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español term

Sandra Meneaud

España

39 questions

actividades deportivas de carácter extensivo.

español al inglés Otros Medioambiente y ecología Copernicus satellites to

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me with the translation of 'actividades deportivas de carácter extensivo'. I'm not sure how to translate 'de carácter extensivo'. The context is a norm referring to a protected woodland area in Spain, called the 'Montes de Málaga', and the type of sporting activities that are banned within this area. This is part of the regulation:

En los Montes de Málaga estará prohibido cualquier uso que pueda alterar las
condiciones naturales o paisajísticas del ámbito o producir riesgos de erosión
y, en especial, las actividades deportivas de carácter extensivo.

Proposed translations (inglés)

5 +2	any activity, in particular of sports, which may alter...	Jorge Esteban Casas
3	high-impact sporting events	Robert Forstag
2	cross-country sports activities	Ana Vozone

Proposed translations

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Jorge Esteban Casas

Francia

36 answers

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any activity, in particular of sports, which may alter...

Hola

If you conduct an advanced google search using boolean operators you will hit 8 results only containing the exact sentence "actividades deportivas de carácter extensivo". This clearly means that Ayuntamiento del Rincon de la Victoria is using a term that isn't commonplace. In my eyes, they've made it up, which is sadly not an uncommon practice by the Spanish Authorities.
The problem here is that the source language has not been phrased correctly.

They could have said: queda prohibido cualquier actividad, en especial de carácter deportivo, que pueda alterar las condiciones naturales o paisajísticas del entorno.

In sports, you could talk about "entrenamiento extensivo" or about "método continuo extensivo", but this is specific to sport sciences, so it's not not what they mean. I would question the source language, but what they mean is activities that may have a negative impact on the protected natural environment, surroundings and landscape. In my eyes, it is redundant, as they also mention "queda prohibido cualquier uso que pueda alterar las condiciones naturales o paisajísticas del ámbito"

I hope this helps.

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Note added at 1 heure (2022-05-11 10:53:28 GMT)
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sorry, I meant to type "any activity, in particular sports, which may alter... but English isn't my target language.

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Note added at 1 heure (2022-05-11 11:23:46 GMT)
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in this article, the Spanish Ministry of Ecology refers to "deporte extensivo" too. As an example, they mention "golf"

They are referring to sports that take too much place, in a way "agressive to the protected surroundings in a visual or physical manner"

"Además a este mayor consumo de agua se suma la aparición del modelo resort en el que la urbanización dispersa se asocia a instalaciones de deporte extensivo con gran consumo de agua como son los campos de golf"

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/ministerio/directorio/cama/est_...

Reference:

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.rincondelavictoria.es/documents/34929/59253/2015-11-25-Pleno--acta-web-.pdf/

Peer comment(s):

agree	Taña Dalglish : https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/export/drupaljda/10_05_norma... (see page numbered 35 bottom right for exact context provided). Your observations are correct, IMO. Golf is one of the activities allowed though (page 41 (g); speaks to campos de golf. 2 horas
agree	Luis M. Sosa : Ageee with both answer and insights. 5 horas

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks for your all your suggestions, and the time you've taken to research this. I think you're right, they are covering all kinds of sports by using a general term, so I think I'm going to go with what you said. "