Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

economía del don

English translation:

Gift economy

Added to glossary by Pedro Albornoz
Mar 10, 2008 17:11
16 yrs ago
Spanish term

DON

Spanish to English Other Anthropology economy, sustainable development
I need some support: I have to translate this title:

Economías del don en el marco de la economía mercantil globalizada.

for a magazine. My first guess is

"Gift economy in the frame of globalized market economy"

Proposed translations

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Gift economy

More context is needed, as "enlightened economy" is correct but has a different meaning (economy managed by educated and/or spiritual leaders/ideals). Some of Trans4u's other options could work in a specific context.

Anyway, this seems to be the most common usage:

Gift economy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia- A gift economy is an economic system in which goods and services are given without any explicit agreement for immediate or future quid pro quo. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy

Digital gifts: Participation and gift exchange in LiveJournal ...- In doing so, it will argue that, unlike earlier anthropological and socio–economic notions of the gift economy that see the exchange as one of power ...
www.firstmonday.org/ISSUES/issue12_5/pearson
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enlightened, talented, gifted, knowledgeable

Definitions of enlightened on the Web:

highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a ...
having knowledge and spiritual insight;
disillusioned: freed from illusion
initiate: people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
educated: having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:enlighte...
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