Carol Gullidge Jun 1, 2020:

@ Marcello ??

Carol Gullidge Jun 1, 2020:

Marcelo in fact I've posted an Agree with Patinba's Answer, since he did actually post the DRAE entry that inspired "academics", even though that wasn't his final conclusion.
But since you mention "appropriacy" regarding the use of "this space", I have to say that I'm somewhat surprised that you feel it's "appropriate" to use "this space" for comments such as "Some people are way too quick to vote non-PRO in my opinion. It makes me wonder if their criteria includes something other than what is in the rules". Since I'm the only person who has had the temerity to vote Non-pro, it isn't hard to guess who this is aimed at!
I hope I made it fairly clear that I still consider this as a relatively straightforward dictionary question, and as we are supposed to carry out (perhaps extensive...) dictionary searches before posting Pro questions, I see this as Non-Pro. No offence meant! As I see it, the Asker simply misinterpreted the use of punctuation - an easy mistake to make, but still doesn't elevate this to a Pro question.
This reminds me of the first question I ever posted on KudoZ; that was in fact a typo that threw me! Pointed out to me ever so nicely by a ProZer, who still voted it Non-Pro!

Carol Gullidge Jun 1, 2020:

incidentally, I don't see the question as Mark ... sees it!

Imo, the question is not " to figure out the difference between an "estudiante" and a "universitario" in the context", but rather to differentiate between students who are "innovadores", "universitarios" and/or "emprendedores".

Which is why the question seems so simple to me!

Carol Gullidge Jun 1, 2020:

@ re DRAE - universitario well, looking at the DRAE definition, I don't see anything wrong with the word "academic" (a teacher or scholar in a university or other institute of higher education.)

I.e., fairly straightforward dictionary work. QED (since you were asking: "It makes me wonder if their criteria includes something other than what is in the rules")

Carol Gullidge Jun 1, 2020:

@ Marcelo We are required to do a dictionary search before posting Pro questions, and this question appeared (and still does to a great extent, in my opinion!) to be simply a dictionary job.
I do realise that there are other possible interpretations, which might qualify this as a Pro question, in which case isn't it a good job that it requires 3 Non-Pro votes for any question to be demoted!?
Right now, I have a similar dilemma, with a text that - simply because of the way it is punctuated - could have two equally valid interpretations. Should this be posted as a Pro question? I don't think so! As it is a matter of interpretation only, I shall refer it back to the author. Only then will I be quite sure that I haven't merely guessed what she "probably" intended.

neilmac May 31, 2020:

PRO query The debate and comments show that this is not as straightforward as it might seem at first, which makes it a PRO query IMHO :-)

neilmac May 31, 2020:

It could mean Graduates, doctorate researchers, lecturers or even just students. People with some kind of link to the uni.

Taña Dalglish May 31, 2020:

I think it is straightforward too - 3 categories, but ... up to the Asker on how he wishes to proceed.
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Carol Gullidge May 31, 2020:

To me, this seemed straightforward, but... if - as seems possible - there really is more than one feasible way of reading the ST, then surely this should be referred to the client for clarification?

Taña Dalglish May 31, 2020:

@ Mark What more can you tell us about the participants in this hackathon? "Estudiantes innovadores" would suggest that high school students could be included, e.g. open to students above a certain age, for example, 16 years old, and then university students (I personally don't see the need to specify post-graduate students, as most releases are just general statements, and quite non-specific). Regards.

philgoddard May 31, 2020:

I can totally see why Mark is confused. I'm not in a position to judge the quality of the Spanish as a non-native speaker, but shouldn't it say "estudiantes universitarios innovadores y emprendadores"?

Carol Gullidge May 31, 2020:

@ Mark agree with Taña, what leads you to the conclusion that this doesn't simply mean "estudiantes innovadores, estudiantes universitarios y estudiantes ..."?

Taña Dalglish May 31, 2020:

@ Mark Harris So what does the rest of the text say that makes you say that "universitario" is anything more than "university students"?