école nationale à vocation régionale

English translation: regionally-oriented national school

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French term or phrase:école nationale à vocation régionale
English translation:regionally-oriented national school
Entered by: Nerino

08:28 Apr 23, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: école nationale à vocation régionale
It's a paper presenting a project of training center for firefighters. The school is national and will be opened to nationals of neighboring countries.

"XXX est une école nationale à vocation régionale conforme aux normes des académies internationales..."


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Hamidou Ouédraogo
Burkina Faso
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regionally-oriented national school
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Nerino
Local time: 13:27
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Very helpful indeed. Thank You.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1National school serving the region
B D Finch
3 +1regionally-oriented national school
Nerino
2national school for regional training (école nationale à vocation régionale)
MatthewLaSon


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regionally-oriented national school


Explanation:
A suggestion.

Nerino
Local time: 13:27
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Very helpful indeed. Thank You.

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agree  Najib Aloui
8 hrs
  -> Merci!
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National school serving the region


Explanation:
"The Arab Institute for Forestry and Range (AIFR) is serving the region of .... in Zambia to strengthen the national School Health and Nutrition Programme. ..."
www.undg.org/.../6569-FAO_Capacity_Development_Activities__...

"In Asia, we will be a major hub serving the region, together with other cities like Hong Kong and Shanghai. .... Changes in our national school system ..."
app.mti.gov.sg/data/pages/507/.../ERC_Comm_MainReport_Part1_v2.pdf



B D Finch
France
Local time: 13:27
Native speaker of: English
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agree  Pablo Strauss
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national school for regional training (école nationale à vocation régionale)


Explanation:
Hello,

Perhaps translate it like this and put the actual French term in parentheses just for clarity. I'm not sure exacly what a "école nationale" is and if we have an exact equivalent in English-speaking countries.

Maybe it's best to stick the word "training" in the English translaton

à vocation régionale = regional (intended for "regional" purposes)

to delocalize the training of African officers from France to Africa by creating regional training schools (ecoles nationales a vocation regionale. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0415318580...

I hope this helps.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 07:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: I agree with you about having "école nationale" in French, but not "à vocation régionale", which I think should just be translated.
2 hrs
  -> Hello. Perhaps "école nationale for regional training." Bon week-end.
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