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Old June 28, 2010, 11:10 PM
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Talking about a curriculum, or a series of courses,
"they build one upon the next, in a gradient scale."
How would you translate this into Spanish?
I give you some options, (If you think of something shorter, that's is what I am trying to get)
[...] se van construyendo sobre la base del [curso] anterior, en una escala de gradiente.
[...] cada uno se basa en el anterior y va aumentando [el conocimiento] en una escala gradual.
[...] van aumentando [el conocimiento] progresivamente, de forma gradual.
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Old June 29, 2010, 12:33 AM
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Talking about a curriculum, or a series of courses,
"they build one upon the next, in a gradient scale."
How would you translate this into Spanish?
I give you some options, (If you think of something shorter, that's is what I am trying to get)
[...] se van construyendo sobre la base del [curso] anterior, en una escala de gradiente.
[...] cada uno se basa en el anterior y va aumentando [el conocimiento] en una escala gradual.
[...] van aumentando [el conocimiento] progresivamente, de forma graudal.
Creo que todas se pueden usar.

...se construyen uno encima del otro, hablando de niveles de conocimiento, por ejemplo.
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Old June 29, 2010, 02:43 AM
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Gracias, Chileno.
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Old June 29, 2010, 12:51 PM
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No sé si la mayoría de las personas entenderían "escala de gradiente", así que yo usaría algo del tipo "cada uno se basa en el anterior y aumenta el grado de conocimiento progresivamente".

@JPablo: ¡qué cosas traduces!
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Old June 29, 2010, 09:17 PM
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Buen punto, Angélica. "Gradiente" se usa como "pendiente" en Argentina, Chile y Ecuador, según Moliner. (DRAE da otros países también) Yo, siendo de España, la había usado en el sentido de 'escala gradual', pero estoy de acuerdo con lo que me dices.

Bueno, yo creo que ya puedo traducir 'lo que me echen'... mientras no sea un manual de Física Cuántica... que quizá se saldría de mi... 'gradiente'
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Buen punto, Angélica. "Gradiente" se usa como "pendiente" en Argentina, Chile y Ecuador, según Moliner. (DRAE da otros países también) Yo, siendo de España, la había usado en el sentido de 'escala gradual', pero estoy de acuerdo con lo que me dices.

Bueno, yo creo que ya puedo traducir 'lo que me echen'... mientras no sea un manual de Física Cuántica... que quizá se saldría de mi... 'gradiente'
Ojo, pestaña y ceja. En Chile también se usa como pendiente o declive.
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Sí, el DRAE dice que en Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua y Perú también tiene el sentido de pendiente o declive. Así que sí, oído, oreja y tímpano y martillo...
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Sí, el DRAE dice que en Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua y Perú también tiene el sentido de pendiente o declive. Así que sí, oído, oreja y tímpano y martillo...
Oooye! Hablamos el mismo idioma!
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Oooye! Hablamos el mismo idioma!
¡Miiiira! ¡Es verdad!
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¡Miiiira! ¡Es verdad!
Por siaca, lo decía por el humor más que nada.
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Por siaca, lo decía por el humor más que nada.
Ah, claro, ¡tá entendío!
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[QUOTE=JPablo;87380]Talking about a curriculum, or a series of courses,
"they build one upon the next, in a gradient scale."
How would you translate this into Spanish?

I suspect that this has not been written by a native English speaker.

If it helps you, I would probably rewrite this in English along the lines of:

they build upon each other in a logical progression

This could be a better starting point for you
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Old June 30, 2010, 10:55 PM
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Thank you, Brute. That helps. I believe the original idea is as you re-write it.
Or,
...they build upon each other in gradual progression of difficulty/complexity.
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