Mar 8, 2023 16:17
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Spanish term

nos jugamos seguir progresando o ir hacia una deriva populista

Spanish to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Tweet by Spanish politician
OK, so I don't have Spanish in my language pairs, but I can use DeepL :-) No use in this case though. I'm actually language-editing an academic paper written in English and the author is investigating the use of the word "populism" and "populist" by Spanish politicians in their tweets during a period in 2019 (two elections).

El domingo nos jugamos seguir progresando o ir hacia una deriva populista que está entre Bolsonaro, Le Pen, Trump, Vox, PP y Cs. No debemos cansarnos nunca de votar y hay que hacerlo por el PSAO.

No further context, just an isolated tweet. The author (not a native English or Spanish speaker) has added her own translation ("On Sunday we are at stake to continue progressing or to go towards a populist drift that is between..."), which doesn't work. Does it mean "...we are voting for progress or for a populist drift [between…]?
Change log

Mar 8, 2023 19:15: Toni Castano changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (3): philgoddard, AllegroTrans, Toni Castano

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Discussion

Muriel Vasconcellos Mar 9, 2023:
Another try What's at stake here is that we may continue to drift toward populism.
neilmac Mar 9, 2023:
Risk Something with "risk" was the first thing I thought of, although "at stake" comes close.
@Phil Yes, "nos jugamos" does mean "we risk". Here, what I think the author meant to say is "at stake is...".
MoiraB (asker) Mar 8, 2023:
:-) Just making my ignorance clear!
philgoddard Mar 8, 2023:
The question mark was for other people, not for you :-)
MoiraB (asker) Mar 8, 2023:
@Phil No point using question marks with me on this one - I have no instinct for Spanish :-) I'm just trying to improve on the author's translation, which makes no sense to me.
philgoddard Mar 8, 2023:
Nos jugamos We risk?

Proposed translations

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What's at stake here is progress or a drift towards populism.

On Sunday what's at stake is progress or a populist drift between Bolsonaro, Le Pen, Trump, Vox, PP and Cs. We must never tire of voting and we must do it for the PSAO.
Peer comment(s):

agree ormiston : 'Further progress' for the notion of 'seguir'
20 mins
Yep, thanks;
agree Adoración Bodoque Martínez
1 hr
Gracias;
agree AllegroTrans
2 hrs
Thank you!
agree patinba
3 hrs
Thank you!
agree Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
3 days 22 hrs
Thank you!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Andrew. It's starting to make sense now!"
33 mins

we commit to continue to progress or go towards a populist wave

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Note added at 34 minutes (2023-03-08 16:52:12 GMT)
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https://www.linguee.com › english-spanish › commit+...
Jugarse: to commit oneself, to risk oneself for [...] something or someone. · : comprometerse, arriesgarse por algo o [...] por alguien.

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Note added at 38 minutes (2023-03-08 16:56:12 GMT)
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oops

we commit to continue to progress or drift towards populism



I see "deriva" = drift


an idea anyway

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Note added at 40 minutes (2023-03-08 16:57:57 GMT)
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https://www.ceu.edu › article › three-paradoxes-fuel-d...
15 Mar 2017 — Migration of people, information, and ideas is the phenomenon that is threatening the concept of open society and transforming democracy ...

Three Paradoxes Fuel the Drift Toward Populism in Europe ...
Central European University
Peer comment(s):

neutral Andrew Bramhall : "deriva" does't mean " wave";
3 hrs
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