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Por sus siglas en español

English translation: nothing required in English


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Spanish term or phrase:Por sus siglas en español
English translation:nothing required in English
Entered by: Laura Hercha
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Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
Spanish term or phrase: Por sus siglas en español
I'm translating Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo (CONAFE) and I want to write its abbrev. in spanish.
Laura Hercha
United States
Local time: 06:20
nothing required in English
Explanation:
Whereas in Spanish it is customary to put "XYZ por sus siglas en inglés", in English we simply put the abbreviation of the Spanish (or French, German or whatever language) term without any explanation. IOW, we give readers credit for realising that the abbreviation is of the foreign-language term.

--> "National Council for ...... (CONAFE)"
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mediamatrix
Chile
Local time: 10:20
Grading comment
Thank you, Mediamatrix! Laura
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +13nothing required in Englishmediamatrix
4 +2... by its acronym in Spanish...coolbrowne
4in its Spanish acronym
Jenniferts
4...According to its initials in Spanish/ By ots initials in Spanish...
eski
4National Council for Education Development
Andres Fekete


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
... by its acronym in Spanish...


Explanation:
In fact, the question is not that clear, but it seems to want to say something like:

The National Council for Education Development, known by its acronym in Spanish (CONAFE)...

coolbrowne
United States
Local time: 08:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: I agree that the question was rather difficult to understand! You could make it one word shorter by saying "by its Spanish acronym".
14 mins
  -> Thank you, quite right: most reasonable people would accept that. However, I've run into quite a few nitpickers who argue that, when functioning as an adjective, "Spanish" may indicate either a nationality or a language ;-)
agree  Zanne Sannestam
1 hr
  -> Thanks.
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
National Council for Education Development


Explanation:
Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo - Wikipedia, the free ...13 Jun 2009 ... The Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo ("National Council for Education Development", CONAFE) is an institution under Mexico's Federal ...
en.wikipedia.org/.../Consejo_Nacional_de_Fomento_Educativo - Cached - Similar -

Andres Fekete
Uruguay
Local time: 11:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +13
nothing required in English


Explanation:
Whereas in Spanish it is customary to put "XYZ por sus siglas en inglés", in English we simply put the abbreviation of the Spanish (or French, German or whatever language) term without any explanation. IOW, we give readers credit for realising that the abbreviation is of the foreign-language term.

--> "National Council for ...... (CONAFE)"

mediamatrix
Chile
Local time: 10:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you, Mediamatrix! Laura

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: I agreed with coolbrowne's answer, but I think you're right too.
15 mins
agree  MariaMast
20 mins
agree  Emma Ratcliffe: Absolutely!
51 mins
agree  teju
53 mins
agree  Lydia De Jorge
59 mins
agree  Remy Arce
1 hr
agree  Maria Kisic
1 hr
agree  Rafael Molina Pulgar
4 hrs
agree  la acequiera
11 hrs
agree  Maria Garcia
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agree  Amani Harrison
23 hrs
agree  James A Walsh
1 day47 mins
agree  Ayana: agree
2 days2 hrs
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...According to its initials in Spanish/ By ots initials in Spanish...


Explanation:
Por sus siglas en español

5 Dec 2007 ... Zapatista Health System (SSAZ, its initials in Spanish) at- ... According to a diagnosis by the Secretary of Health, elaborated in the first ...
www.chiapas-support.org/newsletter_Oct07.pdf - Similares


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Note added at 25 mins (2009-11-02 21:53:50 GMT)
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Sorry for the TYPO: "By its...etc." :))

eski
Mexico
Local time: 07:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 330

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  mediamatrix: It would be unkind to disagree with you twice in the same question, so I'll be neutral this time :) Neither 'according to' nor 'by' sound natural in this context; 'from' might be OK if Asker really insists on translating the expression.
23 mins
  -> I see what you mean: You have a point; saludos ! :)) eski
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in its Spanish acronym


Explanation:
This is a very common way of saying it.
The National Council for Educational Development (CONAFE, in its Spanish acronym)....


Jenniferts
Ecuador
Local time: 08:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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