Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
hacer predicciones a medio plazo e ir retocándolas
English translation:
make predictions for the medium-term and revise them....
Spanish term
Spain
High quality translations
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
hacer predicciones a medio plazo e ir retocandolas
"Por eso muchas veces lo correcto es hacer predicciones de Medio plazo e ir “retocándolas” en base a las de Corto plazo".
Le estoy dando vueltas a la siguiente tentativa de traducción:
"That is why the best thing to do is to make medium-term forecasts and then "touch them up" based on the short-term ones"
Aug 31, 2008 16:05: Eugenio Llorente changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/119225">Eugenio Llorente's</a> old entry - "hacer predicciones a medio plazo e ir retocandolas"" to ""make predictions for the medium term and revise them....""
Aug 31, 2008 16:06: Eugenio Llorente changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/119225">Eugenio Llorente's</a> old entry - "hacer predicciones a medio plazo e ir retocandolas"" to ""make predictions for the medium-term and revise them....""
Proposed translations
make predictions for the medium term and revise them....
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
make medium-term predictions and progressively refine them ...
... probably, not the short-term predictions but rather the accuracy of those predictions, determined in the light of the real-world short-term results.
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Daniel Coria
: Yep!
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teju
: I wish the asker would wait the recommended 24 hours before closing a question, "medium-term predictions" is idiomatically correct.
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United States
Versatile technical translator/editor
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English
make medium-term predictions and continue to refine them
Spain
Golf, Literature and Religion Specialist
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
make medium term predictions and gradually adjust them
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Note added at 28 mins (2008-08-30 23:08:07 GMT)
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...to short term realities"
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