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Direcção Nacional de Planificação

English translation: National Planning Directorate

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Portuguese term or phrase:Direcção Nacional de Planificação
English translation:National Planning Directorate
Entered by: Daniela de Oliveira

11:58 Jun 22, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Portuguese term or phrase: Direcção Nacional de Planificação
Just as a country's entity - sorry, I cannot give you more context as it is a confidential document...

A Direcção Nacional de Planificação e o Centro de Promoção de Investimentos...

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Daniela de Oliveira
Portugal
Local time: 09:54
National Planning Directorate
Explanation:
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Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 09:54
Grading comment
Muito obrigada!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2National Planning Directorate
Douglas Bissell
5 +1Direcção Nacional de Planificação (National Planning Board)
Vera Rocha
4Direcção Nacional de Planificação
T o b i a s
4National Planning Office
Sam Cogdell


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
National Planning Directorate


Explanation:
word for word

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 09:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 43
Grading comment
Muito obrigada!

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agree  suesimons
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agree  NUNO BARBOSA
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Direcção Nacional de Planificação


Explanation:
For the same reason you don't call yourself "Daniela Olivetree" when speaking to a non-Portuguese speaker.

T o b i a s
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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National Planning Office


Explanation:
Some countries in the English-speaking Caribbean region (Suriname) and Pacific Islands area (Fiji Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tongan Islands) use this term. Also appears as English equivalent in English-language information provided by governments of Costa Rica and Colombia.

Example sentence(s):
  • The National Planning Office (NPO) is primarily responsible for the formulation of overall national development policy, coordination of its implementation and evaluation of the result
  • The Government of Suriname established the National Planning Office (NPO, Stichting Planbureau Suriname) as a foundation in 1951.

    Reference: http://www.worldtourismdirectory.com/adresse-97399-infos.htm
    Reference: http://www.mfnp.gov.fj/Pages/National%20Planning%20Office%20...
Sam Cogdell
United States
Local time: 04:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Direcção Nacional de Planificação (National Planning Board)


Explanation:
I would translate it like this, just as an explanation of the meaning but maintaining the original in Portuguese.

Vera Rocha
Local time: 09:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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