Reunión de la comunidad

English translation: owners' association meeting

08:52 Mar 31, 2017
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: Reunión de la comunidad
Context : The meetings held by flat owners living in the same block of flats. It's tempting to just call it 'community meeting' but for me 'community' includes a wider reach of participants, like a whole neighbourhood.
katecastle
Spain
Local time: 08:06
English translation:owners' association meeting
Explanation:
The "comunidad" is an association of the owners of the apartments.

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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunidad_de_propietarios
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:06
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Summary of answers provided
5 +8owners' association meeting
Simon Bruni
5meeting of the residents' association
Albion Land
4House owners association meeting/ meeting of the community of owners
Ana Mongelos García
4 -1Community committee
Gabriela Giarola Viangula


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
owners' association meeting


Explanation:
The "comunidad" is an association of the owners of the apartments.

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Note added at 2 mins (2017-03-31 08:55:34 GMT)
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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunidad_de_propietarios

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 104
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Asker: Thanks so much, Simon! :-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: OK, but there are many previous answers in the glossary. // Yes, fair enough. It wouldn't hurt to have another entry with this translation, which I agree is better than "community".
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Charles. Some say "community of owners", one of those silly literal translations that seems to have taken hold.

agree  Marie Wilson
55 mins

agree  philgoddard
4 hrs

agree  Robert Forstag
5 hrs

agree  AllegroTrans
6 hrs

agree  Carol Gullidge
6 hrs

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
8 hrs

agree  Rick Larg
11 hrs
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
House owners association meeting/ meeting of the community of owners


Explanation:
"La comunidad" is the house owners association, also called "community of owners" when translating that concept into English. Since in Spain many people live in flats, flat owners need to meet in order to decide about several matters related to the whole building, like the use of shared spaces, cleaning services, trash collection, renovation work, etc.

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Note added at 26 minutos (2017-03-31 09:19:18 GMT)
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I think "house owners meeting" or "house owners association meeting" is a more correct and precise term than "community of owners", given that "community" may have several different meanings and lead to ambiguity, eventhough it is quite frequently used in the English version of Spanish websites related to housing.

Example sentence(s):
  • Hi, Just received a letter this morning about a meeting for the house owners association

    https://www.eyeonspain.com/community-forum/13970/notification-meeting-of-house-owners-association.aspx?pageno=0
Ana Mongelos García
Spain
Local time: 08:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Charles Davis: "Home owners" rather than "house owners", since they are nearly always flats, not houses, but "owners" alone is enough.
28 mins
  -> You're right.

neutral  AllegroTrans: agree with Charles
6 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
meeting of the residents' association


Explanation:
In Spain, most buildings containing multiple units, be they residences, offices or a combination, tend to have residents' associations. These will include owners of the individual units and, in many cases, tenants. The association's purpose is to decide on, and pay for via levy, maintenance, repairs, security, etc. It will meet a set number of specified times a year, plus on an ad hoc basis if circumstances require.

Example sentence(s):
  • The residents\' association will meet Friday night to discuss the resignation of the portero (concierge).
Albion Land
Spain
Local time: 08:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Charles Davis: By law (LPH 8/1999 and amendments) the comunidad is an association of owners. Tenants have no right even to attend meetings except by express consent of the association and/or by delegation of the landlord.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Charles. I wasn't aware of that. It's a long time since I lived in a comunidad, but do recall tenants being welcomed.

neutral  AllegroTrans: in GB (for example) a Residents' Association is something completely different so this would most probably be misunderstood
4 hrs

neutral  Carol Gullidge: I think this would work for "asociación de vecinos", but that isn't quite the same thing
4 hrs
  -> Good point, Carol.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Community committee


Explanation:
"Community" is already explained and "committee" meaning a group of people with an aim in common.

Gabriela Giarola Viangula
Argentina
Local time: 04:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: Too literal and anyway a "community" is too vague; the translation needs to be much more focussed on the "reality" and context//this is not about a locality but a specific building, please read the asker's comments
3 hrs
  -> By definition community means "a locality inhabited by such a group" (http://www.wordreference.com/definition/community) which perfectly fits in this situation
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