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Fire Safety Month

Spanish translation: Mes de Prevención de Incendios

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English term or phrase:Fire Safety Month
Spanish translation:Mes de Prevención de Incendios
Entered by: Henry Hinds

03:30 Jul 31, 2004
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Fire Safety Month
October is fire safety month...
jmleger
Local time: 14:29
Mes de Prevención de Incendios
Explanation:
Ya
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Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 13:29
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Summary of answers provided
5 +9Mes de Prevención de Incendios
Henry Hinds
5 +3Mes de la Seguridad Contra Incendios
Rene Ron
4 +1mes de la prevención y seguridad ante un incendio
Susana Galilea
5mes de la prevencion de incendios
Veronick
4mes de la protección contra incendios
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Mes de la Seguridad Contra Incendios


Explanation:
,

Rene Ron
United States
Local time: 14:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  maryel: Yes, it´s in Eurodactoum
8 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  kellyn (X): closest to the original, and nicely worded
17 hrs
  -> Thank you, Kellyn.
agree  Susana Galilea: USFA uses "seguridad contra los incendios" in its Spanish language materials http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/espanol/fswy1-sp.pdf
5 days
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Mes de Prevención de Incendios


Explanation:
Ya

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 13:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 315
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lorenia Rincon
9 mins
  -> Gracias, Lorenia.
agree  RNolder (X)
20 mins
  -> Gracias, RNolder.
agree  Kunik
32 mins
  -> Gracias, Tinageta.
agree  Xenia Wong
43 mins
  -> Gracias, Xenia.
neutral  Refugio: But prevention is only the half of it. Where children are concerned, fire safety means knowing what to do when there is a fire.
1 hr
  -> True enough, and adults also, I ost a good friend because he did not react as he should have. It's hard to render both concepts in one word, but to a certain extent, "prevención" does work.
agree  María Teresa Taylor Oliver: Creo que sería "contra incendios"... Saludos :)
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Tere.
agree  consuelo buitrago
3 hrs
  -> Gracias, CBuitrago.
agree  Bernadette Mora
4 hrs
  -> Gracias, Bernadette.
disagree  maryel: fire safety/protection= seguridad contra incendios.(Euridicatoum) //prevencion contra los incendios = fire prevention
8 hrs
  -> Estoy consciente de lo anterior, pero no me gusta "seguridad" simplemente, es el dilema. Funciona en inglés pero por algo no funciona en español.
agree  *Nad*
14 hrs
  -> Gracias, Nadhiely.
agree  Lisa Russell
1 day 1 hr
  -> Gracias, Lisa.
agree  cecilia_fraga: totalmente de acuerdo! Suerte!
5 days
  -> Gracias, Cecia.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mes de la prevención y seguridad ante un incendio


Explanation:
Quite a mouthful, but I agree with Ruth it encompasses both prevention of fires and survival skills

By the way, celebrated in October in remembrance of the Great Chicago Fire...wasn't me :)

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Note added at 2 hrs 23 mins (2004-07-31 05:53:18 GMT)
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... Hogar de Ancianos: tras haberse ideado el plan piloto de prevención y seguridad
ante posibles siniestros en el Hogar de Ancianos, ahora se organizarían las ...
www.saladillo.gov.ar/abril2.htm - 101k - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 2 hrs 25 mins (2004-07-31 05:55:48 GMT)
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A shorter option would be \"mes de la concienciación sobre los incendios\"


... Guadalupe y Germán Baena, mejores aceites de la denominación Baena [21/07/2004
]. Jornada de concienciación sobre los incendios [20/07/2004 ]. ...
www.observatorioa21p.org/coa21p_tablon.php - 33k - Cached - Similar pages


Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 14:29
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 27

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agree  Refugio
8 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fire safety month
mes de la protección contra incendios


Explanation:
Una alternativa.:)

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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
fire safety month
mes de la prevencion de incendios


Explanation:
con articulo suena mejor

Veronick
Peru
Local time: 14:29
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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