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Spanish term or phrase:
Por sus siglas en español
English translation:
nothing required in English
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Laura Hercha
Nov 2, 2009 21:28
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Spanish term
United States
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Por sus siglas en español
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I'm translating Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo (CONAFE) and I want to write its abbrev. in spanish.
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Jennifer Levey
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Chile
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nothing required in English
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)"
--> "National Council for ...... (CONAFE)"
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Comment: "Thank you, Mediamatrix! Laura"
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coolbrowne
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United States
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... by its acronym in Spanish...
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)...
The National Council for Education Development, known by its acronym in Spanish (CONAFE)...
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philgoddard
: I agree that the question was rather difficult to understand! You could make it one word shorter by saying "by its Spanish acronym".
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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 ;-)
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De Novi
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National Council for Education Development
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 -
en.wikipedia.org/.../Consejo_Nacional_de_Fomento_Educativo - Cached - Similar -
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...According to its initials in Spanish/ By ots initials in Spanish...
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." :))
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." :))
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Jennifer Levey
: 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.
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I see what you mean: You have a point; saludos ! :)) eski
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Jenniferts
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in its Spanish acronym
This is a very common way of saying it.
The National Council for Educational Development (CONAFE, in its Spanish acronym)....
The National Council for Educational Development (CONAFE, in its Spanish acronym)....
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