All the rest is just a veneer of negotiations and debates; what we are actually talking about is simply the timing of a death that has already been prophesied.

Todo lo demás no es más que apariencia de negociaciones y debates, mientras que en realidad estamos sencillamente hablando de la crónica de una muerte anunciada.

President Aliyev has to decide whether to embrace the democratic process or try to maintain autocratic rule with just a thin veneer of legitimacy.

El Presidente Aliyev tiene que decidir entre abrazar el proceso democrático o intentar mantener un Gobierno autocrático con una ligera apariencia de legitimidad.

Indeed, I believe it would make matters even worse, because it would give a veneer of democracy to this method, which in no way corresponds to the principles of the rule of law.

En efecto, con ello se confiere una apariencia democrática a este método que no responde en absoluto a los principios de un Estado de Derecho.

veneer(also: cutting)

chapa plana {f}

veneer(also: plate, plating)

enchapado {m}

veneer(also: badge, cap, plate, ply, sheet, bottle cap, name-tag)

chapa {f}

veneer(also: bed, cape, coat, coat, coating, deposit, high-up, house, layer, ply)

capa {f}

beneath that veneer of friendliness

bajo esa capa de amabilidad

veneer of sth

capa de algo

The democratic veneer adopted by the Turkish authorities in order to organize the Habitat II World Conference in Istanbul has quickly peeled off.

La capa de barniz democrático con que las autoridades turcas han adornado la organización de la Conferencia Mundial Habitat II en Estambul se ha desconchado en seguida.

veneer(also: gloss, varnish)

barniz {m}

a veneer of sophistication

un barniz de sofisticación

her kindness is just a veneer

su amabilidad es puro barniz

veneer of sth

barniz de algo

veneer

carilla {f}

SYNONYMS

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