Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a bien considere
English translation:
may consider appropriate / may see fit to adopt
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I have no idea what this phrase means or if there is a typo. This is from an anti-corruption agreement in Colombia.
Que para participar en los procesos que [name of company] a bien considere, la sociedad que represento estructurará una propuesta seria, con información fidedigna y una oferta económica ajustada a la realidad que asegura la ejecución del contrato en las condiciones de calidad y oportunidad exigidas por los clientes a quienes se pretende proveerles soluciones integrales.
Que para participar en los procesos que [name of company] a bien considere, la sociedad que represento estructurará una propuesta seria, con información fidedigna y una oferta económica ajustada a la realidad que asegura la ejecución del contrato en las condiciones de calidad y oportunidad exigidas por los clientes a quienes se pretende proveerles soluciones integrales.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +5 | may consider appropriate / may see fit to adopt |
Charles Davis
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| 4 | as they see fit |
Giovanni Rengifo
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| 3 | wishes to |
Paul Merriam
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may consider appropriate / may see fit to adopt
This is a fairly common formula. See examples here:
https://www.google.es/search?num=100&q="a bien considere"&oq...
It looks confusing because it's inverted: it means "que [...] considere a bien". "Considerar a bien" means "consider appropriate"; it's related to "tener a bien":
"bien:
tener alguien a ~, o por ~.
1. locs. verbs. Estimar justo o conveniente, querer o dignarse mandar o hacer alguna cosa."
http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=bien
So with a verb following, it means "see fit to", as here:
"una medida cautelar, la que a bien considere el Tribunal otorgar"
http://www.tsj.gov.ve/tsj_regiones/decisiones/2012/septiembr...
In this example it means "whichever [injunction] the court sees fit to grant" or "may see fit to grant".
In "los procesos que [name of company] a bien considere", the company is the subject of "considere" and the object of "considere a bien" is "los procesos". So it means "the processes that the company may consider appropriate" or "any processes that the company considers appropriate". Another way of putting it would be "may see fit to adopt"; if you use "see fit" you need a verb in English.
Instead of "appropriate" you could say "desirable".
https://www.google.es/search?num=100&q="a bien considere"&oq...
It looks confusing because it's inverted: it means "que [...] considere a bien". "Considerar a bien" means "consider appropriate"; it's related to "tener a bien":
"bien:
tener alguien a ~, o por ~.
1. locs. verbs. Estimar justo o conveniente, querer o dignarse mandar o hacer alguna cosa."
http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=bien
So with a verb following, it means "see fit to", as here:
"una medida cautelar, la que a bien considere el Tribunal otorgar"
http://www.tsj.gov.ve/tsj_regiones/decisiones/2012/septiembr...
In this example it means "whichever [injunction] the court sees fit to grant" or "may see fit to grant".
In "los procesos que [name of company] a bien considere", the company is the subject of "considere" and the object of "considere a bien" is "los procesos". So it means "the processes that the company may consider appropriate" or "any processes that the company considers appropriate". Another way of putting it would be "may see fit to adopt"; if you use "see fit" you need a verb in English.
Instead of "appropriate" you could say "desirable".
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Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Colombia
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Colombia
Traductores Oficiales Cali
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94
as they see fit
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1 hr
Paul Merriam
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Works in: Russian to English, Polish to English, German to English, and 1 more.
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4
wishes to
To participate in the processes that [whoever they are] wishes to, ... I see this as basically a throwaway phrase giving [whoever they are] as much leeway as they want.
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