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Secretaria Municipal da Casa Civil

English translation: Mayor's Chief of Staff or Mayor's Office Chief of Staff

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Portuguese term or phrase:Secretaria Municipal da Casa Civil
English translation:Mayor's Chief of Staff or Mayor's Office Chief of Staff
Entered by: Claudia Gouvea

13:03 May 1, 2019
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Government / Politics
Portuguese term or phrase: Secretaria Municipal da Casa Civil
Hello folks,

How would you translate "Secretaria Municipal da Casa Civil" to American/British English according to definition found in the Rio de Janeiro City Hall's website?

"CVL - Secretaria Municipal da Casa Civil

A Casa Civil funciona como um escritório de soluções da Prefeitura do Rio. Responsável pelo planejamento e execução de grande parte dos projetos estratégicos e de gestão da administração municipal, a secretaria também está à frente da coordenação política,institucional e administrativa. A Casa Civil atua na integração das ações do governo e na avaliação e monitoramento das ações dos órgãos e entidades da administração Pública Municipal."

Thank you in advance.
Daniel Fernandes
Brazil
Local time: 03:27
Mayor's Chief of Staff or Mayor's Office Chief of Staff
Explanation:
"Chief of Staff Job Description
A Mayor’s Chief of Staff is responsible for planning, organizing, managing, directing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Mayor’s office and staff. The incumbent conducts research and analysis on a wide range of issues and topics affecting the City and provides recommendations for solutions and courses of action using sound, expert judgment."


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Note added at 13 mins (2019-05-01 13:16:57 GMT)
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American English
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Claudia Gouvea
United States
Local time: 02:27
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4Mayor's Chief of Staff or Mayor's Office Chief of Staff
Claudia Gouvea
4Civilian Household of the City
Vinícius Moraes
4(City Hall / Mayor's / Municipal) Office of Civil Affairs
Mario Freitas
3(BrE) City & Town Clerk's Department at Civic Hall
Adrian MM.
2Municipal Household Office/Secretariat
Ana Vozone


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Municipal Household Office/Secretariat


Explanation:
Normalmente,Casa Civil traduz-se por Household Office.

https://www.google.com/search?q="household office"&oq="house...


    Reference: http://books.google.pt/books?id=8d1RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA312&lpg=PA...
Ana Vozone
Local time: 07:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 60
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Mayor's Chief of Staff or Mayor's Office Chief of Staff


Explanation:
"Chief of Staff Job Description
A Mayor’s Chief of Staff is responsible for planning, organizing, managing, directing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Mayor’s office and staff. The incumbent conducts research and analysis on a wide range of issues and topics affecting the City and provides recommendations for solutions and courses of action using sound, expert judgment."


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Note added at 13 mins (2019-05-01 13:16:57 GMT)
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American English


    Reference: http://www.haverhillma.gov/departments/human_resources/docs/...
Claudia Gouvea
United States
Local time: 02:27
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Charles R. Castleberry: https://www.google.com.br/search?ei=epzJXJ7TJrSV0Aae8IvgDg&q...
9 mins
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
51 mins
agree  Oliver Simões: Definitely!
3 hrs
agree  Paulinho Fonseca
10 hrs
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Civilian Household of the City


Explanation:
“Casa Civil” pode ser traduzido como “Civilian Household”. Se a secretaria é municipal, acrescenta-se “ of the City”.


    Reference: http://www.hrt.com.br/hrt/web/arquivos/ARCA_21_01_2011_eng.p...
Vinícius Moraes
Brazil
Local time: 03:27
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(BrE) City & Town Clerk's Department at Civic Hall


Explanation:
A good idea to distiguish between civilian, civil (defens/ce) - 'keeping a civil tongue in one's head', as teachers used to say at my old school - and civic affairs.

Contrast a Town or City Clerk with the engineering functions of a Borough Surveyor in UK history.






Example sentence(s):
  • The City Clerk is the official record keeper for the City of Cambridge. Records kept by the Office of the City Clerk include vital statistics.
  • On establishing the Urban Sanitary Authority responsibility fell upon the *Borough Surveyor* and the Inspector of Nuisances to identify or create healthy water sources and to ensure that they were kept free of contaminants.

    Reference: http://eng.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese-to-english/government-p...
    Reference: http://www.yelp.com/biz/civic-hall-new-york
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(City Hall / Mayor's / Municipal) Office of Civil Affairs


Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 03:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 120
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