Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

autoconsumo nacional

English translation:

consumption of domestic products

Added to glossary by Lisa McCarthy
May 16, 2014 15:05
9 yrs ago
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Spanish term

autoconsumo nacional

Spanish to English Social Sciences Environment & Ecology Low carbon development
Text from Peru, going into British English. Not sure how to phrase this. Is this the same as 'national self-sufficiency?

Some of the negative impacts of extractivism:

- Incremento del a pobreza
- Vulneración de derechos
- Exclusión social
- Desplazamiento de personas
- Destrucción de cultivos locales
- Cambio en patrones de consumo


Some of the proposed solutions:

- Equidad
- Vida en armonía con la naturaleza
- Educación, comunicación, empoderamiento de las comunidades
- Educación / Ciencia / Tecnología para cuidar lo nuestro, orientarnos hacia el **autoconsumo nacional**
- Campañas de comunicación

Proposed translations

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1 hr
Selected

consumption of domestic products

"Domestic", more natural.
Peer comment(s):

agree Laura Messer
3 hrs
Gracias, Laura.
agree James A. Walsh
22 hrs
Gracias, James.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Henry :)"
+1
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consuming Peruvian goods/products

Maybe this is too simplified/literal. Buy it's the idea. I'm wondering if autoconsumo nacional is slightly redundant (auto and nacional meaning the same things), the idea being "buying domestic products" in my opinion.

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Note added at 12 mins (2014-05-16 15:18:09 GMT)
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* but it's the idea
Note from asker:
Thanks for your help, Geraldine :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Paul Brown
11 mins
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28 mins

consumption of national products

My suggestion.
Note from asker:
Thanks for your help, Wilsonn :)
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