Aug 9, 2005 13:08
19 yrs ago
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French term
Inspecteur-Général de L’Equipement
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This is a position in the French Ministry for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing within the Roads Directorate
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | leave in French with description in brackets |
French Foodie
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| 2 | Inspector General in charge of installations |
David Vaughn
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Proposed translations
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43 mins
French term (edited):
Inspecteur-G�n�ral de L�Equipement
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leave in French with description in brackets
Hi Sha,
My husband works for the Roads Directorate for this Ministry. This title has no "official" translation, so it really depends on your text. Generally speaking, I would leave the title as is and then put Insector General for Public Works/Infracstructure/whatever in brackets -- if necessary.
The whole Ministry has no consistent English translation. If you look at their website, even the title of the Ministry itself changes, and I see this all the time in the various "official" reports that my husband receives in English. I think the main thing is to keep the main French title and be consistent with any English terminology.
Hope this helps.
You can see the inconsistency from these two examples, his title is sometimes translated and sometimes left in French.
http://worldbank.org/transport/expopres.htm
Presentations from Transport Expo '99
... copy of a specific presentation, please send an E-mail to the Transport Help
Desk. ... Alain Fayard, Inspector General of Works, Ministry of Works and ...
worldbank.org/transport/expopres.htm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages
Transport Partnerships 2005 - Developing & Financing Transport ...
Alain Fayard, Inspecteur Général de l'équipement Direction des Routes, Ministère
de l'équipement et des Transports. Analysing Contractors Performance And ...
www.wbresearch.com/transportpartnershipseurope/agenda.html - 52k - 8 Aug 2005 - Cached - Similar pages
My husband works for the Roads Directorate for this Ministry. This title has no "official" translation, so it really depends on your text. Generally speaking, I would leave the title as is and then put Insector General for Public Works/Infracstructure/whatever in brackets -- if necessary.
The whole Ministry has no consistent English translation. If you look at their website, even the title of the Ministry itself changes, and I see this all the time in the various "official" reports that my husband receives in English. I think the main thing is to keep the main French title and be consistent with any English terminology.
Hope this helps.
You can see the inconsistency from these two examples, his title is sometimes translated and sometimes left in French.
http://worldbank.org/transport/expopres.htm
Presentations from Transport Expo '99
... copy of a specific presentation, please send an E-mail to the Transport Help
Desk. ... Alain Fayard, Inspector General of Works, Ministry of Works and ...
worldbank.org/transport/expopres.htm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages
Transport Partnerships 2005 - Developing & Financing Transport ...
Alain Fayard, Inspecteur Général de l'équipement Direction des Routes, Ministère
de l'équipement et des Transports. Analysing Contractors Performance And ...
www.wbresearch.com/transportpartnershipseurope/agenda.html - 52k - 8 Aug 2005 - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
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Elisabete Cunha
10 mins
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| agree |
Nick Lingris
: Thumbs up for your approach (keep the original, consistent translation). // What I can tell for certain is that the translators at the Ministry are not all members of ProZ.
23 mins
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Thanks Nick. It's hard, bcs even the French terminology for this Ministry is all over the map. So whenever I work for them, I choose what sounds best and then stick to it like glue! Maybe only we translators care about things like consistent terminology??
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for your elaborate answer. I will follow your advice and leave the French as it is"
21 mins
French term (edited):
Inspecteur-G�n�ral de L�Equipement
Inspector General in charge of installations
descriptive rather than a title
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