Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
no se saturen
English translation:
free up/unburden the courts / decrease the workload of the courts
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Manuel Aburto
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El texto a continuación es parte de un extracto relacionado con acciones realizadas para apoyar a los juzgados locales:
La Corte Suprema de Justicia, ha ampliado la cantidad de casos resueltos al sustentar su labor en los facilitadores judiciales rurales, quienes al ser capacitados por los Jueces y certificados por la CSJ se les permite resolver conflictos principalmente en el área civil lo que facilita que los Juzgados **no se saturen**.
El texto a continuación es parte de un extracto relacionado con acciones realizadas para apoyar a los juzgados locales:
La Corte Suprema de Justicia, ha ampliado la cantidad de casos resueltos al sustentar su labor en los facilitadores judiciales rurales, quienes al ser capacitados por los Jueces y certificados por la CSJ se les permite resolver conflictos principalmente en el área civil lo que facilita que los Juzgados **no se saturen**.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | free up/unburden the courts / decrease the workload of the courts |
Robert Carter
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| 3 +4 | are not overwhelmed |
Jane Martin
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| 5 | not become overburdened |
Evelyn Johnson
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| 4 | are not swamped |
David Hollywood
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Change log
Jun 19, 2020 16:57: philgoddard changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Other" , "Field (write-in)" from "Procedures at court level" to "(none)"
Proposed translations
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Robert Carter
Mexico
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Mexico
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Works in: Spanish to English
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120
Spanish term (edited):
los Juzgados no se saturen
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free up/unburden the courts / decrease the workload of the courts
Literally "not be overburdened/overwhelmed", but I would change it to a positive here.
Peer comment(s):
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Chema Nieto Castañón
: Definitely. Saludos, Robert!
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Gracias, Chema, ¡saludos!
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are not overwhelmed
Courts and prisons could be overwhelmed by 'huge spike' in criminals caught in Boris Johnson's law and order crackdown
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/11/05/courts-priso...
“Even before the coronavirus outbreak, the government’s pledge to increase police officer numbers could have resulted in courts and prisons being overwhelmed by an increase in cases.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/news/latest/corona...
o‧ver‧whelm /ˌəʊvəˈwelm $ ˌoʊvər-/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
2 TOO MUCH if work or a problem overwhelms someone, it is too much or too difficult to deal with
be overwhelmed by something
We were overwhelmed by the number of applications.
be overwhelmed with something
They would be overwhelmed with paperwork.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/11/05/courts-priso...
“Even before the coronavirus outbreak, the government’s pledge to increase police officer numbers could have resulted in courts and prisons being overwhelmed by an increase in cases.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/news/latest/corona...
o‧ver‧whelm /ˌəʊvəˈwelm $ ˌoʊvər-/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
2 TOO MUCH if work or a problem overwhelms someone, it is too much or too difficult to deal with
be overwhelmed by something
We were overwhelmed by the number of applications.
be overwhelmed with something
They would be overwhelmed with paperwork.
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philgoddard
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Katarina Peters
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Paulina Sobelman
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James A. Walsh
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Evelyn Johnson
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not become overburdened
This phrase suggests having too high a case load in relation to the capacity of the courts to process them.
Example sentence:
The hospitals in the province have been overburdened with Covid-19 cases.
Government offices have been overburdened recently due to high case volume and low staffing.
6 hrs
David Hollywood
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
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Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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are not swamped
I would say
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"swamped" covers a couple of aspects..."overburdened" of course means the workload is excessive but it's still doable whereas "swamped" has the implication of "undoable"
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but "overwhelmed" is fine too
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a subtle difference
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e.g. The letter also states that in the event of such litigation, the groups will seek to ... Service has been swamped by lawsuits from activist groups that are designed to ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry - 2014 - Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
Swamped in Lawsuits - Law - magz.tempo.comagz.tempo.co › read › swamped-i...
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The Constitutional Court has been swamped with election dispute lawsuits. Is the court capable of handling such a barrage of cases?
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anyway, "swamped", "overburdened" or "overwhelmed" would all work and nodody would know the difference
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nobody
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Note added at 7 hrs (2020-06-19 23:49:20 GMT)
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"swamped" covers a couple of aspects..."overburdened" of course means the workload is excessive but it's still doable whereas "swamped" has the implication of "undoable"
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Note added at 7 hrs (2020-06-19 23:52:39 GMT)
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but "overwhelmed" is fine too
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Note added at 7 hrs (2020-06-20 00:01:05 GMT)
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a subtle difference
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Note added at 7 hrs (2020-06-20 00:03:08 GMT)
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e.g. The letter also states that in the event of such litigation, the groups will seek to ... Service has been swamped by lawsuits from activist groups that are designed to ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry - 2014 - Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
Swamped in Lawsuits - Law - magz.tempo.comagz.tempo.co › read › swamped-i...
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The Constitutional Court has been swamped with election dispute lawsuits. Is the court capable of handling such a barrage of cases?
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Note added at 7 hrs (2020-06-20 00:05:55 GMT)
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anyway, "swamped", "overburdened" or "overwhelmed" would all work and nodody would know the difference
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Note added at 7 hrs (2020-06-20 00:06:27 GMT)
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nobody
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