English translation: public protection/relief/redress agencies
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19:36 Jan 10, 2008
Chinese to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Human Resources
Chinese term or phrase:公力救济机构
The context of my text is labor disputes. How would you translate 公力救济机构 in the examples below? "Public relief agencies" sounds strange to me. "Governmental redress agencies"? "Grievance redress authorities" and "grievance redress agencies" appear to be Indian terms (judging by Google hits).
Thanks lai an. None of the answers sounds particularly natural to me, but I haven't come up with anything better myself. I guess there's no close equivalent in English. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
I thought "public assistance authorities sounded" all right, but since labor courts can also be 公力救济机构 I'm now inclined to go with "public protection agencies" or authorities. Thanks for all the help!
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Public Assistance Institutions /authorities/bodies
Explanation: for your reference
davidchoo Local time: 18:21 Works in field Native speaker of: Chinese
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Public Appeal Agencies
Explanation: Just for your reference:
Let me confess first: I didn't do any research on this. However, "公力救济" sounds like "public appeal" or "public petition" to me. Since courts are mentioned in the source text, I guess "appeal" would be a more appropriate word. I would love to hear other people's opinions.
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On a second thought, if it is filed by the people, I guess it is a "public petition."
ttyang United States Local time: 06:21 Native speaker of: Chinese
The relief given or ordered by a court to enforce a right or prevent a wrong, such as returning property or the monetary value of a loss. www.courts.mo.gov/page.asp
The word is used to signify the judicial means or court procedures by which legal and equitable rights are enforced. www.crfonline.org/orc/glossary/r.html
Legal or judicial means by which a right or privilege is enforced or the violation of a right or privilege is prevented, redressed, or compensated.
courts.delaware.gov/How%20To/court%20proceedings/
(law) redress awarded by a court; "was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?"
(law) redress awarded by a court; "was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?"
If the EEOC or a FEPA determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that discrimination occurred, it attempts to obtain relief for the complainant. ...
mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA00-3471/page8.asp
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=319333
provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall preclude either party from seeking or obtaining: i) injunctive relief or ii) equitable or other judicial relief to enforce the provisions hereof or to preserve the status quo pending resolution of Disputes hereunder.
It seems that "relief" is not so general as "remedy".
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The following references are from Chinese websites:
Civil trials and enforcement of judgments are deemed as two important judicial remedies to protecting civil rights. To protect rights of litigation, we must comply with some general rules, such as " No plaintiff, no proceedings", etc. The mechanism of enforcement is different from that of trial. Between them there exist lots of opposite aspects, e. g. unilateral and multi-lateral interactive relations, inequality and equality, activity and neutrality, formality and determinability, compulsion and compromise...
基于保护民事权利的近代理想,审判与执行一直被视为两种重要的公力救济方式,遵循着司法权所固有的质的规定性,如程序启动上的被动性、债权人公法性的请求权、对受侵害的权利以诉讼时效的保护等。同时,在执行机构与被执行人之间关系的层面上,民事执行具有不同于审判的构造,二者存在着诸如单向性与多向互动性、不平等性与平等性、主动性与中立性、形式化与判断性、强制性与和平性、职权主义与当事人主义、效率取向与公正取向等紧张关系,这是支撑“审执分立”的法理基础。
http://dict.cnki.net/dict_result.aspx?searchword=judicial re...
Judicial remedy is the last resort in safeguarding citizen's basic rights. Constitution as law and constitutional provision on citizens' basic rights decide their application to law suits. Though there is no formal legal system of judicial remedy to citizen's rights in our country, its embryonic form can be seen. Setting up and improvement of judicial remedy to citizen's basic rights system will benefit the realization of such rights and effective supervision on operation of constitution.
司法救济是保障公民基本权利的最终途径,宪法的法律属性决定了它的直接法律效力。公民基本权利的宪法规定可以适用于诉讼。我国虽未真正建立起对公民基本权利这一宪法权利的司法救济制度,但已呈现出了司法救济的雏形。建立和完善我国公民基本权利的司法救济制度,有利于保障公民基本权利的实现和对宪法实施的有效监督。
Huijun Suo China Local time: 18:21 Native speaker of: Chinese
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