Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
\"dar vuelta\" la audiencia
English translation:
\"turn around\" the hearing
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Mónica Algazi
Oct 16, 2013 11:48
10 yrs ago
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Spanish term
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"dar vuelta" la audiencia
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Por su parte, el diario de izquierda radical xxx (Portada y Política, páginas 6, 7 y 8), de circulación marginal, plantea hoy que en la audiencia pública celebrada el lunes, ni [state-owned electricity company], [state-owned fuel company], [national environmental authority] ni [private company] lograron rebatir los argumentos de los vecinos, quienes lograron “dar vuelta” la audiencia, enfrentando al gobierno. Se incluye una crónica de lo sucedido durante la audiencia.
I understand the residents of the area sort of "won" against all odds, but cannot find the right words in English. TIA!
I understand the residents of the area sort of "won" against all odds, but cannot find the right words in English. TIA!
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"turn around" the hearing
Thinking this over, I feel that a more or less literal translation would work pretty well. "Turn around", as a transitive verb, is widely used to express reversing an unfavourable situation. It's especially applied to economic matters (turning a company round, turning around the economy), and also other kinds of problems:
"After 15 months, Southend Council has only managed to turn around the lives of seven of the 420 families identified as needing help"
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/southend/10679381...
And it can perfectly well be applied to a meeting: making a potentially hostile or unfavourable situation go your way:
"Bad Interview? How To Turn Around the Meeting Into A Positive"
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/bad-interview-how-to-turn...
You would often put the object between "turn" and "around" (or "round"): turn the economy (a)round, for example, but you can put the object after "around", and you would want to do that here to keep the quoted phrase in one piece.
"After 15 months, Southend Council has only managed to turn around the lives of seven of the 420 families identified as needing help"
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/southend/10679381...
And it can perfectly well be applied to a meeting: making a potentially hostile or unfavourable situation go your way:
"Bad Interview? How To Turn Around the Meeting Into A Positive"
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/bad-interview-how-to-turn...
You would often put the object between "turn" and "around" (or "round"): turn the economy (a)round, for example, but you can put the object after "around", and you would want to do that here to keep the quoted phrase in one piece.
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| Thanks again, Charles. |
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win over the tribunal/convince the tribunal
They are saying that no one managed to refute the residents' arguments, so in the end the residents convinced the tribunal or whoever was responsible for the hearing that they were right.
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| Thank you, Catriona. |
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Ben_ (X)
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Simona Micutari
: Sounds like the most natural-sounding option
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Marcela Dutra
: The term would fit, I like it, but in fact, they didn't "win over" the tribunal - not yet. I confess to an advantage, as I live in Uruguay and know what happened!
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Oh! What did happen then?
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Carol Gullidge
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persuade the audience to perform a U-turn/reversal/turnabout/turnaround/volte-face
... the residents, who managed to persuade the audience to perform a complete U-turn
BUT, the phrasing can of course be tidied up considerably (I leave that in your capable hands!) and could vary according to which term you opt for
as with Maggie Thatcher "U-turn if you must, The lady's not for turning"
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-10-16 13:16:59 GMT)
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You too, Mónica - thanks! I haven't been around much for quite a while so have some catching up to do.
I actually agree with the other answers - which weren't there when I began to compile this answer. That's what happens when you get interrupted...
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| Thank you, Carol! (Nice to "read" you! : ) |
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who managed (against all odds) to successfully defend their position during the public hearing
Another option. I based this suggestion, in part, on a review of this site that describes exactly what happens at public hearings:http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/advocacy/direct-actio...
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| Thank for the answer proposed AND the link, Jenni! |
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