Thread: anchor funding

¡Saludos Marmota!
Creo que anchor está usado en sentido figurado, sería algo así como el financiamiento base pero con un peso sustancial, igual que el ancla pesa y sostiene al barco para que no siga navegando.
La palabra en español podría ser financiamiento fuerte o clave algo parecido. La idea es esa.

I agree Sandra! Anchor funding in this case means "base" or primary funds.

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Originally Posted by natalia_ar

Sin tener demasiado contexto, estoy de acuerdo con la idea de "anchor funding" como financiamiento clave, o base. Sin embargo, no estoy de acuerdo con la traducción de "compliment" como complementar, al menos en este caso...
Teniendo en cuenta uno de los significados que da el diccionario Oxford

compliment: given without charge

Hola Natalia:

Please forgive the correction but I'm afraid you are confusing complement and compliment, two very similar English words that have different meanings.

To compliment: halagar, florear
To complement: complementar

This is a very common mistake even among native speakers.

Saludos!!

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quote=natalia_ar]I'm sorry Vicente, but I don't understand your correction. Actually, I pointed out exactly that difference, the one between complement and compliment, and thus the mistake made in translating compliment as complementar. I also quote the entry I found at Oxford English Dictionary:
compliment


• noun /komplimhttp://www.askoxford.com/images/phonetics/schwa.gifnt/ 1 an expression of praise or admiration, either in words or by an action. 2 (compliments) formal greetings.
• verb /kompliment/ politely congratulate or praise.
— PHRASES return the compliment retaliate or respond in kind. with the compliments of someone given without charge



In Spanish, we also have the terms complementar and cumplimentar; so, in any case, and even if my observations are wrong, I still support the idea that will compliment shouldn't be translated as complementar.
All in all, I believe we need a little bit more of context to suggest a more accurate translation.
Saludos!!!!
Natalia :-)

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My mistake Natalia!! I now see what you were saying. I initially overlooked that the sentence to be translated used the word compliment instead of complement. The way it was written led me to make an assumption!

You are right in questioning the translation but I suspect that this is a case of mis-spelling. The formation of the sentence, "This contribution will compliment the anchor funding of the Foundation for the agricultural program" suggests to me that the writer intended to use the word complement because compliment used in this sentence does not make sense. As I mentioned, it is a common error to mis-use these two words.

I apologize for not reading the whole thing a little more closely and questioning your translation.

Cheers!!

Originally Posted by exxcéntrica

ts, ts,ts,ts...MEN!!

This forum is just like in real life!! I'm surrounded by women and I'm always getting into trouble because I speak without thinking!!!