's</a> old entry - "trabajo de comprensión"" to ""[has worked] to understand/work aimed at understanding""
Proposed translations
Mexico
I place Quality and Accuracy above speed
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English
[has worked] to understand/work aimed at understanding
Unas opciones más.
Suerte:-)
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Note added at 39 mins (2008-08-24 22:11:50 GMT)
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Timothy:
If I may, I'd like to add the word "research" to my answer options. I believe it's key here. I expect you can play with it [no pun intended], i.e., "has worked tirelessly toward.../done extensive research aimed at understanding"...
Luck:-)
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Patricia Rosas
: since "research" (investigación) appears once already in the sentence, I'm sure it'll be understood ;-)
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Thank you, Patricia:-). Afraid I forgot the key word: "research". Saludos.
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Argentina
Resourceful translator for quality work
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
comprehension work
Suerte.
Accurate, natural and very hard-working
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 3 more.
in-depth comprehension
Spain
Golf, Literature and Religion Specialist
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
working on the comprehension of
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Note added at 37 mins (2008-08-24 22:09:56 GMT)
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My suggestion: "(XXX) has been working during the last years on the comprehension of the cultural disorder afflicting hyperindustrial democracies
trying to understand
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-08-24 22:35:55 GMT)
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Perhaps something like:
While conducting extensive original research on the philosophy
of the techniques and their technical nature [this philosopher] has, in recent years, been trying to understand the cultural upheaval experienced by superindustrial democracies.
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