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administration

English translation: government

16:44 Dec 9, 2015
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
French term or phrase: administration
Hello,
In a report about the labour market for health workers in an African country

Toute personne dont la situation administrative est régie par un contrat individuel, accepté et signé par lui, le liant à l’administration ou à une structure hospitalière.
Thank you in advance for your help
Kévin Bacquet
France
Local time: 16:26
English translation:government
Explanation:
I've already suggested a translation for the whole sentence, but this is how I'd translate this word. That's unless the text previously refers to, say, the hospitals/healthcare administration, in which case I'd say administration instead.
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philgoddard
United States
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4 +2government
philgoddard
4public authorities
Daryo


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
government


Explanation:
I've already suggested a translation for the whole sentence, but this is how I'd translate this word. That's unless the text previously refers to, say, the hospitals/healthcare administration, in which case I'd say administration instead.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 175
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julia Burgess: That it could simply be administration, depending on the wider context.
29 mins
agree  AllegroTrans: It couild be "administration" if the term is intended to include the government and all other public authorities etc.
6 hrs
neutral  Daryo: the Administration = the Government it's more the US perception, but in French "l'administration" is more "any public body"/"any authority" not the same as "le gouvernement" (= the PM and the ministers, nothing more)
17 hrs
  -> That's exactly what I said in my explanation.
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
public authorities


Explanation:
these "health workers" are unlikely to be working for the government sensu stricto, I think here "l'administration" would include any public authority.

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:26
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Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 105
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: IF this is what is intended, but the ST does say "or a hospital authority"
1 hr
  -> ? the ST says "l’administration" [=any public body/authority - like the NHS] OR "une structure hospitalière" [any kind of hospital, anything that is structured like a hospital]" // can't see any "hospital authority" in this ST!
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