Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

en una posición de tiempo anterior

English translation:

set back the clock to be in a better position / buy some time (\"by going back in time\")

Added to glossary by María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Apr 11, 2019 16:47
5 yrs ago
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Spanish term

en una posición de tiempo anterior

Spanish to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
I'm translating an interview with a Nicaraguan political analyst and his opinion that Daniel Ortega is "self-destructing" by refusing to compromise in the dialogue that his government is having with the opposition. The interview is here: https://confidencial.com.ni/ortega-esta-escogiendo-la-via-de...

The phrase between ***** is the one I can't quite put my finger on.

"Ortega está jugando contra todas sus probabilidades. La mejor salida que tenía era llegar a un acuerdo en este diálogo, y ******colocarse en una posición de tiempo anterior******* para cuando la crisis le empiece a pegar de frente. Actualmente la economía viene en un declive y en la medida que pasa el tiempo, el declive se va a convertir en caída libre. Él cree que puede solucionar todo desde el Estado porque tiene una óptica marxista del mundo, y cree que el problema económico es de los empresarios. Es un problema de él. No generar empleos es un problema de él. El que las importaciones se estén reduciendo es un problema del régimen."

Thanks in advance!

Discussion

Charles Davis Apr 11, 2019:
I wonder if it means gain time, get ahead of the game, as it were.
María Teresa Taylor Oliver (asker) Apr 11, 2019:
It could be... but then the part that immediately follows is in present tense: "para cuando la crisis le empiece a pegar de frente." So that is throwing me off.
philgoddard Apr 11, 2019:
Could it mean put the clock back?

Proposed translations

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set back the clock to be in a better position / buy some time ("by going back in time")

En la línea de lo que sugiere Charles.

Entiendo que "trata de ganar tiempo"... (aunque sea imposible o imaginario...)

https://lanoticianicaragua.com/eliseo-nunez-ortega-esta-esco...


Saludos cordiales.

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Note added at 4 days (2019-04-16 00:02:02 GMT) Post-grading
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You're welcome! :-)
Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis : I think "buy some time" is very probably what it means.
4 mins
Thank you very much, Charles. :-)
agree Marie Wilson : With Charles, buy some time sounds good.
20 hrs
Thank you very much, Marie. :-) Yes, that's seems to be the meaning.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you!"
1 hr

in a pole position (to steal a march)

- a mix of metaphors, but no April Fool's advantage.

As robotic school boys used to say in my school soldier-playing army-cadet days of pointless square-bashing: 'Don't anticipate the order, boy!'.

The KudoZ web ref. is admittedly incongruous, as from another context and minus the tiempo/ temporal aspect.
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2 hrs

[make a] strategic retreat

I'm guessing.
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