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se perfilan

English translation: programming is done in such a way that /programs are produced that...

17:18 May 24, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Media / Multimedia
Spanish term or phrase: se perfilan
Evidenciado centralismo en la formulación de contenidos, de tal modo que *se perfilan* programas que resultan de interés para las grandes urbes pero no necesariamente para las zonas rurales del país. Sin embargo, son estas zonas las que no tienen acceso a las ventajas de la digitalización.
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English translation:programming is done in such a way that /programs are produced that...
Explanation:
There are other possibilities, but the sentence would have to be restructured. Instead of twisting the grammar you could drop the "de tal modo" and use a semicolon after the formulation part and follow "; programs are produced that are of greater interest to urban viewers than rural viewers..." or "programs are geared toward urban viewers rather than rural viweres" or you could try "programming is done/carried out in such a way that programs/programmes are slanted towards the interests of urban viewers rather than rural viewers". I think that "perfilar" is used in the sense of programming here.
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Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 03:21
Grading comment
Thanks Jenni
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2programming is done in such a way that /programs are produced that...
Jenni Lukac (X)
3 +1programmes that....are broadcast
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
programmes that....are broadcast


Explanation:
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chica nueva: (that programmes) are featured, presented, shown; (that) they present, show, feature (programmes)
2 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
programming is done in such a way that /programs are produced that...


Explanation:
There are other possibilities, but the sentence would have to be restructured. Instead of twisting the grammar you could drop the "de tal modo" and use a semicolon after the formulation part and follow "; programs are produced that are of greater interest to urban viewers than rural viewers..." or "programs are geared toward urban viewers rather than rural viweres" or you could try "programming is done/carried out in such a way that programs/programmes are slanted towards the interests of urban viewers rather than rural viewers". I think that "perfilar" is used in the sense of programming here.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 03:21
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
Thanks Jenni

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Altogringo: but second one a much better option IMO.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Altogringo. The second option cuts to chase.
agree  philgoddard: You could just say "there are programmes"
1 hr
  -> Cheers and thanks for the input, Phil.
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