Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

instancia

English translation:

application/petition

Added to glossary by Joseph Brazauskas
Mar 25, 2009 14:02
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term

instancia

Spanish to English Other Education / Pedagogy Instancia de la Secretaria de Economia
Will you please help with translation of the term "instancia" ?
The term appears in the following course description: Analysis of Commercial Treaties and International Trade Agreements

1. Análisis Constitucional de los Tratados
2. Análisis de la Ley sobre Tratados Internacionales
3. Instancia de la Secretaría de Economía
Change log

Mar 25, 2009 14:53: Joseph Brazauskas changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/24860">Maria Etchegoyen Sanchez's</a> old entry - "instancia "" to ""application/petition""

Discussion

Christopher Fitzsimons Mar 25, 2009:
Can you explain the context/meaning in spanish according to this text please?

Proposed translations

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Selected

application/petition

Filed presumably by the Secretary of Economy.
Peer comment(s):

agree Christopher Fitzsimons : yes, perhaps petition might work
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Intervention/Opinnion

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at the request of

Just a suggestion although this word has so many meanings in Spanish that it's difficult to tell without seeing more of the original.

"instancia f
1 (petición) request
2 (escrito) application form
3 Jur instance tribunal de primera instancia, Court of First Instance ♦ LOC: a instancia(s) de, at the request of, en primera instancia, first of all
en última instancia, as a last resort: en última instancia siempre podemos llamar a los bomberos para que la abran, we can always call the fire department to open it, as a last resort"

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Note added at 23 mins (2009-03-25 14:26:03 GMT)
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It can also mean court...
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