quick question for a sentence: indicative or subjuntive

Question

Hi,

I want to say "the day was established in 1994 so that the would could acknowledge the indigenous celebrations around the world"

So far I have "El dia estaba establecido en 1994 para que cada ano el mundo reconozca las celebraciones indigenas por el mundo"

I'm unsure about the use of reconocer in my sentence. Any advice will be appreaciated! Thank you

Welcome to the forum, Mylo! Great question..hope to see you around. - --Mariana--, May 11, 2012

Answer 1

Did you wrote it right?. If the right it was: "the day was established in 1994 so that they would could acknowledge the indigenous celebrations around the world" THE translation IS:

"La fecha se estableció en 1994, para que se conocieran las celebraciones de los indigenas en todo el mundo".

Nice Spanish translation, for the English - un par de sugerencias - Did you write it correctly? If you wanted to say ..... your actual translation says 'is' ;) - Kiwi-Girl, May 11, 2012

Hi thank you, I wish everybody were so generous correcting me!. See you! - alixi, May 12, 2012

my pleasure :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 12, 2012

ps 'everybody 'was' ;) - Kiwi-Girl, May 12, 2012

Answer 2

So far I have "El dia estaba establecido en 1994 para que cada ano el mundo reconozca las celebraciones indigenas por el mundo"

"Acknowledge" has become one of those trendy English words that sometimes I don´t quite understand what is being implied, but your choice of "reconocer" seems appropriate.

So depending on the nuance you want, I would say either "El día fue establecido en 1994 para que todo el mundo reconciera mundialmente las celebraciones indigenas alrededor del mundo" or if you just want people to take notice, " El día fue establecido en 1994 para que todo el mundo hiciera cuenta mundialmente de las celebraciones indigenas alrededor del mundo"

To acknowledge something/someone, is to recognize or "submit oneself" to the truth/reality/existence of said person/thing. Rather you knew that truth/fact/person, didn't know, or were denying it. To 'take' notice to, or 'give' notice to a reality. - sinsonte, May 12, 2012

Answer 3

Awesome, thank you for those helpful and prompt replies.

Yeah, sorry I had heaps on my mind last night and after such a long day obviously I couldn't even think in proper English let alone Spanish haha!