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Dirección y gestión

English translation: business management and administration

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Spanish term or phrase:Dirección y gestión
English translation:business management and administration
Entered by: Noni Gilbert Riley

15:01 May 26, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / company structure
Spanish term or phrase: Dirección y gestión
The two cannot be posted separately since they come "in the same breath" in my text. The source is a consultancy offer, and in the list of types of help included in a contract is *Asistencia en la dirección y gestión del negocio* (last in the list after "asistencia administrativa" and under heading "Asistencia y Asesoramiento".

Old chestnuts I know, but putting the two together is a bit below the belt!! (At least on a Monday...)

From Spanish from Spain to UK English.
Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 19:04
business management and administration
Explanation:
MY TURN TO TRY TO HELP YOU!
That's what it looks like to me anyway!

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Note added at 7 mins (2008-05-26 15:09:01 GMT)
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for example, my degree course was "Business Administration with French"

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Note added at 34 mins (2008-05-26 15:36:04 GMT)
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by the way, if it is a specific offer to an individual company, I would say "management and administration of your business"
Selected response from:

Comunican
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:04
Grading comment
And good help it is too! This is the one that sits best with the rest of my text.
Thank you everyone for your time and suggestions.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7business management and administration
Comunican
5 +2Management
Mariano M. Vitetta
4 +1Management and handling (of the business)
MikeGarcia
4 +1leadership and management
Rod Brookes
4senior and middle management
Nikki Graham
3guiding and managing
James Stevens-Arce


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
senior and middle management


Explanation:
The above is what springs immediately to mind, since dirección often seems to refer to the directors of departments/divisions in companies and gestión to the managers beneath them.

However, if this is the only place where these terms are used, does it really matter? Can't you just say management without making a distinction?

Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 142
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Management


Explanation:
Management of the business. No need for teo words meaning the same in this context.

Mariano M. Vitetta
Argentina
Local time: 14:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikki Graham: depending on the rest of the context, I agree with this
23 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  AllegroTrans
7 hrs
  -> Thanks
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Management and handling (of the business)


Language variant: UK/USA.

Explanation:
Nikki's reasoning is fine. This is my previous option in the other question. Always based in the AVH Financial, pages 910 and 988.

MikeGarcia
Spain
Local time: 19:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 174

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Egmont
2 hrs
  -> Gracias, Alberto.-
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
guiding and managing


Explanation:
Provide help guiding and managing the business.

James Stevens-Arce
United States
Local time: 13:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
leadership and management


Explanation:
Plenty of hits on Google referring to these two notions as similar but with slightly different meanings.

Rod Brookes
Spain
Local time: 19:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Manuel Martín-Iguacel
1 hr
  -> thanks, manuel
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
business management and administration


Explanation:
MY TURN TO TRY TO HELP YOU!
That's what it looks like to me anyway!

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Note added at 7 mins (2008-05-26 15:09:01 GMT)
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for example, my degree course was "Business Administration with French"

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Note added at 34 mins (2008-05-26 15:36:04 GMT)
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by the way, if it is a specific offer to an individual company, I would say "management and administration of your business"

Comunican
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 76
Grading comment
And good help it is too! This is the one that sits best with the rest of my text.
Thank you everyone for your time and suggestions.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Laureana Pavon
12 mins
agree  Tatty
21 mins
agree  Manuel Martín-Iguacel
1 hr
agree  Elizabeth Medina: Agree.
3 hrs
agree  Jaime Oriard
7 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans
7 hrs
agree  Andy Watkinson
9 hrs
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