Glossary entry

Catalan term or phrase:

amb bon criteri

English translation:

judiciously, using good judgment, exercising excellent judgement

Added to glossary by Lia Fail (X)
Jun 25, 2005 23:04
18 yrs ago
Catalan term

amb bon criteri

Catalan to English Other Government / Politics
Amb bon criteri, la Comissió ja ha encarregat a un petit grup de notables la identificació de noms de possibles membres de les estructures de govern de l’XXXX

TIA:-)

Discussion

Joaquim Siles-Borràs Jun 26, 2005:
suggesting to me that it is the fact that they have already done it what is object of "bon criteri". It�d be a matter of finding a locution that works here. Sorry I can�t help more. Quim
Joaquim Siles-Borràs Jun 26, 2005:
Hi Ailish, It�s sunday aft and I cant think anymore -so I am not going to suggest a term because I can�t think of any. However, in yis case it simple means that the board has taken the right decission, or has done the right thing... It says "ja" (already)

Proposed translations

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judiciously, using good judgment

Best I can come up with without looking into it...

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Note added at 21 hrs 3 mins (2005-06-26 20:08:16 GMT)
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I just popped in to look at some terms and came across the sentence again, and it dawned on me that \"rightly so\" could fit nicely somewhere in there (perhaps enclosed in brackets or hyphens), conveying the idea given in Catalan. Ex.:
The Commission - rightly so - has entrusted blah, blah, blah...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I doubted between ignoring it as Ross and Quim suggested, but in the end said sthg like 'exercising excellent judgement' Thanks all:-)"
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for good measure

my take
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With good criterium/judgement...

My version. Good luck!
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select (restructure)

The Commission has named a small select group of... to identify...

Perhaps this at least sounds less odd.
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