Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
real conocimiento
English translation:
practical understanding
Spanish term
Chile
40 Years Business, Legal, Certificates
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English
real conocimiento
I've been turning this sentence around for too long and I definitely cannot come up with anything.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Aug 29, 2012 09:23: Ruth Wöhlk changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"
Proposed translations
Because your words matter
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: Spanish to English
a practical understanding
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-08-29 09:30:11 GMT)
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I think "understanding" fits better here; whether you prefer true/real/in-depth or practical before it is your call!
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-08-29 09:31:17 GMT)
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I think that "understanding" fits better here, whether you prefer real/true/in-depth/practical before it is your call!
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Yvette Neisser Moreno
: I was thinking along these lines as well--"understanding" rather than "knowledge"
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many thanks Yvette! ;-)
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Jenni Lukac (X)
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many thanks Jenni! ;-)
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Yvonne Gallagher
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many thanks! ;-)
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Richard Hill
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many thanks Rich! ;-)
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AllegroTrans
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many thanks! ;-)
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Professional, fast, reliable, accurate,
Native in: Spanish 
, Catalan
Works in: English to Spanish, English to Catalan
true knowledge
Uruguay
Versatility, clarity and quality writing
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish
a true/in-depth knowledge
accurate knowledge/ real knowledge/ proper knowledge
Spain
... a question of style.
Native in: English (Variant: UK) , Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
true grasp
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a 'real grasp' is an alternative.
http://housemajority.org/coms/hres/gas_report_chapter1.pdf
United States
English wordsmith
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Arabic to English, Hebrew to English, and 1 more.
thorough understanding
Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK, Irish) , Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
fully understand
...los participantes tendrán un real conocimiento...
...participants will fully understand...
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