Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
por las fuentes
English translation:
by sources
Added to glossary by
Charles Davis
Mar 15, 2014 04:30
10 yrs ago
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Spanish term
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
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por las fuentes
Spanish to English
Science
Environment & Ecology
Forest carbon
Another one I'm not sure of. I have translated this as 'according to their resources', as in:
Mexico uses a combination of forest inventory surveys based on field measurements and teledetection, when appropriate, to estimate anthropogenic emissions according to their sources, forest-related absorption by greenhouse gas sinks, forest carbon reserves, and changes in the forest zones.
Spanish context:
México utiliza una combinación de levantamiento de inventarios forestales basados en mediciones en campo y métodos basados en la teledetección para estimar, según proceda, las emisiones antropogénicas **por las fuentes** y la absorción por los sumideros de gases de efecto invernadero relacionados con los bosques, las reservas forestales de carbono, y los cambios en las zonas forestales.
Mexico uses a combination of forest inventory surveys based on field measurements and teledetection, when appropriate, to estimate anthropogenic emissions according to their sources, forest-related absorption by greenhouse gas sinks, forest carbon reserves, and changes in the forest zones.
Spanish context:
México utiliza una combinación de levantamiento de inventarios forestales basados en mediciones en campo y métodos basados en la teledetección para estimar, según proceda, las emisiones antropogénicas **por las fuentes** y la absorción por los sumideros de gases de efecto invernadero relacionados con los bosques, las reservas forestales de carbono, y los cambios en las zonas forestales.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | by sources |
Charles Davis
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| 4 +1 | according to their sources |
Rosa Paredes
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| 4 | de acuerdo a sus fuentes |
Roberto Macias
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Change log
Mar 22, 2014 08:39: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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by sources
This is a direct quotation from the Kyoto Protocol, and I would advise using the exact wording of the official English version (without worrying too much about what it means!):
Artículo 3 (3):
" Las variaciones netas de las emisiones por las fuentes y la absorción por los sumideros de gases de efecto invernadero que se deban a la actividad humana directamente relacionada con el cambio del uso de la tierra y la silvicultura, limitada a la forestación, reforestación y deforestación desde 1990, calculadas como variaciones verificables del carbono almacenado en cada período de compromiso, serán utilizadas a los efectos de cumplir los compromisos de cada Parte incluida en el anexo I dimanantes del presente artículo."
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpspan.pdf
"The net changes in greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks resulting from direct human-induced land-use change and forestry activities, limited to afforestation, reforestation and deforestation since 1990, measured as verifiable changes in carbon stocks in each commitment period, shall be used to meet the commitments under this Article of each Party included in Annex I."
https://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/items...
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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-03-15 12:19:44 GMT)
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So "de gases de efecto invernadero" goes with "emisiones", not with "sumideros" (as you might reasonably have thought).
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Note added at 8 hrs (2014-03-15 12:39:34 GMT)
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As far as I can tell from reading the Protocol, "emissions by sources"/"emisiones por las fuentes" means greenhouses gases that sources emit, whatever those sources may be.
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Note added at 7 days (2014-03-22 10:10:15 GMT) Post-grading
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A pleasure, as always. Warmest regards.
Artículo 3 (3):
" Las variaciones netas de las emisiones por las fuentes y la absorción por los sumideros de gases de efecto invernadero que se deban a la actividad humana directamente relacionada con el cambio del uso de la tierra y la silvicultura, limitada a la forestación, reforestación y deforestación desde 1990, calculadas como variaciones verificables del carbono almacenado en cada período de compromiso, serán utilizadas a los efectos de cumplir los compromisos de cada Parte incluida en el anexo I dimanantes del presente artículo."
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpspan.pdf
"The net changes in greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks resulting from direct human-induced land-use change and forestry activities, limited to afforestation, reforestation and deforestation since 1990, measured as verifiable changes in carbon stocks in each commitment period, shall be used to meet the commitments under this Article of each Party included in Annex I."
https://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/items...
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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-03-15 12:19:44 GMT)
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So "de gases de efecto invernadero" goes with "emisiones", not with "sumideros" (as you might reasonably have thought).
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Note added at 8 hrs (2014-03-15 12:39:34 GMT)
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As far as I can tell from reading the Protocol, "emissions by sources"/"emisiones por las fuentes" means greenhouses gases that sources emit, whatever those sources may be.
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Note added at 7 days (2014-03-22 10:10:15 GMT) Post-grading
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A pleasure, as always. Warmest regards.
Note from asker:
| Thanks a million for the reference, Charles, and thanks for catching my mistake about the sinks. I didn't understand the "sink" concept when I did the draft translation, which I did over a week ago (this is a long document) but now I do. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Mario Freitas
: Right. Emissions by the relevant sources, or sources of emissions, but not "according to", yet "by".
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Thanks, Mario!
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Rosa Paredes
: Great references, as usual. Saludos ;)
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Thanks very much, Rosa! Saludos :)
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Thayenga
: :)
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Thanks, Thayenga :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for picking up on this, Charles! Once again, you are my hero."
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Rosa Paredes
Canada
Canada
Native in Spanish
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Native in: English 
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Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 3 more.
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according to their sources
Me inclino a pensar que se trata de "sources" y no "resources". El original dice " para estimar las emisiones antropogénicas **por las fuentes** y la absorción por los sumideros de gases de efecto invernadero
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: Resources is recursos.
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Thanks :)
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Joseph Tein
: Hi Rosa. Why not "by" the sources? (anthropogenic emissions BY various sources ... if it were "according to" I would think they would have written "según" las fuentes). How does that sound?
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yes, gave an agree to Charles. Saludos!
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de acuerdo a sus fuentes
In the contest of the English test a better translation is "de acuerdo a las fuentes"
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