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Logramos que la mitad de los registrados al programa fueran

English translation: We succeeded in ensuring half of the people registered on the program were

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Spanish term or phrase:Logramos que la mitad de los registrados al programa fueran
English translation:We succeeded in ensuring half of the people registered on the program were
Entered by: Joaquín DONDO

17:21 Apr 12, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
Spanish term or phrase: Logramos que la mitad de los registrados al programa fueran
Hi all! I need your kind help. I allways have trouble when I have to translate this structure (or similar ones):

"Logramos que la mitad de los registrados al programa fueran usuarios de...."

"We got half the members registered in the program..." (????)

It sounds horrible to me, but I can't think of a way to improve it. But I know the problem is at the beginning ("We..."), I don't know what verb to use.
Thank you all in advance for your suggestions.
Joaquín DONDO
Local time: 19:03
We were successful in ensuring half of the people registered on the program were
Explanation:
One option!

In 2010, we were successful in ensuring regulations place a duty on Children’s Trust Board to consult children and young people when preparing their Children and Young People’s Plan.

http://www.crae.org.uk/protecting/right-heard.html

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-04-12 18:41:00 GMT)
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One of the first things we ask you to do when you arrive is to register on your degree programme.

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/registrationTimetabl...

Once you've registered on the programme you'll be allocated your own Programme adviser.

http://www.aqa.org.uk/programmes/creative-enterprise-program...

If you're using UK English, it would be 'programme'.
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Helena Chavarria
Spain
Local time: 00:03
Grading comment
Muchas gracias, Helena. Me ayudaste mucho. Saludos.
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4 +8We were successful in ensuring half of the people registered on the program were
Helena Chavarria


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
We were successful in ensuring half of the people registered on the program were


Explanation:
One option!

In 2010, we were successful in ensuring regulations place a duty on Children’s Trust Board to consult children and young people when preparing their Children and Young People’s Plan.

http://www.crae.org.uk/protecting/right-heard.html

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-04-12 18:41:00 GMT)
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One of the first things we ask you to do when you arrive is to register on your degree programme.

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/students/registrationTimetabl...

Once you've registered on the programme you'll be allocated your own Programme adviser.

http://www.aqa.org.uk/programmes/creative-enterprise-program...

If you're using UK English, it would be 'programme'.


Helena Chavarria
Spain
Local time: 00:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Muchas gracias, Helena. Me ayudaste mucho. Saludos.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew
4 mins
  -> Thank you, Liz :)
agree  Zilin Cui
6 mins
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  Edward Tully
7 mins
  -> Thanks, Edward :)
agree  Billh: // Silly neutral by giovanni. Of course this is perfectly correct.
19 mins
  -> Many thanks ;)
neutral  Giovanni Rengifo: I think it should be "registered in" not "on".
36 mins
  -> I admit I have been known to get my prepositions mixed up, but you can register for/on/in something
agree  Richard Hill
2 hrs
  -> Long time, no see! Thank you!
agree  Robert Forstag: Or: "We succeeded in ensuring that half...."
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, and yes, you're right. I have a habit of translating things twice: first I translate into 'unnatural English' then I try turn it into 'normal' English. In this case I hadn't got as far as the second step!
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: with Robert's tweak
4 hrs
  -> So do I! Thank you :)
agree  Charles Davis: "We were successful in ensuring" is perfectly OK, though "succeeded" is perhaps neater, and "registered on" is fine, of course.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Charles :)
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