alta direcção

English translation: top management / upper management

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Portuguese term or phrase:	alta direcção
English translation:	top management / upper management
Entered by:	Amy Duncan (X)

17:04 Aug 1, 2005

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy

Portuguese term or phrase: alta direcção

This title is mentioned twice in the document, in the following contexts. I need the correct term in British English.

Alta Direcção da Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Vários seminários anuais para a alta direcção, organizados pela Escola de Ciências Económicas e Empresariais da Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Amy Duncan (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 475 (none open) (20 closed without grading) Answers: 993 Brazil
Local time: 14:25

top management / upper management

Explanation:
This seems to be the preferred English translation. Check out these examples online:

"... described the company during the opening of the Programa de Seminários para Alta Direcção Universidade Católica Portuguesa / Portugal Telecom (Programme of Seminars for Top Management Portuguese Catholic University/ Portugal Telecom)." (from www.telecom.pt/.../Templates/ Print.aspx?GUID=%7B61AF9593-A635-4CEC-A14E-16E2C78D5E91%7D&LANGUK=True)

"Programa de Alta Direcção de Empresas ( Business top management program), Porto, 1978-88, AESE (Portugal) from piano.dsi.uminho.pt/~ebeira/cv%20sum%20english.htm)

"Upper management" is also a common term in U.S. commercial English. You could potentially go with that too.

Good luck!

Selected response from:

Todd Field
United States
Local time: 11:25

Grading comment

I finally ended up contacting the client, and she said "Top Management" -- go figure! Thanks to everyone for your suggestions.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

Board of Governors

Jane Lamb-Ru (X)

Academic Body or Governing Body

Claudia Massey

3 +1

top management / upper management

Todd Field

board of directors / executive board

Claudia Costa

3 -1

High Management

Clauwolf

4 -2

high education authority

Philippe Maillard

Answers

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

alta direcção High Management

Explanation:
:)
The support provided to this working group by the University's high management will
help in achieving this goal and the acceptance of the workgroup's mandate ...
www.sass.uottawa.ca/en/access/plan/ - 61k - Resultado Adicional - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes

Clauwolf
Local time: 14:25
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 80

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

alta direcção

top management / upper management

Todd Field
United States
Local time: 11:25
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

Grading comment

I finally ended up contacting the client, and she said "Top Management" -- go figure! Thanks to everyone for your suggestions.

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

alta direcção Board of Governors

Explanation:
That should be high falutin' enough...and definitely UK

University of Northumbia at Newcastle, situated in the North East of England,
has two campuses, one in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne and Coach Lane ...
northumbria.ac.uk/sd/central/uso/bog/?view=Standard - 29k - Jul 30, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages

Middlesex University > Board of Governors
Middlesex University profile about the Board of Governors. ... In 1976 Moshe
moved to the UK and two years later launched Kall Kwik. ...
www.mdx.ac.uk/governance/governors/ - 41k - Cached - Similar pages

University of Portsmouth | board of governors
... contact the Clerk to the Board of Governors, Sally Hartley on email
[email protected]. Board of Governors "The Governing body of the University." ...
www.port.ac.uk/departments/services/boardofgovernors/ - 50k - Cached - Similar pages

Coventry University: Board of Governors
An MBE was awarded in 1998 for Technical Services to the UK Water Industry, ...
Clerk to the Board of Governors. Dr Gledhill is the University Secretary and ...
legacywww.coventry.ac.uk/governors/ - 42k - Cached - Similar pages

Nottingham Trent University - Board of Governors
Raymond Ruse, Member of the Board of Governors ... He has held various UK and
international management appointments and has worked in the UK, USA and Middle ...
www.ntu.ac.uk/about_ntu/board_of_governors/14460gp.html - 10k - Jul 30, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages

Nottingham Trent University - Board of Governors
Matt Cooper, Member of the Board of Governors ... Matt was appointed to the Board
of Governors at Nottingham Trent University in July 1999. ...
www.ntu.ac.uk/about_ntu/board_of_governors/14451gp.html - 10k - Jul 30, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.ntu.ac.uk ]

Board of Governors - University of Brighton
Board of Governors. Brief biographical notes on members of the Board: ... She read
chemistry at the University of London and after graduation was employed ...
www.brighton.ac.uk/aboutus/ corporateinfo/governors.php?PageId=401 - 28k - Cached - Similar pages

