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De Omgevingsdienst Zuid Holland Zuid (OZHZ)

11:16 Dec 20, 2012
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Dutch term or phrase: De Omgevingsdienst Zuid Holland Zuid (OZHZ)
What is the correct translation for De Omgevingsdienst Zuid Holland Zuid (OZHZ)?
Naomi Portnoy
Local time: 20:54


Summary of answers provided
4 +1South Holland Environment Agency
Buck
4 +1Environmental Service South Holland - South
Wiard Sterk
5No official translation
Marijke Singer


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
South Holland Environment Agency


Explanation:
Kluwer's Juridisch-Economisch Lexicon

Buck
Netherlands
Local time: 20:54
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kitty Brussaard: No hits for this on the entire internet .... I would use this translation only as an explanation in English added (between parentheses) to the original name.
31 mins
neutral  Alexander C. Thomson: I would be very wary of translating Zuid-Holland as "South Holland". Use "Province of Zuid-Holland", otherwise everyone abroad is going to think it covers the whole swathe from Vlissingen to Maastricht.
1 hr
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): These are not provincial organizations but cover a larger (or sometimes smaller) area. I would make it: Environmental Agency for (of overseeing) the southern part of Holland. See also http://www.odmh.nl/ //See discussion for suggestion.
4 hrs
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3 days 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Environmental Service South Holland - South


Explanation:
Ik neem aan dat het om een provinciale overheidsdiesnt gaat voor het zuiden van Zuid Holland. Een afgency is in dit verband meer een nationaal, stregisch en adviserend orgaan. Zie de voorbeelden.

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Note added at 3 days2 hrs (2012-12-23 13:21:06 GMT)
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Environmental Services - overheidsdienst - agency - strategisch. Haastig getypt en vol met fouten, sorry.


    Reference: http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/100006/environmental_servi...
    Reference: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
Wiard Sterk
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  LACtranslations
7 days
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
No official translation


Explanation:
Their website does not offer a translation.

Zuid Holland is a province and, as such, is not translated.
I would put (Zuid Holland Environment Agency for the Southern Region) behind the Dutch in brackets.

Reference: http://www.ozhz.nl

Marijke Singer
Spain
Local time: 20:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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