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empobrecimiento fosilizado

English translation: entrenched poverty

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Spanish term or phrase:empobrecimiento fosilizado
English translation:entrenched poverty
Entered by: Manuel Aburto

20:54 Mar 18, 2021
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Government institutions
Spanish term or phrase: empobrecimiento fosilizado
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El texto a continuación es parte de un artículo en un sitio en internet

“Una nación que investiga puede, además de conocerse, establecer acciones concretas de transformación, para poder superar entre otros aspectos, el empobrecimiento en alguna medida, fosilizado; eso implica un gran reto para nuestros estados”, añadió.

Se me ocurre "permanent impoverishment"
Manuel Aburto
Nicaragua
Local time: 02:18
entrenched poverty
Explanation:

Ten Ways the Tories have Entrenched Poverty ... - LabourListlabourlist.org › wp-content › uploads › 2019/11
PDF
Ten Ways the Tories have Entrenched Poverty across Britain. Page 2. 1. Introduction. After nearly a decade of Tory austerity, Britain is facing a poverty crisis.

Breaking Down Barriers — new report series tackles ...melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au › news › news › bre...
27 Oct 2020 — Breaking Down Barriers — new report series tackles entrenched poverty. The Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research is ...
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:18
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6entrenched poverty
liz askew
4 +1ossified poverty
Catherine Earle
3 +2Ingrained poverty
ormiston
4stagnant poverty
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3chronic impoverishment
Décio Adams
3deep-seated impoverishment
Adrian MM.


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ossified poverty


Explanation:
Since this is the author's metaphor, I think you have some leeway. I suggest "ossified poverty" to convey that poverty for certain groups has aged into the nation's system.

Catherine Earle
United States
Local time: 03:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Fossilized is fine too.
6 mins
neutral  liz askew: Trouble is there are no references to this or "fossilized" poverty
2 hrs
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
stagnant poverty


Explanation:
"Stagnant" is one possible translation for "fosilizado", according to wordreference.com.

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https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-rep...

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And here in the US: https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/09/16/poverty-wage...

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 04:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 147
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
chronic impoverishment


Explanation:
The author uses a figure of speech to indicate a consolidated form of impoverishment.

Décio Adams
Brazil
Local time: 05:18
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
deep-seated impoverishment


Explanation:
deep-seated or deep-rooted possibly collocates better than 'petrified' with impoverishment, though I'm running scared of comments from native English squeakers.

Example sentence(s):
  • human resource development is the very practical and overarching way for easing vulnerability to chronic hunger and deep-seated impoverishment.
  • The crisis of the humanities is nothing other than a reflection of a deep-seated impoverishment of thought

    Reference: http://www.gov.scot/news/tackling-poverty-and-inequality-1/
Adrian MM.
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 574
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Ingrained poverty


Explanation:
Possibly a clearer and more common metaphor

caritas.org.nz › media-releases › risk...
Risk that child poverty is becoming ingrained | Caritas

ormiston
Local time: 10:18
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: I got 8 hits for "ingrained impoverishment"...
11 hrs
neutral  AllegroTrans: I see "ingrained" as something almost permanent and self-inflicted, which isn't the meaning here
17 hrs
agree  Orkoyen (X)
18 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
entrenched poverty


Explanation:

Ten Ways the Tories have Entrenched Poverty ... - LabourListlabourlist.org › wp-content › uploads › 2019/11
PDF
Ten Ways the Tories have Entrenched Poverty across Britain. Page 2. 1. Introduction. After nearly a decade of Tory austerity, Britain is facing a poverty crisis.

Breaking Down Barriers — new report series tackles ...melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au › news › news › bre...
27 Oct 2020 — Breaking Down Barriers — new report series tackles entrenched poverty. The Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research is ...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 288

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shilpa Baliga
8 hrs
agree  neilmac: I found one ref to "the fossilised poverty of the Old Mass"...
10 hrs
agree  patinba: Best of the bunch.
12 hrs
agree  Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
14 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans: well done the Tories
17 hrs
agree  MJ Barber
1 day 13 hrs
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