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Spanish term or phrase:
cascarón vacío
English translation:
empty shell
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Nicholas Henry
Nov 3, 2005 22:07
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term
cascarón vacío
Spanish to English
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Economics
Just looking for some ideas about how to translate this. "Empty (egg)shell" doesn't exactly fit, in my opinion. Thanks for your help.
La comunidad andina de naciones corre también el riesgo de convertirse en un **cascarón vacío** y sin rumbo, sumergido en el esquema globalizador que imprimen los países industrializados, especialmente Estados Unidos en la región.
La comunidad andina de naciones corre también el riesgo de convertirse en un **cascarón vacío** y sin rumbo, sumergido en el esquema globalizador que imprimen los países industrializados, especialmente Estados Unidos en la región.
Proposed translations
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| 5 +7 | empty shell |
Muriel Vasconcellos
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| 4 +1 | a paper boat (adrift) |
Giovanni Rengifo
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| 4 | ghost town |
jbruton (X)
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
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Spanish term (edited):
cascar�n vac�o
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empty shell
Maybe you aren't familiar with the expression in English. It's perfect here.
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Comment: "Thanks Muriel. I always learn lots doing translation, even in my native language, apparently."
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Spanish term (edited):
cascar�n vac�o
ghost town
another alternative
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Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Colombia
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Colombia
Traductores Oficiales Cali
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 2 more.
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Spanish term (edited):
cascar�n vac�o
a paper boat (adrift)
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Since the sentence says something about direction,
using "a paper" boat adrift (with no direction) makes sense here.
Let´s see what others think about this.
using "a paper" boat adrift (with no direction) makes sense here.
Let´s see what others think about this.
Comment: "Nice one! I wish I could award points to multiple answers..."
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