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Aug 15, 2021 11:45
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Spanish term

articulación

Spanish to English Social Sciences Geography
This is from an article on the metropolitanization of Latain American cities. I am struggling to see the meaning of "articulación" here.

la tendencia creciente de una mayor articulación, aunque selectiva, de las ciudades a las lógicas de la globalización; junto con el creciente protagonismo de las ciudades intermedias


Están más articulados al circuito superior de la economía urbana (por la producción y por el crédito), reforzando la tendencia de la articulación latinoamericana a las lógicas neoliberales de la globalización.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 connection
3 +1 coordination, orientation
3 +1 vertebration

Discussion

peter jackson (asker) Aug 20, 2021:
Help, obviously. Although I trust you are all in good health!
peter jackson (asker) Aug 20, 2021:
Thank you To everyone for your health. Interestingly, one of the authors cited in the article I was translating frequently uses “articulate” “articulation” and even “articulator” when talking about urbanization, so it does appear to be a term in the field of sociology, at least.

Proposed translations

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connection

This word always a head-scratcher. There's nothing quite like the concept in English, short of 'articulation', which we don't use very much. 'Connection' might work in your examples.
Peer comment(s):
agree Katarina Peters
2 hrs
Thank you, Katarina!
agree philgoddard : You need to find different ways of saying it, as it comes up so many times. You could also say attachment, adoption, identification with...
3 hrs
I agree, Phil!
agree MPGS : :-)
3 hrs
Thank you!
agree Rachel Fell : connections; connected
23 hrs
Thank you, Rachel!
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10 hrs

coordination, orientation



I think the word "articulación" could be translated in different ways in these different sentences.

"Coordination," "organization" or "planning" could work in the first and second instances, relating to cities.

Wordreference.com:
articulación urbana grupo nom (integración de elemento) urban planning n

articulación nf (organización, coordinación) interaction n
(US) organization n
(UK) organisation n

articulación entre empresas nf + loc prep (vertebramiento de empresas) coordination among companies n

I think "orientation" or "inclination" could work for articulación in the phrase "la tendencia de la articulación latinoamericana a las lógicas neoliberales de la globalización."


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Note added at 11 hrs (2021-08-15 22:58:13 GMT)
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"Structuring," "interaction," "integration" are more possibilities.

https://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/search?source=auto&que...
Reference:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orientation

https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=articulaci%C3%B3n

Peer comment(s):
agree Tomasso : would agree, to structure, maybe to implement, define?
4 hrs
I'm not saying "implement" but you could submit that.:) See linguee link: that's what my suggestion of " structuring" was based on.
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19 hrs

vertebration

This might work, at a pinch.
Spanish politicians are certainly fond of "vertebrar/vertebración" (Salvador apuesta por vertebrar el territorio), and the English calque "vertebrate" appears to have made its way into many translated documents, at least in the EU.

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Note added at 19 hrs (2021-08-16 07:07:48 GMT)
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https://aer.eu/regions-lead-way-sustainable-mobility/

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Note added at 1 day 20 hrs (2021-08-17 08:13:19 GMT)
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https://www.aragon.es/-/vertebracion-del-territorio-movilida...

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Note added at 4 days (2021-08-19 11:47:56 GMT)
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There's even a ministry for it:
"Ministry of Housing, Public Works and Territorial Vertebration"
https://chm.es/en/chm-awarded-renovation-of-the-calpe-teulad...
Example sentence:

Cross border cooperation is the only way to vertebrate the territory in a sustainable way

... transforming the river into an urban axis to vertebrate the territory...

Peer comment(s):
agree Kristina Love : Interesting, and I did find "vertebramiento" as synonym for "articulación." It is hard to find vertebration in English usage in a figurative sense, but it is an option.
6 hrs
It's used so much in Spain I was surprised to find it's not in common use in English, but hey, Spanglish is everywhere nowadays... :-)
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