The Institute of Ismaili Studies: Board of Governors
Information on the Board of Governors of The Institute of Ismaili Studies. ...
These include roles as Vice-Chairman of the Aga Khan Foundation (UK), ...
www.iis.ac.uk/overview/governance.htm - 22k - Cached - Similar pages

MMU - Board of Governors -
The University has a Board of Governors, the responsibilities of which are set
out in the University's Articles of Government. In summary, the Board is ...
www.mmu.ac.uk/governors/ - 17k - Jul 30, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages

INNS.org - Board of governors and bylaws
2005 Board of Governors Gail Carpenter Boston University Center for Adaptive Systems
... email: john.g.taylor AT kcl.ac.uk Term expires 12/2005. Paul Werbos ...
www.inns.org/board.asp - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 18 mins (2005-08-01 17:22:58 GMT)
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I would eschew upper management for a UK university!

Jane Lamb-Ru (X)
Native speaker of:

English

10 mins confidence:

alta direcção board of directors / executive board

Explanation:

Board of Directors - tso.co.uk
Board of Directors. Chairman - Rupert Pennant-Rea ... including Director of UK Advertising, handling campaigns and managing PR and sponsorship. ...
www.tsonline.co.uk/about/investors/board/

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Note added at 45 mins (2005-08-01 17:50:08 GMT)
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A Board of Governors is the board of directors of a publicly owned corporation, such as the United States Postal Service and Amtrak. They are appointed by the President of the United States with Senate confirmation. They usually have the power to appoint a Chief Operating Officer. They also exist in many public universities in the United States.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Governors

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Note added at 1 hr 17 mins (2005-08-01 18:21:55 GMT)
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There is a special translation for \"alta direção\" of a university in the UK, which is \"The General Board of the Faculties\". The website below gives explanation of the General Board of the Faculties\' duties.

\"The Way it Works

The General Board of the Faculties

\"The principal duty of the General Board (as it is usually abbreviated) is to advise the University on educational policy and to control the resources necessary for the proper implementation of that policy. It is responsible for maintaining a high standard of teaching and research, and for ensuring that University teaching officers satisfactorily perform their duties and fulfil their conditions of appointment. In recent times it has become much involved in national programmes of assessment and evaluation of teaching and research, and with important initiatives in the area of equal opportunities.

Some aspects of the General Board\'s work must pass through the legislative machinery of the Regent House, although it now has delegated powers to make Ordinances regulating various academic matters.

The General Board consists of:

the Vice-Chancellor (as Chairman);
eight members of the Regent House appointed by the Councils of the Schools;
four members of the Regent House appointed by the Council (subject to certain procedural qualifications to ensure sufficient overlap between membership of the Board and that of the Council).
two student members, one of whom must be a graduate student, elected by current students in the University.\"

http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/pubs/works/generalboard.html

FINAL >>>> General Board of the Faculties or simply General Board

Good luck!

Claudia Costa
United States
Local time: 13:25
Native speaker of: Portuguese

3 hrs confidence:

alta direcção Academic Body or Governing Body

Explanation:
.

Reference: http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/web?query=Academic+Body+of+Univer...

Claudia Massey
Local time: 18:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

alta direcção high education authority

Explanation:
Belief
I'd been working as a lecturer in the college, I was sent by the high education
authority on a scholarship to England. So as a painter I was somehow I would ...
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/belief/scripts/ahmed_mous... - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

Lessons from the Travers report
... Mr Kelly’s optimism is now probably in very short supply, although he is
undertaking a new role as Chairman of the High Education Authority, ...
www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&id=7135 - 37k - Cached - Similar pages

Credit Hour Programs - Sample Conversions
Check with the state high education authority to learn what conversion formulae
are required for colleges nd universities in your state. ...
www.naccas.org/CreditHourProgram/samples.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages

Department of Government, University College Cork
Jan 00-Sep 01 Part-time Research Assistant on a High Education Authority project:
Technological Citizenship, Departments of Government and Sociology, ...
www.ucc.ie/acad/govt/profiles/eluska.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 21 hrs 5 mins (2005-08-02 14:10:03 GMT)
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To Jane and Jessica : would you please check the french word \"rectorat\" to English (which is exactly the meaning of the question)in wordreference.com ? Thank you and have a nice day !
For rectorat:
rectorat (fonction de recteur) nm board of education US
rectorat (fonction de recteur) nm local education authority GB

Philippe Maillard
Brazil
Local time: 14:25
Native speaker of:

French,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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