CNDP (Commission Nationale du Débat Public)

English translation: National Public Hearings Commission

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French term or phrase:	CNDP (Commission Nationale du Débat Public)
English translation:	National Public Hearings Commission
Entered by:	Michael GREEN

13:17 Mar 15, 2008

French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: CNDP (Commission Nationale du Débat Public)

" .... ***la commission nationale du débat public (CNDP)*** doit être saisie pour toute création ou extension d’infrastructures portuaires ..."
Before starting this translation I was, I confess, completely ignorant of the existence of this august body, which strikes me as being exquisitely gallic.
Does anybody know of an equivalent in an English-speaking country, apart from the obvious translation (National commission for public debate ...) ?

Michael GREEN KudoZ activity Questions: 62 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 282 France
Local time: 13:35

below something found on Internet

Explanation:
http://www.paris-france.org/fr/deplacements/tramway/telechar...
In the wake of the public debate
conducted by the Commission
Nationale du Débat Public (National
Public Debate Commission) between
January and May 2006,

But it is somebody's translation and the author may not even be English mother tongue.....

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Local time: 13:35

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Thank you all for your contributions - I have decided to retain CMJ's suggestion, but the decision was not easy !
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below something found on Internet

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National Public Consultative Council

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peer agreement (net): +3

below something found on Internet

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Local time: 13:35
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Grading comment

Thank you all for your contributions - I have decided to retain CMJ's suggestion, but the decision was not easy !

Notes to answerer

Asker: Another web search comes up with http://www.entretiens-europeens.org/publications/lettre1GB.pdf, whose translator went for the easy option : "National Committee for Public Debate (Commission Nationale du Débat Public)" - which shows once again that web hits are not necessarily a reliable guideline.

9 hrs confidence:

National Public Consultative Council

Explanation:
Not an English equivalent (I don't think there is one) but this is the sort of name that would be used if UK did this (we do it on a smaller scale with "focus groups" etc.)

AllegroTrans
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PRO pts in category: 49

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you. That is certainly a possible option. I'm reticent about the use of "council" in this context, since the CNDP is a "commission", whose functions are somewhat different.

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