Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Contract City

Persian (Farsi) translation:

شهر پیمانی - شهری که ارائۀ خدمات دولتی آن به عهدۀ سازمانهای خصوصی باشد

Added to glossary by Reza Mohammadnia
Jan 7, 2009 11:11
15 yrs ago
English term

Contract City

English to Persian (Farsi) Social Sciences Government / Politics
I need a translation for "Contract City".

Here is the exact meaning according to wikipedia:

Contract city is a term used in the U.S. state of California for a city which has a contract with another agency or private organization for various governmental services.

Cities of all kinds have traditionally entered into contracts for certain services incidental to government, such as facilities and grounds maintenance, auditing, legal counsel, road construction, and engineering services, but these are not the kinds of contracts that define a contract city. In contrast, contract cities contract for basic governmental services such as police, fire, libraries, and parks.

Contracting for services has been accomplished in several different methods. In the traditional method, franchising, a private company has a franchise, or legal right, to perform certain public services usually done by local government. This generally includes garbage collection and water services. Another method is for the city to contract with its county government.

In 1954, Lakewood, California became the first contract city. The previously unincorporated area was facing a hostile annexation from adjacent Long Beach, California, and residents favored local control while maintaining the existing services provided by County government. The so-called Lakewood Plan has been the foundation for most new cities incorporated in California since then.

In contrast, independent cities are cities which provide basic governmental services themselves, without contracting. (This usage is not to be confused with the more common usage of independent city as a city that is not part of any county.) Most older cities are independent cities. In practice, many cities are hybrids of both. For instance, they may directly operate parks programs, but contract for police and fire. Most contract cities do their own land use planning, since cities were incorporated to exert local control over land use.
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Jan 8, 2009 07:39: Reza Mohammadnia Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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شهر پیمانی

شهری تحت تکفل خدمات/سازمانهای غیر دولتی
Dear Rahi, I think an explanatory equivalence can do good.
شهرهای پیمانی، شهری که ارائۀ خدمات دولتی آن به عهدۀ سازمانها یا نهادهای خصوصی باشد



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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-01-08 07:38:28 GMT) Post-grading
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You may also use: پیمان شهر (شهری که ارائۀ خدمات دولتی آن در اختیار/ به عهدۀ سازمانها یا نهادهای خصوصی می باشد

Thank you all
Peer comment(s):

agree Ryan Emami : I think it would be best if this translation were followed by an explanation or footnote like: شهر پيماني (شهري كه خدمات دولتي آن به صورت پيماني از طريق بخش خصوصي انجام ميشود)...
45 mins
Thanks a lot! I have mentioned that.
agree Afsaneh Pourjam
2 hrs
Thanks!
agree Edward Plaisance Jr : Since probably 99% of people in here in the USA have never heard of this term (I hadn't), it certainly would be a good idea to add a note of explanation in Persian.
11 hrs
Thanks a lot!
agree Arsen Nazarian : with پیمان شهر . Since the notion is new, there could be no exact and suitable equivalent (yet) in Persian, but perhaps this could be used with a note about what it exactly means as other colleagues have suggested.
1 day 3 hrs
Thanks dear!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+4
6 mins

شهر قراردادی/شهر دارای قرارداد

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Peer comment(s):

agree Ryan Emami : I think it would be best if this translation were followed by an explanation or footnote like: شهر قراردادي (شهري كه خدمات دولتي آن به صورت قراردادي از طريق بخش خصوصي انجام ميشود)...
42 mins
Thanks a lot dear Hossein!
agree Hossein Abbasi Mohaghegh
3 hrs
Thanks!
agree Edward Plaisance Jr : Since probably 99% of people in here in the USA have never heard of this term (I hadn't), it certainly would be a good idea to add a note of explanation in Persian.
11 hrs
Thanks!
agree Habib Alimardani
22 hrs
Thanks!
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14 mins

شهر خدماتی

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+2
5 hrs

شهر/شهرداری وابسته به خدمات قراردادی

city: An incorporated municipality in the United States with definite boundaries and legal powers set forth in a charter granted by the state
شهر/شهرداری وابسته به خدمات قراردادی
Peer comment(s):

agree Mohammad Reza Razaghi
9 mins
Thanks a lot, Sir!
agree Farzad Akmali
1 hr
Thanks a lot, Sir!
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