Feb 25, 2007 23:34
17 yrs ago
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Italian term

presidio centro nord

Italian to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Document title: Struttura territoriale

Sub-heading: Struttura periferica

Followed by: Presidio Nord Ovest, Presidio Nord Est, Presidio Centro Nord, etc.

Having problems with "presidio", especially when associated with "centro nord" and "centro sud".

There is an existing glossary entries which in this context translates "presidio" as "facilities" but I'm wondering if anyone has any other ideas?

Proposed translations

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Central northern market share/presence

You can't translate presidio without a precise idea of the context Ivana

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Note added at 5 days (2007-03-03 15:16:00 GMT) Post-grading
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With no further context, you're in the dark. For instance "presidio del rischio" is risk management, or in a different place in the same text "monitoring risk". No point in putting this in the glossary. I imagine its an agency and you have no contact with the client.

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Note added at 5 days (2007-03-03 15:39:47 GMT) Post-grading
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I'm in the same boat. Buon lavoro as they say in Milan, which I translate into "Don't overdo it!"
Note from asker:
Yes - it's through an agency so I've highlighted possible meanings in a translator note so that the agency can ask the client for clarification. Hope you have a good week-end (I'm working so not much chance of that)!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I think you're right about it meaning market presence, unfortunately I have no further context .."
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Central north (business) facility with/proposing a 24 hour on call service

Hi Ivana,

Presidio means there is a 24 hour coverage so business facility is fine.

You might want to check out synonyms for facility here:
www.thefreedictionary.com/facility

in case there's a term you like more

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Note added at 11 mins (2007-02-25 23:45:51 GMT)
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How about: central north 24 hour business service

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-26 01:24:11 GMT)
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You may might to add: 24 hour per day service OR service available 24 hours a day
Peer comment(s):

disagree James (Jim) Davis : presidio just means coverage of some sort. Only 24 our if specified as such
5 hrs
disagree Hilary Bruce : I share Jim's opinion.
8 hrs
disagree ustel : presidio is like a garrison who is always awake and on duty. But also used for "commitees in charge". You can say perhaps "commitee of northwest terriories".
16 hrs
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8 hrs

Area office for Central North

Our company is divided into territories with area offices. Just an option, but it does rather depend on context.
Otherwise, perhaps Central North services?
Or even...just Central North.
Best regards, Claire
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8 hrs

Central north

If no further context is given, it may be acceptable just to state central north, central south, etc. without specifying anything for presidio. In my opinion, considering that your subject matter is the territorial structure of a company it could be either sales area or branch.
Example sentence:

Central north sales area

Central north branch

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