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garantizar el que fuese a las tareas agrícolas quien lo tuviera por conveniente

English translation: ensured that whoever wanted to engage in agricultural activity could do so

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Spanish term or phrase:garantizar el que fuese a las tareas agrícolas quien lo tuviera por conveniente
English translation:ensured that whoever wanted to engage in agricultural activity could do so
Entered by: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

10:59 Mar 24, 2023
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / republicanism, politics, protest
Spanish term or phrase: garantizar el que fuese a las tareas agrícolas quien lo tuviera por conveniente
Hi there, am having trouble unpicking the meaning of this phrase.
The text is about the rise and fall of republicanism in Cordoba in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The full sentence is "la Guardia Civil se encargó de garantizar el que fuese a las tareas agrícolas quien lo tuviera por conveniente”.

Here's the whole paragraph

En junio de 1902, los campesinos de la ciudad se opusieron a que los labradores ocuparan en las faenas de la recolección de cereales a trabajadores forasteros, formaron piquetes, tomaron el control de los accesos a la ciudad y solo días más tarde “la Guardia Civil se encargó de garantizar el que fuese a las tareas agrícolas quien lo tuviera por conveniente”.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Anna Moorby DipTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:50
ensured that whoever wanted to work in agricultural activities could do so
Explanation:
Hi Anna, I just wanted to show the meaning, but I'm glad it helps.
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 19:50
Grading comment
Thanks everyone for your help clarifying!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5guaranteeing whosoever sought to/ saw fit to undertake agricultural work
Andrew Bramhall
4 +1ensured that whoever wanted to work in agricultural activities could do so
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
4guaranteeing that whoever is willing/considers convenient to go to the agricultural work can do so
Alberto de Antonio Rivera
3 +1make sure that farm work could be accessed by anyone seeing fit to do so (turn their hands to such)
Adrian MM.


Discussion entries: 4





  

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guaranteeing that whoever is willing/considers convenient to go to the agricultural work can do so


Explanation:
Just a possible alternative. Cheers.

Alberto de Antonio Rivera
Spain
Local time: 19:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Andrew Bramhall: " considers convenient to go" unidiomatic; also, present tense not correct here.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
make sure that farm work could be accessed by anyone seeing fit to do so (turn their hands to such)


Explanation:
More than the 10-word ProZ asking limit, but never mind.

I've left in the 'el' despite Toni C's point, though see that this construction is recognis/zed by Harrap's: entry 5 'the one...', unless it works grammatically to mean 'el hecho /lo que'...

I've asssumed fuese is a subjunctive mood form of ir a....

Otherwise, apologies for any Spanglish creeping (back) in ...


    Reference: http://www.elcastellano.org/michel-philp
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  neilmac
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guaranteeing whosoever sought to/ saw fit to undertake agricultural work


Explanation:
In June 1902, the city's peasants objected to the fact that the farmers were employing foreign workers for the cereal harvest,and so formed pickets,and took control of the access points to the city and only days later the Civil Guard took on the task of guaranteeing whosoever saw fit to take agricultural work that they were able to do so.


Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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2 days 23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ensured that whoever wanted to work in agricultural activities could do so


Explanation:
Hi Anna, I just wanted to show the meaning, but I'm glad it helps.

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 19:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thanks everyone for your help clarifying!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Toni Castano: Yes, madam. // And "work in agricultural activities" displays nearly 300,000 entries, including FAO sites, so I would not be worried about it.
53 mins
  -> Gracias, compañero
neutral  Andrew Bramhall: The sense is right, but " work in agricultural activities" is not idiomatic.//Just ' work in agriculture' or ' engage in agricultural work';
10 hrs
  -> This was my initial clarification of the meaning; I leave the actual wording to the natives. // Well noted, thank you Andrew.
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