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servir de carril

English translation: pave the way/lay de groundwork for

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Spanish term or phrase:servir de carril
English translation:pave the way/lay de groundwork for
Entered by: patyjs

22:48 Jun 13, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Spanish term or phrase: servir de carril
Hello everyone. This is from a paper on civil society in the Cuba of recent decades.

En las revistas Palabra Nueva y Vitral se discutía abiertamente contra “el miedo a reconstruir una sociedad civil”, afirmando que la apelación a la sociedad civil no es ni “pasar gato por liebre”, ni proponer la anarquía social, ni minar la soberanía y unidad nacionales y se niega que el llamado a la sociedad civil signifique “servir de carril de una ley extranjera”, ni defender el neoliberalismo ni hacerse eco de tendencias del exilio.


Thank you in advance.
patyjs
Mexico
Local time: 09:28
pave the way/lay de groundwork for
Explanation:
My reading in this particular context.

Hopes it helps you.

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Note added at 58 minutos (2013-06-13 23:47:29 GMT)
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lay "the" groundwork... sorry for that.
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Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 09:28
Grading comment
Thank you, Luis. This works just fine.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5pave the way/lay de groundwork for
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
4serves as precursor (element) for ...... / trailblazer for ...
Ellen Kraus
3to influence
Ashleigh Martinez


  

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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to influence


Explanation:
A suggestion. Though guide and direct might be more literal translations, I think influence works better in this context.

Ashleigh Martinez
Spain
Local time: 17:28
Native speaker of: English
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
pave the way/lay de groundwork for


Explanation:
My reading in this particular context.

Hopes it helps you.

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Note added at 58 minutos (2013-06-13 23:47:29 GMT)
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lay "the" groundwork... sorry for that.

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 09:28
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Thank you, Luis. This works just fine.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Hill
3 mins
  -> Thank you, Richard!
agree  Billh: the not de, this is not the Afrikaaans page....
8 hrs
  -> Thank you, Billh. I am still trying to figure out where I got the "de" from, hehehe.
agree  James A. Walsh
9 hrs
  -> Thank you, James!
agree  Nikki Graham
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Nikki!
agree  Marcelo González
1 day 1 hr
  -> ¡Gracias, Marcelo!
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
serves as precursor (element) for ...... / trailblazer for ...


Explanation:
might blaze the trail for ......

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 17:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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