Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Dirección General de Prevención y Calidad Ambiental
English translation:
Directorate General for Risk Prevention and Environmental Quality
Added to glossary by
Rebecca Hendry
Nov 16, 2006 19:22
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Dirección General de Prevención y Calidad Ambiental
Spanish to English
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Government / Politics
Hello Kudozers.
This is the name of a department within the Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía. Any suggestions for how to translate it would be much appreciated!
The text I am translating is a letter from this department to business owners who need to comply with some environmental regulations. Spanish from Spain for UK English.
Thanks in advance!
Becky.
This is the name of a department within the Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía. Any suggestions for how to translate it would be much appreciated!
The text I am translating is a letter from this department to business owners who need to comply with some environmental regulations. Spanish from Spain for UK English.
Thanks in advance!
Becky.
Proposed translations
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May 29, 2007 07:31: Rebecca Hendry Created KOG entry
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Directorate General for Risk Prevention and Environmental Quality
I generally find that "prevención" used alone means what we would call "risk prevention", and in this case it would obviously be referring to environmental risks/hazards.
Using Directorate-General is often found around Europe as a common EU term (Directorate General-Environment, also known as DG-Environment)
Using Directorate-General is often found around Europe as a common EU term (Directorate General-Environment, also known as DG-Environment)
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Comment: "Perfect! Thank you Mary, and everybody else, for your help."
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Henry Hinds
United States
United States
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English
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United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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General Directorate of Environmental Protection and Quality
Or maybe "Directorate General of...".
Whatever may fly in the UK, unfortunately any resemblance between UK English and mine is purely coincidental.
Whatever may fly in the UK, unfortunately any resemblance between UK English and mine is purely coincidental.
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Spain
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Spain
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Accredited translators 20 yrs experience
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
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General Directorate of Prevention and Environmental Quality
Suerte
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
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English
Works in field
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish , English
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Department of Environmental Quality and Prevention
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Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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Department of the Environment
Quality and enforcement of rules are implied in the overall title
"Department of Prevention" sounds rather odd in UK English - and
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-11-16 22:06:02 GMT)
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I think it should be qualified, eg: "Andalucian Department of the Environment"; or "Andalucian Environmental Department";
or "the Department of the Environment in Andalucia",...
"Department of Prevention" sounds rather odd in UK English - and
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-11-16 22:06:02 GMT)
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I think it should be qualified, eg: "Andalucian Department of the Environment"; or "Andalucian Environmental Department";
or "the Department of the Environment in Andalucia",...
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