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English translation: Head Quarters


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05:35 Oct 24, 2011
English to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Human Resources
English term or phrase: HQ
Hello everyone,

Party/Entity Name/Title of Signatory Date Signature***

***For HQ projects approved electronically by the Executive Director or Deputy Executive Director do not require a signed cover page.
Note: For projects that do not require signature, please insert justification in the checklist when submitting the project for quality oversight to DO

What does HQ stand for?

Thank you.
klp
Local time: 05:10
English translation:Head Quarters
Explanation:
Projectes from Head Quarters .



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Note added at 27 mins (2011-10-24 06:02:47 GMT)
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I have taken the reference of your sentence which says- 'Electronically approved by Executive Director or Deputy Executive Director', and persons with these designations operate from HQ of an organization.
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Ashutosh Mitra
India
Local time: 06:40
Grading comment
Thank you, Asutosh.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +10Head Quarters
Ashutosh Mitra


Discussion entries: 4





  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
hq
Head Quarters


Explanation:
Projectes from Head Quarters .



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Note added at 27 mins (2011-10-24 06:02:47 GMT)
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I have taken the reference of your sentence which says- 'Electronically approved by Executive Director or Deputy Executive Director', and persons with these designations operate from HQ of an organization.

Ashutosh Mitra
India
Local time: 06:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thank you, Asutosh.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Woodstock: However, we write it as one word in US English: "headquarters". See link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headquarters
21 mins
  -> Thanks...

agree  Tony M: I think it's hard to be so sure with so little context; this obvious answer could be right; but there are plenty of other possibilities, including a company-specific acronym, so I don't think it's necessarily clear cut.
32 mins
  -> Thanks Tony...agreed

agree  Erich Ekoputra: Certainly. The highest ranked officers (Exec Dir, and Dep Exec Dir) will have to deal with headquarters initiatives/projects.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Erich......

agree  B D Finch: One word in UK English too! Headquarters.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks .....

agree  Oliver Lawrence: with B D Finch
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Oliver....agreed

agree  oraki: The same idea.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Dear.....

agree  Alp Berker: headquarters
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Alp...

agree  jccantrell: One word, for sure, even in the USA.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks.....

agree  eski
10 hrs
  -> Thanks eski...

agree  Thuy-PTT
22 hrs
  -> Thanks, Thuy...
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