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English term or phrase:	Jersey City
Spanish translation:	Jersey City
Entered by:	Dubin

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13:03 Jul 9, 2009

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Education / Pedagogy

English term or phrase: Jersey City

Hola,

¿Cuál sería la forma correcta de traducir o reflejar esta ciudad en una traducción al español peninsular de unos documentos académicos? ¿Dejarlo tal cual, "Jersey City"? ¿"Ciudad de Jersey"? ¿O simplemente "Jersey"?

Gracias

Dubin

Jersey City

Explanation:
Segun Babylon:

Jersey City
Jersey City es una ciudad situada en el condado de Hudson, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos. Según el censo de 2000, la ciudad tiene una población total de 240.055 habitantes, haciendo de Jersey City la ciudad más grande del estado después de Newark y un centro comercial e industrial. Es puerto de entrada de mercancía manufacturada

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Gad Kohenov
Local time: 02:18

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Summary of answers provided

4 +8

Jersey City

Gad Kohenov

4 +6

ciudad de Jersey

Rafael Molina Pulgar

4 +1

Jersey City (la Ciudad de Jersey) OR Jersey City (Nueva Jersey)

Robert Copeland

Summary of reference entries provided

un sitio oficial (aparentemente)

Rocio Barrientos

City of Jersey City - Official Site

Luisa Ramos, CT

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

jersey city ciudad de Jersey

Explanation:
suerte.

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Note added at 2 mins (2009-07-09 13:06:58 GMT)
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Ciudad de Jersey con "C".

Ciudad de Jersey | Nuevajersey.us - 1-877-NUEVA-JERSEY | Ciudad ...
La Ciudad de Jersey, es una ciudad en el Condado Hudson, Nueva Jersey, los Estados Unidos. Desde los Estados Unidos dos mil el Censo, la población de Ciudad ...
www.nuevajersey.us/.../newjersey/ciudad_de_jersey/ - En caché - Similares

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 18:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 328

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

jersey city

Jersey City

Gad Kohenov
Local time: 02:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 31

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

jersey city Jersey City (la Ciudad de Jersey) OR Jersey City (Nueva Jersey)

Explanation:
I would like to suggest a combination of the two answers suggested thus far.....
Jersey City is a well known city in Hudson County in New Jersey. It is best to leave it "as is" since it is a Proper Noun, and place a translation in parenthesis... (if so desired).......

With another alternative being for you to leave Jersey City "as is", and translate the name of the state

Jersey City, New Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geography|History|Demographics|Government
Jersey City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population of Jersey City was 240,055, making it New Jersey's second-largest city, behind Newark. As of the Census...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey - 214k - Cached

Robert Copeland
United States
Local time: 19:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 142

Reference comments

3 mins

Reference: un sitio oficial (aparentemente)

Reference information:
Ciudad de Jersey | Nuevajersey.us - 1-877-NUEVA-JERSEY | Ciudad ...La Ciudad de Jersey, es una ciudad en el Condado Hudson, Nueva Jersey, los Estados Unidos. Desde los Estados Unidos dos mil el Censo, la población de Ciudad ...
www.nuevajersey.us/turismo/.../ciudad_de_jersey

Rocio Barrientos
Bolivia
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 68

1 hr

Reference: City of Jersey City - Official Site

Reference information:
Lamentablemente, no hay nada en español en la página oficial de la ciudad. Llama la atención que el nombre completo es City of Jersey City, así aparece en su escudo.

Example sentence(s):

Today, all of these elements and more have come to define the City of Jersey City.

Reference: http://www.cityofjerseycity.com/

Luisa Ramos, CT
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 32

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