"se venian administrando"

Question

Hi I am having difficulty with this sentence "..Es una de las leyes mas importantes en materia social y de descentralizacion de los ultimos anos, pues los recursos que provee para la realizacion de los fines sociales del Estado.. practicamente se duplican con respecto a los que se venian administrando con fines dispersos y distintos"

Its one of the most important laws in recent years re social and decentralisation affairs, since the resources it provides to meet the State's social objectives are practically doubling .......... with diverse and distinct objectives

Any insight into what appropriate translation for "se venian administrando" would be - very much appreciated.

Also, wondering what others think - to me the Spanish sentence does not read like a mother tongue Spanish speaker wrote it?

Paul

Answer 1

Es una de las leyes mas importantes en materia social y de descentralizacion de los ultimos anos, pues los recursos que provee para la realizacion de los fines sociales del Estado.. practicamente se duplican con respecto a los que se venian administrando con fines dispersos y distintos"

This is difficult text to translate literally, because the English result reads awkwardly. You have actually done a pretty good job. Here's my vesion:

It is one of the most important laws in recent years dealing with social and decentralization affairs, as the resources that it provides to meet the State´s social goals are practically doubled with respect to those that had been managed thus far for various and scattered purposes.