hacer una primera adaptación

English translation: get to know

18:34 Dec 15, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Psychology
Spanish term or phrase: hacer una primera adaptación
Context: Adoption Report

Los Sres XX viajaron a Filipinas para hacer una primera adaptación con el menor durante dos semanas. En noviembre volvieron a nuestro país para iniciar la convivencia en el hogar familiar. El matrimonio expresa su satisfacción y su gratitud hacia el país de origen...

Thank you!
Bernadette Mora
Spain
Local time: 18:59
English translation:get to know
Explanation:
I would say

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or "meet up with" in the sense of getting to know

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yo creo que es el sentido en este caso

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in the sense of "breaking the ice" and taking the first steps

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I think "take the first steps" is the way to go here

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as in a cautious approach and take it from there

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not easy for all involved
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David Hollywood
Local time: 14:59
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2get to know
David Hollywood
4 +1(meet and) spend time with
philgoddard
4start bonding/start forming an attachment
Yvonne Gallagher
4initial meeting
Martin Cosgrove (X)
3to have a first rapport
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(meet and) spend time with


Explanation:
I'm assuming this is the first time they've met - if not, you can leave out the first two words.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sofia Bengoa: aunque esta fase se encuadra en el pre-placement al menos en Pennsylvania. Este en uno de los enlaces vistos: https://www.pafamilylawyers.com/adoption/pre-placement-adopt... (Open vs closed adoption)
1 hr
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to have a first rapport


Explanation:
...with the boy.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 12:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
get to know


Explanation:
I would say

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Note added at 8 hrs (2019-12-16 03:07:25 GMT)
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or "meet up with" in the sense of getting to know

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Note added at 8 hrs (2019-12-16 03:10:10 GMT)
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yo creo que es el sentido en este caso

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Note added at 8 hrs (2019-12-16 03:11:22 GMT)
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in the sense of "breaking the ice" and taking the first steps

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Note added at 9 hrs (2019-12-16 03:47:48 GMT)
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I think "take the first steps" is the way to go here

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Note added at 9 hrs (2019-12-16 03:48:37 GMT)
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as in a cautious approach and take it from there

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Note added at 9 hrs (2019-12-16 03:50:10 GMT)
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not easy for all involved

David Hollywood
Local time: 14:59
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 76
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ormiston: A sensitive rendering
10 hrs
  -> many thanks ormiston from a fellow St. Andrean--- great place and great golf

agree  AllegroTrans
19 hrs
  -> thanks AT
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1 day 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
start bonding/start forming an attachment


Explanation:
for some international adoptions adoptive parents must travel to the "source" country to meet the child and finalise the adoption arrangements. In those first weeks the adoptive parent(s) learn a little about the culture the baby/child is part of and try to form an attachment with the child, who may be traumatised.

So, "first bonding" comes to mind here for "hacer una primera adaptación"



Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 17:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3
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27 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
initial meeting


Explanation:
El proceso de adoptar es un proceso formal y las varias etapas se describen con vocabulario bastante oficial.

Martin Cosgrove (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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