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operarán de manera reducida

English translation: will operate at reduced capacity

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Spanish term or phrase:operarán de manera reducida
English translation:will operate at reduced capacity
Entered by: Manuel Aburto

22:18 Jul 2, 2020
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Business/Commerce (general) / Farming activities
Spanish term or phrase: operarán de manera reducida
Hola,

El texto a continuación trata sobre métodos de adaptación en lo que respecta a cultivos tradicionales y no tradicionales:

Los pequeños agricultores tienen diferentes alternativas para provisión de semilla: disponen de reserva de su propia fuente para la reproducción de su principal medio de vida, también obtienen semillas mediante intercambio o trueque con sus redes y pueden obtener semillas mejoradas o híbridas en los mercados locales o agro-servicios.

Las tres fuentes de suministro de semillas ***operarán de manera reducida** con la propagación del coronavirus, debido al distanciamiento físico, el acceso de los agricultores a las semillas y la capacidad de intercambiar, permutar o comprar, se reducirá.

"work on a limited basis"
Manuel Aburto
Nicaragua
Local time: 02:30
will operate at reduced capacity
Explanation:
My interpretation.
Selected response from:

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 04:30
Grading comment
Thank you Barbara!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8will operate at reduced capacity
Barbara Cochran, MFA
4reduced workload / reduced working hours
Amanda Pinho
2 +1will be scaling down operations
Adrian MM.


Discussion entries: 3





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reduced workload / reduced working hours


Explanation:
Found both entries in this text: https://www.ey.com/en_bg/covid-19/responding-to-covid-19-imp...

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Note added at 15 mins (2020-07-02 22:33:23 GMT)
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"Decreased workload" is also used: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-opinion-focus-covid-c...

Amanda Pinho
Brazil
Local time: 05:30
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
will operate at reduced capacity


Explanation:
My interpretation.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 04:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you Barbara!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Grabczan-Grabowski: Exactly what I had in mind. It fits the context.
19 mins
  -> Thanks, Michael.
agree  Gabriel Ferrero
29 mins
  -> Thanks, Gabriel.
agree  Robert Carter
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Robert.
agree  Marcelo González
2 hrs
  -> Gracias, Marcelo.
agree  Luigi Benetton
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Luigi.
agree  Maria Aragon
4 hrs
  -> Gracias, Maria.
agree  David Hollywood: and a good 1 Barbara
5 hrs
  -> Many thnaks, David.
agree  Joshua Parker
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Joshua.
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
will be scaling down operations


Explanation:
- not necessarily downsizing ops. if the workforce of none of the sources of seed supply is being laid off, plus de manera reducida is ambiguous for low-level or reduced level - see the first weblink.

That apart, the tense is future continuous: wil be... ing

Example sentence(s):
  • Containment operations to be scaled down if no secondary Covid-19 case for 4 weeks: Govt

    Reference: http://eng.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-general/102...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amanda Foy: Natural turn of phrase - though I am curious about the difference between scaling down and scaling back. Would you use the latter differently, or is it perhaps a regionalism?
1 hr
  -> Thanks. I would certainly concur with you in scaling back for US consumption, though I had in fact considered 'cutting back on ops'. The dichotomy for me has been hinted at by the asker's on a 'limited' basis = low vs. reduced, a subtle linguistic nuance.
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